Funky Felt Slippers with Debra Esterhuizen

9.30am – 4pm

Join Debra on this fun and soap-filled felting day that can't fail to leave you smiling. Make yourself a beautiful pair of bespoke, warm and seamless felt slippers, using the wet felting technique, moulded cleverly to your feet. Each slipper is unique and made to fit, as plain or as fancy as you like. Do feel free to bring any special small inclusions which it might be possible to use, very fine silk for example or anything else you treasure that could be incorporated into the felt fibres. Due to social distancing we ask students to bring their own washing up bowls and be sure they are agile enough to spend a good time at the end of the day massaging their own bare slippered feet over the bowl - or resting your foot on your knee. For the comical effort of soapy rubbing and afternoon acrobatics, your just reward will be not only a pair of lovely slippers, but you'll also be heading home with feet scented and laundered as never before!

Sunday 15th November 2026

Sunday 14 November 2027

About the Artist : Debra is a self taught felt artist living in the Eden Valley, Cumbria , UK working from her new studio in Kendal. She believes that the alchemy of felt making is extremely therapeutic and somehow rekindles the child within us. With its familiarity of warm, tactile experience, the result is escape and calm followed by the joy of acquiring a new skill leading to a beautiful piece of art/craft.

Debra completed a foundation in Art therapy and employs therapeutic practices in her classes which she describes as “Wild Abandon” where one can regain a sense of well-being through creative joy.