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STITCH 'n' CRAFT Workshops
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All full day adult classes are £25.00 unless otherwise stated and run from 10am - 3.30pm. Tea and coffee will be provided and you are welcome to bring a packed lunch or visit one of the nearby eating establishments. Car parking is free all day at the Tesco car park. CANCELLATION Should the workshop have to be cancelled we will refund your fee in full. We regret that refunds cannot be given in any other circumstances and course fees or deposits are not transferable. HANDLING FEE Please note that although a 40p handling charge is automatically added to your shopping cart this will NOT be charged to your credit card unless other mail order goods are purchased. COURSES Beginners Tiara Making - Friday 6th June Tracey Spurgen This workshop will introduce you to the tools and materials for making tiaras. Learn the basic technique with step-by-step instructions to complete a tiara. Once these skills are mastered they can be applied to your own design ideas. Suitable for the beginner but a reasonable level of manipulation and dexterity skills are required. Price: £39.00 Further Tiara Making - Saturday 7th July Tracey Spurgen You will be encouraged to design your own tiara, with all the advice and support you need to complete your design. It would be to your own advantage if you have attended a tiara making beginner's session or have some experience of making tiaras. Price: £39.00 Needle Felting for Beginners - Tuesday 17th June Mary Phillips Inclusive of materials. This workshop would suit those who are interested in starting felt making or just trying an alternative to the 'wet' felting technique. It is also a good technique for adding detail to other felting projects. All materials supplied but you may also like to bring any threads, chords or other pieces of hand felt that you may also like to add to. Price: £33.00 Netted Sampler Garden - Wednesday 25th June Elizabeth Selwood Start off by learning how to make a simple netted base then have lots of fun discovering how to embellish it with leaves and flowers to make a sumptuous looking and unique necklace. Some beading experience would be useful. Price: £28.00 Double Daisy Spiral - Saturday 28th June Heather Kingsley-Heath A big hit at Daventry this year, Heather's double daisy spiral rope is a must for beaders. You must be comfortable with the spiral rope technique to get the most from this workshop. On the day you will learn the double spiral technique, how to embellish it and how to join it seamlessly to make a continuous bangle. Price: £28.00 Creative Metal - Wednesday 2nd July Lisa Bilby Working with various types of metal thread the class will teach you traditional ways of embroidering with metal threads and also how to incorporate colour. Suitable for those with some experience of metal threads/goldwork. Price: £28.00 Crystal Crazy - Friday 18th July Annette Bolton Linked flower shapes create a jazzy bracelet using crystals and seed beads, with several variations possible, or playing with colour to give a totally different look. Suitable for all. Price: £28.00 Corona Cuff - Saturday 26th July Lynn Davy Two bracelets in one! This clever design starts as a stylish peyote cuff with drop edging and button embellishments. The removable 'coronas' slip neatly over the buttons to change the appearance of the whole piece. Experiment with different designs and colours to find your favourite look. Suitable for advanced beaders. Price: £28.00 Mandalas - Saturday 6th September Gillian Lamb Develop your beadwork techniques and make a special beaded picture - a Mandala. Use Gillian's samples for inspiration or come ready to make your own design and just enjoy the day beading. Suitable for all levels but beginners will work on a project suitable for their experience. Price: £28.00 Hardanger Lavender Bag or Scissors Keeper - Friday 12th September Beppy Berlin Have you seen beautiful Hardanger embroidery and thought you would like to try it but not sure where to start? Beppy will guide you through the various techniques to create this delicate design. Suitable for all. Price: £28.00 Machine Embroidered Flowers - Wednesday 17th September Claire Muir The course is for people who can free machine embroider. No qualification in embroidery is necessary but you do need to have had more than one go at free machine embroidery. The course is about making individual flowers using soluble fabric as well as wires, beads, crystals and feathers. Only 8 places available. Price: £28.00 Jungle Collar - Friday 26th September Lynn Davy A lush and fantastic creation based on a peyote strip with lots and lots of embellishment. Come and explore the rainforest as you learn to stitch leaves, flowers, tendrils and fringing. Not suitable for beginners. Price: £28.00 Freeform Cabochon - Tuesday 30th September Elizabeth Selwood Learn a simple technique for enclosing a cabochon in beads and create a unique pendant or brooch design. You can bring your own cabochon or other item suitable for encompassing with beads such as a disc or oval shape in glass, semiprecious stone or a fossil. A selection of glass cabochons will also be available to purchase. Some beading experience essential. Price: £28.00 Beaded