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Jamie Lewis Crafts

Past workshops and projects...

 

July 2011 - Camp Bestival, drop in felt pebble making

 

July 2011 - CoCoMAD Festival, drop in felt pebble making

 

January 2011 - Curious About Craft, banner at Fox Hollies Leisure Centre, Craftspace  

 

October 2010 - Advanced workshops for International Feltmakers Association, Dorset Region.

 

October 2010 - Curious About Craft, baby boots at refugee women’s drop in centre, Craftspace

 

October 2010 - Spooky spiders and Bats, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester. Children 8- 14

 

August 2010 - Moles and Kiwis, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester. Children 8- 14

 

July 2010 - Felt Monsters, Camp Bestival. Children’s drop in sessions.

 

April 2010 - Felt Hat Making, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester. Adults with some experience.

 

December 2009 - St Patrick’s High School and Arts College, Salford, Annual Enterprise Project coordinated by Artists and Education. Assisting year 10 pupils to design and create craft products for a retail environment considering costs, profit margins and marketing and creating a business plan.

 

January - July 2009 - Crafts = Skills for Life, coordinated by Craftspace. See featured project.

 

June 2009 - Sheep at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester. Assisting 120 children from four primary schools to make felted flower designs to be incorporated into a large wool felt rug by inviting visitors to join in a wool dance on the piece over a weekend.

 

June 2009 - Birmingham Nature Centre. Demonstrating how wool from the centre’s own sheep can be processed into felted products.

 

May 2009 - Felt Ray making workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester for children ages 8+

 

May 2009 - How Art is Made, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Demonstrating materials and methods to museum visitors

 

February 2009 - Felt Snake making workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester for children ages 8+

Teaching...
Jamie provides workshop, demonstration and facilitation services for arts and educational organisations and private customers suitable for a wide range of age groups and abilities. See what’s been done and what’s coming up below.

Showcase Project...

 

Crafts = Skills for Life, coordinated by Craftspace. Jamie worked as a lead artist on this pilot scheme for an ongoing project.

Placed at Braidwood School for the Deaf , Jamie worked with year 7 pupils designing felted wool products for a retail Environment during eight day sessions. Inspired by a visit to the Hussein Chalayan show at the Design Museum the children experimented with making 3D felt shapes with LED fairy lights trapped between layers of wool.

 

 

Upcoming Workshops...

 

Medieval themed workshops at Camp Bestival Sunday 31st July