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  Day ClassesThe day classes are held in our Studio, at 4 Wheelers Yard, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, UK. Situated on the first floor, it has good natural light. Unless stated otherwise, classes will run from 10.00 to 4.00, with plenty of time for shopping in the showroom! Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided. We now have a lady call at about 10am Mon-Fri, with delicious hand-made sandwiches along with drinks, cakes, sweets and fruit. Alternatively bring your own lunch or purchase it locally in the pubs and bakers' just a minute's walk away. All materials are included in the cost of the class, except where stated. We must point out that even though the workshop is on the first floor, the loo is on the ground floor. We have a display of information about the classes, with samples and photos, on the Ground Floor of the Studio - if you are visiting do make sure you have a look. If you have any queries about the classes please email us on Embroidered Books Isobel Hall An experienced creative embroiderer and teacher, Isobel's new book is 'Bags with Metal and Stitch', published by Batsford. She is working on a new book on embroidered bags, due out in 2009. You may have admired Isobel's work at the Knitting & Stitching Show. Make a beautiful book with an embroidered and beaded spine, learn bookbinding techniques. Paper and card will be provided. 1 Mar 2008 (Sat) £39.00 Silk Painting 1 Jill Kennedy A course for the complete beginner, using iron-fix paints. Class will cover use of gutta, salt effect, watercolour, shading, wet into wet and double-dipping techniques. 3 Mar 2008 (Mon) £35.00 Silk Painting 2 Jill Kennedy Ideal for those with some knowledge of silk painting, this course will introduce steam-fix dyes and solvent-based gutta (serti). Discover the techniques of salt and alcohol, and experiment further with gutta - both clear and metallic. Learn how to fix your steam-fix dyes at home. 4 Mar 2008 (Tue) £35.00 Silk Painting 3 Jill Kennedy Using steam-fix dyes, learn how to use anti-spread (antifisant), thickener (epaissisant) and metallics. Mono-printing and stamping on silk are also included on this day. 5 Mar 2008 (Wed) £35.00 Silk Painting 4 Jill Kennedy Further techniques including wax, discharge paste, felt-tip markers and crayons and more. Using steam-fix dyes. Book all 4 days and get £10.00 discount off your final balance. 6 Mar 2008 (Thu) £35.00 Greetings Cards in Silk Jill Kennedy Get ready for Easter, summer weddings and other special events. Learn how to make your own original cards. You will have the chance to try out several methods including laminating silk, and mounting it in different ways, using aperture cards. 11 Mar 2008 (Tue) £35.00 Textured Treasures (2 days) Frances Pickering Make a book with a richly textured cover, which has an antiqued finish. Combine fabric and lace with montage effects using all sorts of printed and hand-written ephemera. Finished mainly by machine, but also with a touch of hand stitch. Requirements list will follow. Please bring a sewing machine with a selection of threads, and abasic sewing kit. There is a maximum of 8 on this class. 17 - 18 Mar 2008 (Mon - Tue) £80.00 Limited Editions (2 days) Frances Pickering Details to follow A requirements list will be sent nearer the time. There is a maximum of 8 on this class. 18 - 19 Mar 2008 (Tue - Wed) £80.00 Monet on Silk Jill Kennedy Be inspired by the soft impressionism of Monet's art. Suitable for those who have some experience of silk painting. 2 Apr 2008 (Wed) £35.00 Introduction to Silk Painting Jill Kennedy A course for the complete beginner, using iron-fix paints. The class will cover use of gutta, salt effect, watercolour, shading, wet into wet and double dipping techniques. 19 Apr 2008 (Sat) £35.00 Metallic Klimt Magic - Creative Machine Embroidery Angie Hughes There is a wealth of design inspiration in the artwork of Gustav Klimt. Perfect for a day of collage with velvet, transfoils, sweet foils, silks and organza, topped off with machine embroidery. 