Maria Friese/"Fishes" Masterclass

  • €497 or 2 monthly payments of €260

"Fishes" Masterclass

  • Course
  • 53 Lessons

The Fishes Masterclass is an invitation to slow down and create in your own rhythm. Learn sculptural felt techniques step by step, from inspiration and sketching to felting and finishing. All modules are available from the start, allowing intuition, flow, and solid craftsmanship to meet in a living, personal creation.

The Fishes Masterclass

Sculptural Felt Art — Creating in Your Own Rhythm

This masterclass is an invitation to slow down, listen, and create from a deeper place.

The fish is not approached here as a motif to copy, but as a living form — shaped through intuition, structure, and years of sculptural felt practice.

You are guided step by step through a complete creative process:
from inspiration and inner alignment to sketching, templates, fiber layout, felting, and finishing.

This is a self-guided, professional-level masterclass, designed for artists, makers, and sensitive creatives who wish to deepen their sculptural felt practice while honoring presence, patience, and flow.

What makes this masterclass different

This is not a fast DIY project.
It is a transmission of craft.

You will learn:

  • how to build strong, stable sculptural forms

  • how to combine wool types for solidity and refined surfaces

  • how to work with templates, resists, pre-felt, and structure

  • how to create expressive details: fins, eyes, textures

  • how to felt with precision, rhythm, and care

  • how to finish and integrate your work with dignity

At the same time, you are invited to:

  • work in your own rhythm

  • trust intuition as much as technique

  • stay connected to your body and sensing

  • allow your own fish to emerge — uniquely

Course Structure

The masterclass includes 6 in-depth modules and approximately 50 lessons:

1. Preparation & Inner Alignment
Arriving, intention setting, inspiration, symbolism, and orientation

2. Inspiration, Sketch & Template
From inner image to form and structure

3. Wool Combination, Surfaces & Sample Making
Understanding material through hands-on exploration

4. Details & Accessories
Fins, eyes, spikes, textures, and expressive elements

5. Fiber Layout & Felting
Building the body, integrating all elements, shaping and strengthening

6. Finishing Touches & Integration
Completion, stabilization, finishing, and reflection

All modules are available from the start.

Learning in Your Own Rhythm

This course is fully self-paced.

You can:

  • follow the modules step by step

  • pause and return whenever needed

  • repeat lessons

  • take time between phases

There is no fixed schedule and no pressure to finish quickly.
The process unfolds in its own timing — just like felting itself.

Who this masterclass is for

This masterclass is for you if:

  • you work with felt (or wish to deepen your sculptural practice)

  • you value quality, depth, and craftsmanship

  • you enjoy learning through doing and sensing

  • you want to create strong, expressive sculptural forms

  • you prefer a calm, respectful learning space

It is suitable for intermediate to advanced beginners and experienced felt artists.
You do not need to be “perfect” — curiosity and commitment are enough.

Practical Details

  • ~50 lessons (video, PDF, images, audio)

  • 6 structured modules

  • Lifetime access

  • Watch and rewatch at your own pace

  • Language: English

This masterclass was previously offered as a mentored course.
It is now available as a self-guided edition, allowing you to work independently and in your own rhythm.

Participants Work

Diana Wortberg

Meike Rassbach

Rae Gold

Vanda Sousa