Felt-making is an ancient technique that has taken on new forms over the years. In this workshop, you will learn the first steps of felting wool using the build-up technique. You will work with the wet-felting technique, which involves wool, water, and soap. Once you understand this technique, you can create any animal. After making the basic shape, body, and head, the arms and legs are connected. Then the real work begins: felting the wool. When the frog is sufficiently felted, the eyes are added using a felting needle. During this workshop, you will make one frog.

Jolanda Smit discovered felting 20 years ago. From that moment on, it became the material she only wanted to work with. The possibilities are endless, and all you need is wool, water, and soap to create the most beautiful forms. From De Vrolijke Kikker, she gives workshops and sells her own work. The animals she creates are usually made from wool from Tyrolean mountain sheep, sometimes from merino wool. They each have their own character, but are all cheerful.