25 Apr 2008 (Fri) £40.00 Cyanotypes and Sunprinting (2 days) Ruth Brown Enjoy a couple of days experimenting with cyanotyping (blueprinting), a form of photography developed in 1841, which gives beautifully detailed white images on a Prussian blue background - no photographic experience is necessary. You will also try sunprinting (heliographic techniques) using Setacolor Soleil paints. Most materials will be provided - a small requirements list may be issued nearer the time. Maximum of 8 students on this class. 30 April - 1 May 2008 (Wed - Thu) £95.00 Freehand Screenprinting - 4 students only Ruth Brown Repeat day. 2 May 2008 (Fri) £65.00 Digital Images on Fabric (2 days) Ruth Brown Discover wonderful ways of combining textile techniques with modern digital equipment and methods, to give striking images on fabric. These are photographs that you can sew, wear and wash! Various other methods of printing on fabrics will be covered, including printing direct using Bubble Jet Set and Print On Silk & Cottons, and using iron-on transfers including Lazertran. Ruth has worked in IT for 20 years, and has been a silk painter for 12 years she enjoys combining the two in image transfer. Most materials will be provided, and a small requirements list may be issued nearer the time. Maximum of 6 students on the class. 3 - 4 May 2008 (Sat - Sun) £110.00 Freehand Screen Printing (4 students only) Ruth Brown This workshop is about using screens to produce single or repeated images on fabric. Unlike traditional silkscreening which requires careful registration (placing) of the screen and often multiple passes to produce the image, freehand screen printing is simple and quick. You will use a variety of straightforward techniques to produce original screens and will then print patterns, textures and images on fabric. Most materials will be provided - there may be a short list nearer the time. Maximum of 4 people on this class, to allow you plenty of room and individual attention from Ruth. Class full, waiting list only. 5 May 2008 (Mon) £65.00 Art Journals and Sketchbooks Susie Jefferson Create unique sketchbooks and art journals, using a combination of Altered Book, bookbinding &anp; journaling techniques - with suggestions on covers, content & presentation; how to overcome that blank-page syndrome; prep pages in advance ready to work on; introduce colour - and more. This is a wonderful method of recording ideas, inspirations and memories, using a variety of media: watercolours, acrylics, inks - and we will start by making a Kiss Journal to work in throughout the class. Please bring along 2 ring-bound books to alter - these could be shorthand notepads or ringbound sketchbooks such as the Pink Pig range that we can supply. Also bring a craft knife (eg: Xacto) spare blades, metal-edged ruler and cutting mat, & your favourite paintbrush. 8 May 2008 (Thu) £35.00 The Art of Journalling Susie Jefferson You've made or purchased the book, you've got the ideas, now learn how to make a start. Using ephemera, poetry, photos, and more, combine them to make pages-to-remember. Using rubber stamping techniques, alphabet stamps, gel transfers, photographs and collage, we will create journal pages in various artists' styles to enable you to find a style of your own, including hand-drawn lettering styles & techniques incorporating masking and resist, to produce inspirational pages you will be proud of. Ideal as a continuation day from 8th May. 9 May 2008 (Fri) £35.00 Silk Painted Flowers Jill Kennedy Taking flowers as the theme, you will be working with guttas on coloured backgrounds. Learn a variety of other further techniques, and be inspired by summer blooms! 13 May 2008 (Tue) £35.00 Introduction to Machine Embroidery Marilyn Pipe Suitable for absolute beginners or those who have already dabbled! Dispel the fear of lowering your feed-dogs, and enjoy the freedom to make various samples. Students will be able to go at their own pace. Please bring your sewing machine, an embroidery foot if possible, an emboidery hoop, a small selection of embroidery threads, and a basic sewing kit including sharp scissors. Threads and hoop are available for sale in the shop. If you need to borrow a machine please let us know in advance. We can help if you wish to drop your machine off by car, on the way to parking. 