Flower Brooch - Saturday 4th October Sallyann Dunn Why not find out how to make this decorative brooch using seed beads and brick stitch. Learn how to increase and decrease on the outside edges to create the shaped petals. Suitable for beaders who have some experience of Brick Stitch. Price: £28.00 Fusing Fabric - Tuesday 7th October Margaret Beal If you have never tried using heat techniques on fabric, you will be unaware just how exciting and creative they can be. Mark-making, cutting and fusing are the three basic techniques and by combining all three, with or without stitching, magical effects can be achieved. Only 8 places available. Price: £28.00 Beaded Baubles - Friday 10th October Lynn Firth Another design to add to your collection or your first bauble! Either way you will be making a dazzling elegant beaded bauble for your festive tree or table using beads and crystals. Some beading experience essential. Price: £28.00 Felted Bag or Cushion - Wednesday 15th October Mary Philips Inclusive of Materials There will be no sewing necessary! Using beautiful merino wool create a one of a kind bag or cushion. All materials supplied; however, you may wish to bring along any favourite threads or beads to incorporate into your design. Only 8 places available. Price: £33.00 Beaded Baubles - Saturday 18th October Lynn Firth Another design to add to your collection or your first bauble! Either way you will be making a dazzling elegant beaded bauble for your festive tree or table using beads and crystals. Some beading experience essential. Price: £28.00 Covered Boxes - Saturday 25th October Lisa Bilby Learn how to make unusually shaped fabric covered 'boxes'. Ideal for gifts or to keep for yourself! Once the initial technique has been learnt the boxes can be embellished in any number of ways - by using a variety of fabrics, beading or surface embroidery. Suitable for beginners. Price: £28.00 Soft Textured Beadery - Wednesday 29th October Heather Kingsley-Heath Combine a simple textile technique with beadwork to create a wonderful medley of textures. Create simple dry felted shapes in gorgeous colours then embellish them with sparkly seed beads. You will learn to make a series of components that can be used to make necklaces and bracelets. Suitable for beginners but a knowledge of basic seed beads would be helpful. Price: £28.00 Imaginative Memory Wire Bracelet - Saturday 1st November Liz Wright 10.30am - 12.30pm Have you looked at Memory Wire and wondered what to do with it? Come and learn just how simple and quick it can be and make lots of lovely bracelets for Christmas presents or for yourself. Great workshop for mums and daughters! No experience necessary. Price: £15.00 Patchwork Cuff - Tuesday 4th November Lynn Davy Small sections in a variety of bead weaving techniques are stitched together and embellished to make this striking cuff with its button fastening. Practise some of your favourite seed bead stitches and learn some new ones! Suitable for intermediate beaders. Price: £28.00 Crystal Fob - Saturday 8th November Heather Kingsley-Heath Using one of the gorgeous Swarovski flat back crystals, create a stunning, antique looking fob suitable for a necklace centre. This workshop is for experienced beaders who yearn to sit and create an intricate design in their favourite colours. Suitable for intermediate/advanced beaders. Price: £28.00 Out of this World - Friday 14th November Gillian Lamb Make beautiful beaded beads with a slight difference. These are hollow, one is based on peyote the other on netting. You will also be making 'spacer' beaded beads to be used with each type so that a complete necklace or bracelet can be put together at your leisure after the class. Suitable for beaders with some experience. Price: £28.00 Spangle Flower Bracelet - Saturday 22nd November Annette Bolton These sparkly textured flowers are worked in Peyote stitch and cleverly linked together to make a bracelet. Use this technique to experiment with and produce a variety of styles and colour combinations. An easy project using just seed beads and spangles. Suitable for all. Price: £28.00 Knotted Satin Bracelets - Wednesday 26th November Liz Wright 10am - 12.30pm Quick, easy and effective bracelets made with satin cord and beads. Learn decorative knots and easy stringing techniques to create your own jewellery. Suitable for all. Great for last minute presents. No experience necessary. Price: £15.00 Stitch 'n' Craft (WOW), Swan's Yard Craft Centre, High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8JQ, UK. Tel: 01747 852500 www.stitchncraft.co.uk |
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Twidales Textile Workshops www.twidales.co.uk
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Hazel Credland Distance Learning for Computer Design Would you like to learn about designing on the computer and stitch your image? But No time Life too hectic No course in your area.  This is the solution for you A short course with three modules that you can spread over a year. Work at your own pace at home with a tutor you can contact easily and talk to if you wish. Learn how to use a paint program and stitch your design. For more details about the City & Guilds 7722,
Creative Computing into Stitched Textiles, contact Hazel Credland, email or phone 01892 669030.
