Felted Flowers with Jo Barr - Sat May 24 (9:30am & 1:30pm)

Create Beautiful Felted Flowers

Discover the art of wet felting in this hands-on workshop, perfect for beginners! You’ll learn the essential techniques to transform soft Australian Merino wool into stunning felted flowers.

During the session, you’ll create a selection of simple yet beautiful flowers, which can be turned into unique brooches or decorative pieces.

All materials and equipment are provided—just bring your creativity and enjoy the process!

YOUR TEACHER Jo Barr is a Milliner, wet felter, teacher and farmer based in Currabubula and has a studio near Walcha NSW, with qualifications and experiences in a range of areas including Textiles, education and training and agriculture.

Jo has had a passion for textiles most of her life that began with her grandmother teaching her to sew as a child. She studied Textiles and Design throughout her schooling and then went onto study Applied Science specialising in Textiles at University. This led to Jo being employed in a textile mill (spinning, knitting, dyeing and finishing mill) as a technician. Her work within the Textiles Industry continued for many years where she took on many different roles for various companies.

Jo has always had a love of fibres, textiles, fashion, education and agriculture and an interest in hats and learning the art of felting enables her to blend these passions, where she works with Australian agricultural produce (fibres) to create beautiful hats. Jo has been making hats for over 18 years and has been creating wet felt hats for 5 years. She has recently given up her full-time high school teaching job to allow her to focus on her farm and business - JAMB Hats and Millinery, specialising in wet felt hats and conducting wet felt and craft workshops to a range of audiences.