14 May 2008 (Wed) £35.00 Machine Embroidery 2 Marilyn Pipe For students who have already attended Introduction to Machine Embroidery, or those who have some experience. Students will be free to go at their own pace, and will discover more techniques. If you need to borrow a machine please let us know in advance. We can help if you wish to drop your machine off by car, on the way to parking. 15 May 2008 (Thu) £35.00 Make a Bag (2 days) Marilyn Pipe Details to follow. 16 - 17 May 2008 (Fri - Sat) £70.00 Georgia O'Keefe in Silk Painting Jill Kennedy Be inspired by the work of this American artist from the early 20th Century. Use wax on silk to create gorgeous close-up flower pictures. 20 May 2008 (Tue) £35.00 Knitted Embellishments and Flowers Sybil Kenton Learn a wide range of techniques for making knitted embellishments, either to adorn your knitted garments or as individual touches to bags, book covers or to wear as jewellery. Knit braids, cords, flowers, leaves and more. Basic yarns will be included, but you are welcome to bring along any yarns from home (or from the shop) that you would like to use. 23 May 2008 (Fri) £35.00 Burning Issues Margaret Beal Margaret's book 'Fusing Fabrics' is published by Batsford. Use a soldering iron to cut and distress fabrics as a base for creative embroidery. 28 May 2008 (Wed) £35.00 Africa in Silk Jill Kennedy Be inspired by the vibrant colours and stunning patterns of Africa. You will use iron-fix paints, metallics, thickener and more, and produce a wonderful piece using a variety of techniques. Suitable for the beginner or the more experienced silk painter. 3 Jun 2008 (Tue) £35.00 Tropical Fish using Wax on Silk Jill Kennedy For those with some experience of silk painting, enjoy translating fish, shellfish, coral and more into silk. Use traditional silk painting techniques along with wax, for fluid designs. 4 Jun 2008 (Wed) £35.00 Beautiful Bowls (2 days) Kath Danswan Learn how to make beautiful machine embroidered bowls using dyed silk caps, soluble film, threads, angelina fibres, beads and sequins. All materials are provided for the course. Please bring your sewing machine and a selection of machine embroidery threads. For those with some experience of machine embroidery. 6 - 7 Jun 2008 (Fri - Sat) £80.00 Silk Painting 1 Jill Kennedy An introductory course for the complete beginner, using iron-fix paints. Class will cover use of gutta, salt effect, watercolour, shading, wet into wet and double-dipping techniques. 9 Jun 2008 (Mon) £35.00 Silk Painting 2 Jill Kennedy Ideal for those with some knowledge of silk painting, this course will introduce steam-fix dyes and solvent-based gutta (serti). Discover the techniques of salt and alcohol, and experiment further with gutta - both clear and metallic. Learn how to fix your steam-fix dyes at home. 10 Jun 2008 (Tue) £35.00 Silk Painting 3 Jill Kennedy Using steam-fix dyes, learn how to use anti-spread (antifisant), thickener (epaissisant) and metallics. Mono-printing and stamping on silk are also included on this day. 11 Jun 2008 (Wed) £35.00 Silk Painting 4 Jill Kennedy Further techniques including wax, discharge paste, felt-tip markers and crayons and more. Using steam-fix dyes. 12 Jun 2008 (Thu) £35.00 Free Style Knitting Sybil Kenton Free style knitting is an unconventional approach to the construction of knitted items - rather like a cross between collage and patchwork. The fabric can be used for colourful and textural cushions or wall hangings, but if used in the creation of garments it will produce individually dynamic and original fashion items. You will start with the template of your chosen shape (this could be for a cushion front or small bag). Knit and/or crochet small pieces in fabulous textural yarns, position them on the template and join them together - they can also be joined by knitting as you go along. You are sure to achieve unexpected and truly original results, and will go home with your piece well on the way! A selection of yarns will be provided, and you are welcome to bring along any yarns that you may wish to use, along with a selection of knitting and crochet needles if you possess them. 13 Jun 2008 (Fri) £35.00 Raring to Rust Marilyn Pipe An exciting day spent 'dyeing' with vinegar and wire wool to produce wonderful textured fabrics. Silks, calicos, scrim and tyvek will be transformed and experimented with, to produce finished pieces. 