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Bay Beading and Textile Breaks Residential courses held overlooking St Ives Bay in Cornwall Small groups - qualified teacher - classes available for all levels in Beading and other Textile Crafts A variety of courses held every month throughout the year Non residential also available Vouchers for that special occasion Anyone interested in finding out more should contact Allison, tel/fax: 01736 797133 or Dodie Smith, email web site www.beading and textiles.co.uk. |
 Weekend Craft Breaks in the Cotswolds
7 Jun 2008
Calligraphy: In Colour with Val Yost Explore many alternative colour mediums for your calligraphy, using traditional metal nibs. Beginners and calligraphers with experience work together to produce trial examples, or a small finished piece, in colour. Guidance will be given so you achieve creative yet disciplined lettering. Day Course: £65.00 7 Jun 2008 Stitch & Quilt Textile Course: Town and Country Wall Hangings with Alicia Merrett Starting from photographs or other images of town and village, we observe and interpret images, make rough sketches and construct a wallhanging to suit our imagination, using the technique of fused fabric collage, ready to finish at home with hand or machine quilting. Day Course: £65.00 14 Jun 2008 Summer Flowers: Summer Feast with Katherine Kear Ideas for summer party time/weddings/bbq's etc. It's a time of bright colour and fun, the designs reflect the bright strong colours of the season not forgetting a touch of the English rose and butterflies. Designs will cover both traditional and contemporary styles. Materials provided at cost, approx £25 paid on the day. Bring flower cutters and a hand towel. Day Course: £58.00 11 Jul 2008 Patchwork & Quilting: Reach for the Stars with Georgina Oldham Create your own quilt galaxy. Learn to achieve accurate, intricate star blocks using foundation piecing. It looks difficult, but is very easy. Could be hand or machine pieced. Turn the blocks into a wall hanging, table runner or quilt or you could make several small squares to try different designs and use them in cards, book covers etc. A list of materials to bring will be supplied. single ensuite weekend: £215.00, shared ensuite weekend: £205.00, non-residential weekend: £145.00 19 Jul 2008 Still Life and Flowers in Coloured Pencil with Paul Weaver Working from a variety of still life and floral subjects, explore a range of drawing and sketching techniques in coloured pencil, including water soluble pencils. Through demonstrations and guidance we consider key ingredients of design, composition and tone, producing sketches and more resolved final studies. Ask for a materials list. Day Course: £65.00 20 Jul 2008 Create your very own willow sculpture – to take away! with Charlie Lupton Have you ever dreamt of kindling your creative talents and creating a sculpture? With this highly interactive workshop, your dream will come true. You will be taught some very simple techniques to work with withies (basket-making willow rods) to sculpt any model you choose and take away with you. The chances are that you will all be absolute beginners in this technique so it is suitable for all (age 7 and up). Even the most un-artistic people are impressed by their own talent and artists are staggered! Day Course: £66.00 3 Aug 2008 Stained Glass Appliqué with Georgina Oldham Reproduce a lovely stained glass window using fabric. You will learn two different methods of achieving this, one using foundation piecing, the other using bias binding. This is not difficult and could be done by hand or machine. Great fun with stunning results. Materials list provided. Day Course: ££48.00 8 Aug 2008 How to make Rag Rugs (primitive and contemporary) with Debbie Siniska Recycling is a hot topic and you will be using a variety of hand tools to form a hooked or proddy pile, using different reclaimed and vintage textiles to create samplers and work on projects such as a bag, cushion or seat mat. Bring a good pair of scissors and any old tee shirts, fine knit woollies or cotton shirts and dresses. Tools will be available to try with the option to buy. single ensuite weekend: £238.00, shared ensuite weekend: £228.00, non-residential weekend: £168.00 10 Aug 2008 Create