Join us for a Saturday Morning Textile Workshop with local artist, Margo Duke. Margo is a delightful former Habersham neighbor and renowned local textile artist who creates one of kind fabrications. She is the author of ‘Needle Felting Magic’ & Making More ‘Needle Felting Magic’ You can find her elaborate work on display at The May River Gallery in Bluffton, hermajestymargo.blogspot.com, or on her Instagram @southcarolinaqueen.
Discover the art of wet felting in this creative and hands-on flower-making class! In this wrkshop, you will learn how to transform soft wool fibers into beautiful, vibrant flowers using traditional wet felting techniques. Guided by Margo Duke, who is an experienced instructor, you will explore the basics of layering, shaping, and embellishing your felted creations.
This class is perfect for beginners, and anyone interested in exploring felt making.
All supplies and refreshments included.
MORE ABOUT MARGO DUKE…
Margo considers herself a pioneer. She was born in Scotland and came to the US with her +++++family when she was twelve; the love of working with fiber and color in her genes. Some of Margo’sancestors were Harris Tweed weavers and even today still live on the island of Stornoway in the same croftwhere they used to weave, surrounded by their flock of sheep. It was a dream come true to visit them several years ago.
This journey into the world of felting began when she first discovered the Baby Lock Embellisher and was infact, one of the first to own this new tool. This fascinating needle felting machine has provided many hours of pleasure and has truly become a wonderful and colorful obsession. Today, however, Margo focuses primarily on Nuno felting using silk, wool, soap and water, however, can still be found at the Embellisher adding special touches. Margo was given the opportunity of teaching Baby Lock USA dealers at their St. Louis annual conference how to use the Embellisher in 2005 as well as design projects for their website and kits for their instructors; she provided her samples to Baby Lock for teaching events and conferences from time-to-time and has given many presentations and lectures about her craft and appeared in one of their ads to promote their machine.
By endless experimentation and learning how to incorporate machine needle and wet felting, Margo has taken felting one step further and finds no greater satisfaction than seeing the magical colors and texture come together; she won numerous ribbons and awards for her garments year after year at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival including Best of Show in 2012 prior to moving to the Low Country. Margo had the opportunity to study under many world-class instructors in felt making as well as numerous other crafts while she lived in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Never one to stop learning and expanding her knowledge, some other passions besides felt making share her life: studying, endless experimenting, documenting, eco printing and natural dyeing have all become obsessions. Margo is honored to share her experiences when invited to give a workshop – she loves all things fiber related and has yet another obsession – Joomchi! (the ancient art of Korean paper making) and teaches that as well. Margo (Her Majesty Margo) has been fortunate enough to be invited to share her felting experience by traveling and teaching at events all over the US and in fact has taught in the Netherlands, Australia and in Scotland; this sharing of information has indeed become another passion and has only served to enhance her own knowledge and has permitted her to connect with the most amazing people and to make a myriad of lifelong friends. Sincemoving to the SC, Margo has taught at Artworks, Coastal Art Supply, the Fiber Guild of the Savannahs andSpring Island. She was invited to share her work via a feature in the 2011 issue of FUN magazine, an article in the December 2021 issue of LOCAL Life and her Hilton Head Garden Club entry will also be included in their May 2023 issue. This year, Margo was fortunate enough to win the Surface Design Award of Excellence forher entry in FACE (Fiber Guild of the Rockies) in Estes Park, Colorado, and can be viewed on You Tube; she is a member of The Fiber Guild of the Savannahs as well as FAB (Fiber Guild of Beaufort, SC)