14 Jun 2008 (Sat) £35.00 Woven Yarn Bag Marilyn Pipe Take recycling to a new level! A wonderful easy way to make a beautiful bag, weaving strips of all your fabric remnants and beautiful threads and ribbons. No expertise needed! Please bring along any materials you may wish to use - threads, trimmings, ribbons and handles will be provided. 16 Jun 2008 (Mon) £35.00 Machine Stitched Bookwrap using Gummy Fibres Marilyn Pipe Details to follow. 17 Jun 2008 (Tue) £35.00 Contemporary Knitting for Textile Artists (2 days) Ruth Lee Innovative hand-knitting techniques in rows and rounds for the adventurous fibre artist and craft maker, worked in diverse and unusual materials, such as wire, paper yarn, plant materials and plastics, found and recycled materials, rope and elastics. Many materials will be included, and a small requirements list will be issued nearer the time. Please bring along knitting needles if you have them, along with a basic sewing kit including hand needles and scissors. If you have particular threads you would like to use please bring them too! 20 - 21 Jun 2008 (Fri - Sat) £80.00 Metals and Wires Marilyn Pipe Using a variety of wires to knit, stitch and embellish textile pieces has become very popular. The day will be spent exploring many techniques, some using the sewing machine. You will create textured and 3D pieces. Will combine well with 'Dyeing to Rust' held the day before. Please bring a hand embroidery kit (including needles and scissors) and a variety of threads. A sewing machine is optional - if you bring one please bring spare needles and a selection of suitable. 28 Jun 2008 (Sat) £35.00 Rainbow Silks (WOW), 6 Wheelers Yard, High Street, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0AL, UK. Email . See our website at www.rainbowsilks.co.uk |
  Siân Martin is a visiting lecturer on the textile degree courses at Somerset College of Art and a tutor for the adult City and Guilds Stitched Textile Course and a stitched textiles Masterclass at Urchfont Manor College, Wiltshire, UK. She has a number of workshop topics from which your group can select. Take a look at the suggestions below. In addition, Siân offers illustrated lectures where she shows fresh and exciting images. She is an inspiring speaker, whether at small Branch meetings, at regional, national or international events.
THE STRIKING CONTRASTS OF BLACK AND WHITE A new look at Black Work - A One or Two Day Workshop > Use bonding and transfoils. > Embellish with stitching - all in glorious combinations of black and white. > Each student will make small stitched squares, which will contribute to a larger communal piece for your Guild or Group. Choose your own image maybe a local landmark or building that is special to your Branch.
REMOVE and REPLACE A fresh look at Drawn Thread Work - A One or Two Day Workshop > Add colour! > Pull threads to rearrange the colour pattern to make interesting colour mixtures and a loopy surface. > Draw out threads from the weave and replace them back into the fabric in different patterns. > Withdraw threads and replace with interesting yarns, ribbons and strips of paper.
Discover the exciting technique of SHIBORI A One or Two Day Workshop > Create dramatic and permanent relief shapes in fabric using the simple Japanese method of steaming setting. > Tie and bind the fabric into different formations before being steamed for 10 minutes to set the shapes. The ties and stitches are then removed to reveal the exciting results.
COLOURFUL WRAPPING
A One or Two-Day Workshop > Learn how to 'dip-dye' silk fabric to produce multi-coloured fabrics in Siân's individual way. > Wrap, twist and bind around shapes to create richly decorated surfaces. Create embroidered wrapped embellishments that could form gorgeous jewellery forms, interior decoration trimmings or small sculptural shapes. > Discover the use of magnets.