your very own willow sculpture – to take away! with Charlie Lupton Have you ever dreamt of kindling your creative talents and creating a sculpture? With this highly interactive workshop, your dream will come true. You will be taught some very simple techniques to work with withies (basket-making willow rods) to sculpt any model you choose and take away with you. The chances are that you will all be absolute beginners in this technique so it is suitable for all (age 7 and up). Even the most ‘un-artistic’ people are impressed by their own talent and artists are staggered! Day Course: £66.00 12-14 Sep 2008 Basket Making Course: Contemporary Baskets with Vivien Gosden Basket making using recycled flat paper band and learn the traditional techniques of plaiting plain and bias weave. Experiment with colour to create your own unique basket. Includes materials and use of tools. single ensuite weekend: £240.00, shared ensuite weekend: £230.00, non-residential weekend: £170.00 20 Sep 2008 Hot Ribbon Art - Textile Day Course with Maggie Davies You'll love this new technique! Fusible applique with a decorative ribbon edge. The 1/8 inch fusible double sided ribbon comes in 22 colours. NO needle turned edges or stitching! Simply iron-on the ribbon to fabric or paper. Ideal for Applique, Hawaiian Applique, Stained Glass Window, Pan Dau and Celtic projects. Day Course: £60.00 21 Sep 2008 Autumn Bouquets: Wrapped, Twirled and Tied with Katherine Kear This workshop concentrates on the techniques used to create bunches, bouquets, hand ties and tussie mussies, for vases big and small, humble and grand! Materials provided at cost, approx £25 paid on the day. Bring flower cutters and hand towel. Day Course: £58.00 26 Sep 2008 Machine Embroidery, Textiles & Mixed Media with Angie Hughes Collage, stitched pattern, gesso, acrylic paint and metallic embellishment: It’s a great way to experiment with combining unusual materials. For machine or hand embroiderers, all skill levels welcome. Maximum 10 students. Materials list supplied, plus items available from the tutor (£2-6). single ensuite weekend: £235.00, shared ensuite weekend: £225.00, non-residential weekend: £165.00 3 Oct 2008 Stitch Textiles - Screen Printing Text on Fabric with Alicia Merrett Words are an exciting design element on fabric. Screen-print text on cotton fabrics, using acrylic paints, through special screens made from computer lettering and other sources. We experiment with ideas and designs, and start making textile pieces with words and script, using fabric collage, fusing, and fabric piecing. Machine embroidery and quilting techniques can be used. single ensuite weekend: £220.00, shared ensuite weekend: £210.00, non-residential weekend: £150.00 10 Oct 2008 Jewellery in Lace with Jan Gardiner Produce beautiful jewellery. Explore gorgeous embroidery threads, or stunning enamelled wire to make bracelets, earrings or necklaces. No need to have made lace before. Jan will bring a selection of her designs to form the basis of your item, or design your own. Have great fun creating stunning contemporary jewellery. Equipment can be borrowed if requested before the event. Materials, thread etc will be available to buy over the weekend. single ensuite weekend: £230.00, shared ensuite weekend: £220.00, non-residential weekend: £160.00 18 Oct 2008 Introduction to Making Mosaics - A Fun Day Course with Priscilla Wheater Working with mosaics introduces you to colour, pattern and texture. This fascinating and practical craft is easily applied to decoration for the home or garden. Learn how to cut, break, glue and grout glass and ceramic tesserae to produce a mosaic piece. It's great fun and we learn a lot! Most materials provided. Day Course: £70.00 24 Oct 2008 Dress Making Course with May Martin Learn about the construction of a simple garment. Understand and learn how to use a pattern, cutting out, fitting and much more, in a relaxed friendly group with plenty of professional guidance. The possibilities are endless! Make that dress and learn a new skill in safe hands. Materials list provided. Maximum 12 students. single ensuite weekend: £230.00, shared ensuite weekend: £220.00, non-residential weekend: £160.00 14-16 Nov 2008 Calligraphy: Italic Weekend with Val Yost For