2010 Fiber Courses
April 23 - 25
Needle Felted Mandalas
CLASS CANCELLED
Karen Burke • All Levels • $200
April 30 - May 2
Nuno Felting
Annie Lawrence • Beginner/Intermediate • $210
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $To be decided
Learn the ancient art form of traditional wet felting with a modern twist. We will make a one-of-a-kind scarf using merino wool and lightweight silk fabric. Every student will go home with a finished project.
Annie's Instructor Page
April 30 - May 2
Kumihimo Rope Making
CLASS CANCELLED
Carolyn Oliver • All Levels • $200
May 7 - 9
A Basket a Day
Susan Matson • All Levels • $200
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $55
Yes! The title of this course really means what it says. Participants will have three new baskets to take home at the end of the weekend. We'll make a berry basket (works great as a catch-all on desk, dresser, or counter), a market basket (useful for gathering items at market, carrying produce from the garden, or tidying up at home), and a serving basket (with a wooden base). Beginners will learn basic weaving techniques and simple accent coloring, while experienced weavers will be able to incorporate more complex weave structures and color patterns into their work.
Susan's Instructor Page
May 14 - 16
Not Your Grandmother's Doily
Rae Gold • Basic Crochet Skills Necessary • $250
This will be an exploration of dimensional crochet, be it practical or impractical. It can be an article of clothing from scratch or embellishing an already existing loose knit sweater, to creating three dimensional useless wonders. Some Knowledge of the basic crochet stitches would be helpful.
Rae's Instructor Page
June 6 - 12
Not Your Grandmother's Doily
Rae Gold • Basic Crochet Skills Necessary • $450
This will be a week long exploration of dimensional crochet, be it practical or impractical. It can be an article of clothing from scratch or embellishing an already existing loose knit sweater, to creating three dimensional useless wonders. Some Knowledge of the basic crochet stitches would be helpful.
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June 13 - 19
Quilt As You Go
Mary Butler • All Levels • $450
Ladies and gentlemen, sewers all. Come and have some fun. The pleasure of Quilt-As-You-Go is portable quilting. Blocks are made as individual quilts and joined to make any size piece desired. We will explore straight, curved, and mixed directional strip piecing, appliqué and crazy blocks. Color choices are important so bring your favorite fabrics and include some unexpected. This is an intense week of sewing. While you should be able to complete a twin size quilt in the week and will learn some new tricks, be prepared to enjoy yourself and delight in the results. All levels of experience welcome!
Mary's Instructor Page
July 11 - 17
Silk Painting & Shibori
Janice Patrignani • All Levels • $425
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $75
This workshop will give you a great foundation to begin your new obsession creating wearable art. Focusing on process we will experiment with color, play with pattern and be seduced by the flow of paint and dye on silk. Half the week will be spent exploring Chinese silk painting techniques and the other half exploring Shibori, the ancient Japanese fiber art of bound resist dyeing. Participants will leave this experience thrilled with the exquisite wearable artworks they create.
Minimum age requirement: 12 with parent/guardian in class, 13 without parent/guardian
Janice's Instructor Page
July 18 – 24
Fibers, Fibers Everywhere
Sandi Cirillo • All Levels • $450
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $70
Learn how to paint on fiber and create handcrafted felted books and slippers. Make fiber collages using wool that you have dyed yourself. We’ll explore Japanese shibori methods and do some nuno felting too. Each day of this week will feature a new fiber technique for you to explore. For this journey into fibers, students are encourages to bring to class photos, poems, or written work from their travels for inspiration. At the end of the week, you will leave with multiple, colorful and uniquely evocative pieces of artwork.
Sandi's Instructor Page
August 1 - 7
Basketry: Kick It Up With Color
Susan Matson • All Levels • $440
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $68
It’s true….. Making baskets is fun. But adding colored materials to the process elevates it to playtime! Participants will incorporate color into their baskets in ways appropriate for their skills levels. Beginners will work with color stripes, create a simple checkerboard, add surface decorations, and weave basic balanced twill as they learn fundamental weaving techniques. Experienced weavers can select or design baskets that include plaids, complex twills, and medallions in multiple colors. Come and join us for a week of great adult playtime!
Susan's Instructor Page
August 15 – 21
Lace Knitting
Rachel Kimboko • Beginner/Intermediate • $430
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $25
Make holes in your knitting...on purpose! This class is for knitters who are curious about lace and want to learn in a guided way. Beginning students will learn the fundamentals of lace stitches and how to read visual knitting instructions. More advanced students can perfect their technique, make their own charts, and even design their own lace product. Everyone will leave with several small completed projects and get started on a larger project of their own choice.
Rachel's Instructor Page
September 17 - 19
Shibori Obsession
Janice Patrignani • Intermediate/Advanced • $250
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $75
Immerse yourself in Shibori, the ancient Japanese fiber art of bound resist dyeing using techniques of stiching, binding, folding, clamping, and wrapping. This in depth weekend workshop will explore a variety of patterning, dyeing, and discharging methods with fiber reactive and acid dyes to create several one of a kind wearable works of art. Some Previous Shibori Experience preferred.
Janice's Instructor Page
September 24 - 26
Into the Scrap Pile
Mary Butler • All Levels • $220
Complete information not yet available.
Mary's Instructor Page
October 1 - 3
Needle Felted Mandalas
Karen Burke • All Levels • $200
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $48
The Mandala is an ancient art form, a sacred circle and symbol of healing and wholeness that has been used in spiritual traditions around the world, and more recently also as a tool of self-discovery and centering. Mandalas are highly decorative and can be used as a focal point in meditation. Each mandala has a uniquely transformative energy which lives on in the person who creates it or those who have experienced it.
Experience how spirit and art can be combined to create something truly special: Students will learn a variety of techniques in needle felting (a form of “dry felting”) using yarn and unspun wool fibers, and a special felting needle; learn about the symbolism and healing effect of the mandala; have a quiet time for reflection; then create their very own needle felted mandala wall hanging.
Karen's Instructor Page
October 8 - 10
A Basket a Day
Susan Matson • All Levels • $245
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $55
Yes! The title of this course really means what it says. Participants will have three new baskets to take home at the end of the weekend. We'll make a berry basket (works great as a catch-all on desk, dresser, or counter), a market basket (useful for gathering items at market, carrying produce from the garden, or tidying up at home), and a serving basket (with a wooden base). Beginners will learn basic weaving techniques and simple accent coloring, while experienced weavers will be able to incorporate more complex weave structures and color patterns into their work.
Susan's Instructor Page