Felted Jewelry Workshop with Chris DeWolf
August 12-13, 2014 6PM -9PM @ NLMCC
$40
Participants who love making unique jewellery or working with fibre art can now add wool jewels
to their collection.
Students will be introduced to the magical world of felting. This one day workshop focuses on
felting techniques for spherical beads and jewellery making techniques. At the end of the
workshop students will have created one or more of the following: a pair of earrings, a felt
beaded bracelet or a felt beaded necklace.
Chris DeWolf
Chris was born and raised in Halifax, NS, Canada. After graduating from the graphic design
program at Nova Scotia Community College in 1998 she moved north and resides in Fort Smith,
NWT. After three and a half years of working for a small graphic firm, she was given an
opportunity which allowed her to start her own graphic arts/art creations business, DeWolf
ArtWorks. Chris was the coordinator of The Artists of the South Slave Society (TASSS) for five
years (2001 – 2006) coordinating TASSS’ Summer Festival Workshop Series focusing on both
traditional and contemporary arts & crafts.
Through the TASSS workshops, the Red Deer Summer Workshop Series, and other independent
workshops Chris has taken many different classes using various mediums. She did her first acrylic
painting through TASSS in 2002, which won the NWTel telephone book cover contest for 2003/04
. Chris has been commissioned to paint more bird and landscape paintings and has shown her
work in exhibit at the NorthernLifeMuseum. In 2007 her submission to the juried exhibition
Yellowknife Heritage Art Show and was selected to be part of their permanent collection. Chris
won the design competition for the NWT Arts branding logo competition. Through TASSS she also
took the silver jewelry, precious metal clay and glass bead making workshops and focuses on
these two areas of creativity.
Chris built a small studio for jewelry making in 2007 and after working solo for a period of time,
realized she would need some professional hands-on training. Chris applied and was accepted
into the Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD) – second year of the jewellery + metals program
for the 2008/09 school year.