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Sumter REACH Program - Felting

Busbee Elementary - Felted Vessels, Felted Beads

Aiken Middle School  -  Spinning, Wet and Needle Felting

M. C. Riley Elementary  -  "Cotton, SC and the South"

Beech Hill Elementary  -  Felted Pictures on a Theme

 

 

 

 

 

Sumter REACH Program, Sumter, SC

Felting

 

Relief Felting

Relief Felting projects before cutting

A plethora of color and design

Cell phone cases

Cell phone case

Ipod case

Bowl

Rabbit and Pig Animal Bowls

Pig Bowl

 

 

 

Wet Felted Backgrounds, Needle Felted "Paintings"

Girl in the Woods

The new Cooper River bridge

Abstract

Angel

Sunset and Silhouette

Design

Reflected Sunset

American Flag

Tropical Oasis

Crossed Palms

Horse

Dolphin Design

Colorful Design

Puffball Parade

American Flag

Experiment in Color

Abstract Art

Heavenly Dolphin

Flowers

 

 

 

3 Dimensional Felting on a Round Felted Base

Menagerie

Smiley

Turtle

70s Duck, Doll and Animal Bowls

70s Duck

Chubby Chick

Crow Sitting on a Pumpkin

"Dice"y Couple

Cottontail

Deep Sea Fish

Frog on a Lily Pad

Baby Bunny

Koala

Pretty Puppy

Wild Thing!

Cat

"Hot" Wheel

Pineapple Ornament

Fanciful Lion

Having a Ball

Pokey Fellow

Psychedelic Heart

Huggable

Teacher's Pet

Best Friend

 

 

 

 

Busbee Elementary, Aiken, SC

Felted Vessels, Felted Beads

 

 

 

 

 

Aiken Middle School, Aiken, SC

Spinning, Wet Felting and Needle Felting

Results of natural dyeing experiments including eucalyptus and poinsettia

Wet-felted beads and needle-felted balls

More projects: an Easter egg, pumpkin, girl, man, cyclops, polar bear and dice

Ladybug, girl, dog

Butterfly

Fanciful faces

Basketballs, clown, rapper, dog, dice

Embellished projects make wearable art

Keychains, bracelets, and necklaces on display

Detail of needle felting

Student work displayed

The student gallery

Uniquely embellished

Finished with feathers and beads

 

 

 

 

M. C. Riley Elementary, Bluffton, SC

3rd grade - "Cotton, South Carolina and the South"

Demonstrating the drop spindle

Producing wool yarn on CD drop spindles

How long can it go?

We prefer to work up close and personal

He's really concentrating hard!

Fascinated by the spinning wheels

Students take turns spinning on the wheels in pairs

Results of Natural Dyeing Experiments

 

 

 

Beech Hill Elementary, Summerville, SC

Felted Pictures on a Theme

Teachers and parent volunteers facilitated with the processing

Caldecott Winners

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

The Polar Express

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub

Owl Moon

Saint George and the Dragon

Tuesday

Eric Carle hallway display

Rooster's Off to See the World

The Tiny Seed

The Very Quiet Cricket

The Very Busy Spider

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

A House for Hermit Crab