calligraphers at all levels. Italic is an expressive lettering style that can be adapted almost infinitely. We start from the basic forms, develop more individual styles, and complete a project. An opportunity to explore and practice calligraphy in some depth, in a relaxed and creative environment. single ensuite weekend: £230.00, shared ensuite weekend: £220.00, non-residential weekend: £160.00 14 Nov 2008 Quilting with a Difference : A Celtic Theme with Nikki Tinkler Quilt a silk cushion panel (or wallhanging) with rainbow-dyed silk threads, using ‘alternative’ stitches to add interest to the surface. Tuition includes seeding, beading, couching and Shisha (Indian mirror) embroidery plus how to turn your panel into a cushion cover. If you prefer to work on a quilt or wallhanging, this can be done but your fabric requirements will differ from those given. single ensuite weekend: £240.00, shared ensuite weekend: £230.00, non-residential weekend: £170.00 21 Nov 2008 Patchwork for Christmas with Georgina Oldham Make something special for Christmas: cards, decorations, crackers, place mats, stockings, a table runner, gifts or even a wall hanging. Some items require very little sewing; some are just pinned, there is something for all abilities. There will be dozens items on display. Choose what you wish to make. Some items will be quicker by machine (one is available) bring your own if you wish. Materials list provided. single ensuite weekend: £215.00, shared ensuite weekend: £205.00, non-residential weekend: £145.00 22 Nov 2008 Beading : Create and Bead-azzled! with Diana Sanderson Create unusual and exciting beads from a variety of throwaway materials. Work through the process of making beads from papers, fabrics, threads and plastics to create wonderfully exotic beads. Investigate ways of using the beads both in jewellery making and embellishing stitched textiles. Take home a bracelet and a small brooch embellished with your own beads. Materials list provided. Day Course: £65.00 23 Nov 2008 Jewellery Making Course with Sara Withers Make earrings, bracelets and necklaces from beads. Learn about threads, basic knots and how to use wire in jewellery making. Fee includes basic materials. There will be more beads to buy, if you choose. All tools provided, but bring tools, beads or even broken bead jewellery you have. Suitable for complete beginners, or those with a little experience. You need some dexterity and good eyesight, or glasses! 10 students max. Day Course: £85.00 28 Nov 2008 Feltmaking : Delicate scarves from felt and fabric with Lyn Griffiths Students need basic skills in felt making. We work with combinations of fabric (silk, muslin, scrim) and fine Merino wool. Samples will be made to see how materials react to each other. Then, a series of beautiful scarves can be made, depending on your speed and level of skill. The result is a beautiful soft drape fabric, which shows the variety it is possible to achieve. A basic pack required for the sampling stage can be purchased from the tutor for £6. Materials available for purchase for making the scarves. single ensuite weekend: £225.00, shared ensuite weekend: £215.00, non-residential weekend: £155.00 6 Dec 2008 Silk Gifts and Silk Wrappings for Christmas with Mary Day Join this creative and productive day and enjoy both painting and dyeing silk for a raqnge of gifts such as silk notebooks, tissue holders, silk beads and small pictures to name but a few and then make silk carrier bags and boxes in which to present your works of art! This is a satisfying and speedy route to attractive as well as opulent and unique presents for friends and family. Beginners and those with experience are all welcome as guidance will be given every step of the way. Day Course: £67.00 7 Dec 2008 Silk Gifts and Silk Wrappings for Christmas with Mary Day Join this creative and productive day and enjoy both painting and dyeing silk for a raqnge of gifts such as silk notebooks, tissue holders, silk beads and small pictures to name but a few and then make silk carrier bags and boxes in which to present your works of art! This is a satisfying and speedy route to attractive as well as opulent and unique presents for friends and family. Beginners and those with experience are all welcome