Courses are tutored by Siân Martin Wind Whistle Cottage, 12 Park Lane, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2LU, UK tel. 01278 652089, email , web site www.distantstitch.co.uk. |
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Winter/Spring 2008 Workshops |
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Sunday 2 March Mixing Media Wendy Cotterill What is mixed media? Probably nothing that you don't already know about or practice. Using almost anything and everything that comes to hand including; metal, paper, paint, computer printing, industrial fabric such as Tyvek, Angelina ....... etc etc....and employing distressing techniques of papercrafting & rubber stamping. which involves the exploration of combining paper, dyes, paints and three dimensional effects. But the secret, if there is one of mixed media, is taking two or more unlikely ingredients and finding a fabulous combining technique. 11-00-3:00 £30 Sunday 9 March * N E W * Fabric Art Journals Wendy Cotterill If you love books and you love fabric, then this is for you. Explore all kinds of embellishments for fabric books, such as painting, dyeing, decorative stitching & transfering images. 10:30-3:30 £35 Sunday 16 March Creative Sketchbooks Wendy Cottterill Dispel all those ideas that keeping a notebook is a chore to be endured or an exercise to be feared!! You will explore the notion of what a notebook is and what it should contain. 11:00-3:00 £25 Sunday 23 March - EASTER Sunday 31 March * N E W * Secrets of Rusty Things Wendy Cottterill Take a look at colouring and distressing metals - not just steel and copper shim, but also onto paper & fabric with the aid of reactive metal paints and real metal leaf. We will also be looking at printing 'photographic' quality images onto metal shims. 10:30-3:30 £35 Saturday 5 April * N E W * Elemental Layers Alysn Midgelow-Marsden Use silk, linen & flax fibres to create a textured surface, further developed using felt and stitch (hand or machine) then treated with layers of paint, patina, verdigris and gilding to create a surface reminiscent of an ancient as relief carving, or natural weathered & gnarled features. NB please book this workshop by 28 March. 10:00-4:00 £48 Sunday 6 April Layers of Illusion *N E W * Wendy Cottterill Take a fresh look at layers - using tissue paper & translucent fabrics, create & print images & text to create a dimensional effect. 11:00-3:00 £30 Friday 11 April Transferring Images & Text Wendy Cotterill There are many techniques for transferring images & text onto cloth; solvent transfers, medium lifts & commercial papers. 11:00-3:00 £30 Sunday 13 April Drawing for Textiles Wendy Cottterill Forget the idea that you need to be able to 'draw'. We will explore techniques which enable you to record ideas & objects in a simple, no stress way. Forget your inhibitions and bring your enthusiasm, but mostly, meet people who have felt the same way – & go away with lots of ideas about how to develop your ideas. Bring your own favourite drawing & painting materials - optional. 11:00-3:00 £25 Sunday 20 April Dreaming Spires - bookwraps Wendy Cotterill Creating a cover for a book is a perfect vehicle for exploring mixed media & stitch, and producing a three dimensional piece of art to be admired everyday. Make it sumptuous or shiny & sparkly. This workshop will be themed to follow architecturally inspired forms & shapes such as window, apertures & doorways. 10:30-3 30 £35 Friday 25 April * N E W * Alphabetica - Text into Fabric Wendy Cotterill This course begins where 'Transfer Images & Text' leaves off. Take the chance to explore many experimental transfer techniques as well as additional embellishment with stitch, stamping & overprinting. 11:00-3:00 £30 Sunday 27 April Palimpsest Wendy Cottterill Using stamping & stencilling techniques to produce a sumptuous distressed surface on various fabric or paper surfaces. The addition of foils & metallic paints & sprays will create a rich, deep, changing surface ready for additional embellishments. 11:00-3:00 £30 * N E W *
Friday Mini Workshops From January, Gallery Textiles will be running a series of mini workshops featuring specific techniques.
1 March Preparing a Canvas
To book any workshop please call 01527 882288 or email (please do not e-mail credit card details).Learn how to stretch canvas onto a stretcher & prepare the surface for painting or any mixed media work. Bring your own stretcher. 7 March Oil Pastels & Paintstiks With mixed media becoming popular for textiles artists take a look at how to use oil based media on fabric. 4 April Acid Dyeing Learn how to mix and use acid dyes for dyeing wool, silk & nylon. Please bring some silk or wool ready to dye. 18 April Colourwashes &Spritzes Use dye based spritzes to colour both fabric & paper and use creatively in conjunction stencils & stamps. 9 May Free Machining Bring your own sewing machine. 23 May Simple Gilding Using metal leaf use gilding techniques in conjunction with fabric surfaces. All mini workshops will run from 1:00-3:00 Please book in advance. Workshops are free but a small charge will be made for materials used. Booking Information
Gallery Textiles, 4a Canalside, Metal & Ores Industrial Estate
We are quite easy to find, if tucked away a little......Hanbury Road (B4091) Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, B60 4JZ, UK tel/fax. 01527 882288, email . Gallery Textiles is open: Tues - Thurs 9:45 - 4:45 Fri - Sun 9:45 - 4:00 From Junction 4 (M5) , follow the A38 south to Worcester or from Junction 5, take the A38 north until you come to the 'Hanbury Turn' public house and turn along the B4091 towards Hanbury for about one mile. Go under the railway bridge and opposite the 'Navigation Inn' turn into the Metal & Ores. Keep turning to your left to the car park, and we are behind the Priory Café. |
