I and a few of my classmates had a wonderful opportunity offered to us. Our teacher asked us students if anyone was interested in spending a day at a Taide shop.. We would have to opportunity to ask the owner questions about owning and running a business here in Finland. We would also have the opportunity to have a workshop creating and making an item for ourselves from her supplies at her store.
What a golden opportunity this would be. So... off we went with a car full of women. We spent the morning going through her shop, and seeing what she sold there. Most of the crafts she her partner or her mother had made. They had a whole workshop set up for printing fabrics, weaving, felting, etc.
She also spent alot of time telling us how she started up her shop and the difficulties that came her way, and how she overcame them. We also had a chance to ask her alot of questions about setting up a business etc.
In the afternoon we got to work on our own projects... She gave us boxes full of materials to work with, which where full of wonderful colours and wool that I had never worked with.. I knew that I wanted to try these materials so I decided to make a felted picture.
I am not a huge blue fan, but I just had to try these wonderful metallic blues that she gave us to work with. I used them as my background sky for this birch grove picture.
In the picture below you can see closer the colours used.
Even though these are not my most favorite colours, I have grown to love this piece. Now... I just need to find the right place to display it.
It was a wonderful day that I spent with friends and classmates. It was also a really good learning experience for us all.
Kiitos ihanasta päivästä Villakammari...
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