as guidance will be given every step of the way. Day Course: £67.00 13 Dec 2008 Flowers for Christmas: Traditionally Christmas (not forgetting that touch of sparkle) with Katherine Kear Festive designs: something for all styles and traditions. Designs for the table, mantelpiece, door and more or less anywhere! Materials are provided at cost, approx £25 paid on the day. Bring flower cutters and hand towel. Day Course: £58.00 14 Dec 2008 Creating Original Handmade Cards with Julie Owen See a range of decorative techniques, including quick and easy methods and some more challenging ideas. Techniques include working with soldering irons and sheer fabrics, creating simple 3D elements and beaded blocks of colour. Lots of hints and tips to give your cards the professional finishing touch, plus Christmas Card ideas. All materials provided with use of specialist tools. Bring spectacles if you wear them! Day Course: £67.00 14 Dec 2008 Farncombe Christmas Art & Craft Fair A fabulous opportunity to pick up some unique Christmas gifts. Join Farncombe tutors and friends for a choice of Jewellery, Textiles, Paintings, Cards and more… Opening times 11am-4pm. 3-course Sunday lunch available if booked by 12 December 2008). Free admission. Free car parking. Day Course: £48.00
Farncombe Estate Centre, Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ, UK, Direct Tel. 01386 854521 Short weekend courses at an award-winning venue: www.FarncombeEstate.co.uk. |
 Spring Workshops
Watercolours for Beginners Tutor: Suzy Drake Wed 4th Jun Session 3 Watercolour is an exciting and versatile medium which can seem a bit daunting at first! These individual workshops are chance to learn the basics of this medium in a fun and relaxed way, from basic techniques such as washes and wet-in-wet, to the combining of other materials such as coloured pencil with watercolour, and the use of sponges and toothbrushes. In each session - which can be booked individually - you will create a different landscape so enabling you to learn through direct experience of constructing a watercolour painting. These workshops are suitable for beginners but at the same time those with more experience will be able to gain from experimenting and playing with different techniques and approaches. Other sessions: Fri 4th Apr; Tues 29th Apr Cost: £23.00 per session (inc £2.00 materials charge) Shortcut to Felting Tutor: Libby Smith Thurs 5th Jun Discover the time saving potential of prefelt for felt projects such as scarves, cushions, purses and bags. We will be using it as a single layer and multiple layers along with other elements, for applique and colouring with acid dyes using a microwave. It is also ideal for use with an embellisher. Cost: £31.00 (inc £5.00 materials charge) Back to Basics: Pearl Pigments & Bronze Powders Tutor: Viv Arthur Fri 6th Jun Explore the similarities and the differences of these two pigment types. Discover how they can be used and look at how they can be combined with so many different binders and agents to create limitless possibilities. Cost: £25.00 (inc £5.00 materials charge) This is one of a series of exciting workshops, presented by Bobby Britnell, which encourages close examination of the work of an artist in finding comparable methods of working that we as textiles artists might employ. The previous workshop 'Inspired by Paul Klee' (in June 07) was so well received that we already have plans for more workshops in the future. Inspired by Hundertwasser (two day workshop) Tutor: Bobby Britnell Tues 10th Jun, Wed 11th Jun The Austrian artist Hundertwasser uses colour and line to maximum effect in his paintings. These along with his interest in the use of the spiral and dome shape will serve as the key design elements for exploration on this course. Techniques will include printing, stencils and masks, bonding and layering effects, developed from observations and simple drawing exercises. Time will be spent in looking, researching and recording, to build up a series of ideas for future work. The use of the sketchbook will be encouraged in keeping a record of all the challenges set. Good design will be constantly discussed and students will go home with their original masterpiece and plenty of ideas for future development. It is definitely a course full of challenges, new experiences and lots of exciting techniques. Bobby is a teacher and professional textile artist with an abundance of experience and an enthusiasm for passing on her skills to others. Her passion in her subject enables her to motivate, enthuse and stretch both the beginner and the highly experienced student. She continues to advance her own personal development and work as a professional artist by exhibiting both nationally and internationally. She is a member of 'SIX', 'The Practical Study Group' and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She has sold work both in this country and abroad. Cost: £75.00 (inc £3.00 materials charge) Gilding Tutor: Jo Mabbutt Thurs 12th Jun An introduction to the marvellous world of metallic decoration. Working with both real metal leaf and metallic transfer foil, you will be able to experiment with a variety of media to texture, colour, oxidise and distress your samples. You will produce a collection of dramatic starting points for further use and embellishment. Cost: £32.00 (inc £7.00 materials charge) Indigo & Shibori Tutor: Janice Gunner Fri 13th Jun During the workshop you will be introduced to the magical and ancient art of Indigo Dyeing. Fabrics will be prepared in a variety of tie dye/shibori techniques before being immersed in your own individual indigo vat. The results will surprise and amaze you and you will leave with a set of samples for future use in textile work. Alternatively you might just want to keep them as a reference for future projects! Cost: £32.00 (inc £3.00 materials charge) These special two day workshops, presented by Gwen Hedley, explore aspects of design in unusual ways. Each workshop (this June date is followed by another session in November) can be booked as a 'standalone' session, or both can be booked as a progressive course. You will build exciting and stimulating workbooks with surprises and unexpected elements inside, and ideas for further development. The course is suitable for beginners as well as the more experienced, but a sense of adventure is vital! Creative Workbooks: Along New Lines (two day workshop) Tutor: Gwen Hedley Sat 14th Jun, Sun 15th Jun With Gwen's guidance and input you will adopt new approaches to working with line, using a variety of media to create a lively workbook full of ideas. You will then move towards stitch trials. Cost: £75.00 (inc £3.00 materials charge) The Ruth Issett Summer School BIG, BRIGHT and BOLD with a Floral Theme Tues 1st July - Fri 4th July A lively and challenging four day Summer School using both paper and fabric to develop ideas and free the creative soul! This course is for those who are willing to explore the possibilities of imagery, in a variety of materials in order to throw off the strait-jacket of the 'finished piece' and be willing to revel in the journey as well as the destination wherever that might be. Using flowers and foliage as inspiration the course will push the 'edges of the envelope' by using collage, painting, printing and drawing in a large free and experimental manner. This will lead to further experimental work using brightly coloured dyed fabric and paper to develop personal ideas using compositional pieces with the addition of stitch, print or even drawing. The course is designed for those with some design or textile experience who would like to challenge themselves and hopefully develop and refill their creative store cupboard with numerous future possibilities. Cost: £153.00 (inc £8.00 materials charge) These next workshop dates would not normally appear in this Spring programme, but appear only because there is an obvious link. Don't worry - we haven't cancelled all the workshops in between! November Creative Workbooks. The second of the progressive workshops from Gwen on the theme of Workbooks. Creative Workbooks: A Patterned Approach (two day workshop) Tutor: Gwen Hedley Sat 8th Nov, Sun 9th Nov Gwen takes a fresh look at pattern in its broadest sense, opening up new ideas for design. Then you will move on to begin some stitched interpretations. Cost: £75.00 (inc £3.00 materials charge) Art Van Go (WOW), The Studios, 1 Stevenage Road, Knebworth, Herts SG3 6AN, UK, tel. 01438 814946, email , web site www.artvango.co.uk. |
