September 5, 6, 7, 2006 Patty Hawkins
Patty Hawkins is a talented quilt artist with a flair for design. She's exhibited at Quilt National, Visions, many invitational exhibitions and is this year's winner of the Quilts Japan Prize for the upcoming Visions exhibit! Patty has also co-exhibited with her husband, who is an accomplished woodworker. She founded Front Range Contemporary Quilters with 5 friends, a group that's grown to 200 members. In 2005, she secured an artist's residency in Rocky Mountain National Park. In addition to teaching around the country, Patty can be seen on HGTV's Simply Quilts.
Lecture: Patterns Everywhere: Open Your Eyes
Workshop: Patterns Everywhere!
Students begin class by playing with repetition of patterns seen in nature, shadows, reflections, and architecture. Using found patternings, simple drawings are developed and elaborated upon with Patty’s insightful and clever design methods. Students will leave class with wonderful pattern foundations for quilt and collage compositions and work in a series. (Hot off the Press: Patty just won the Quilts Japan prize awarded at Quilt National 2006!)
$75.00. No supply fee.
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October 3, 4, 5, 2006 Nancy Shriber
Nancy is a nationally recognized teacher, artist, lecturer and writer. In addition to frequent contributions to Threads magazine she's been featured in Traditional Quilter, Patchwork Craft, and Quick and Easy Patchwork . She's participated in many juried competitions, including the Mid-Atlantic Wearable Arts Festival and the East Coast Quilters Alliance. She's a seasoned member of the SFO Sewing Workshop and has taught nationwide. In addition. Nancy is an elected member of the National League of American Pen Women in both the Arts and Letters Divisions.
Lecture: Sashiko
Workshop: Contemporary Sashiko Sampler
Immerse yourself in the world of a traditional art, Japanese Sashiko, but brought into the modern world using luscious silks, linens, cottons and wool fabrics. Plan a garment design using a favorite jacket, vest or shirt pattern or choose a pattern suggested by Nancy. Create allover Sashiko designs borrowed from widely recognized quilt design templates and sew beautiful patterns using cotton, rayon and silk embroidery flosses or rayon machine decorative threads, all through a flannel, cotton quilt batting or silk organza interlining that is ready to line with your embellished lining.
$75.00. No supply fee.
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November 7, 2006 Judy Perez
After years of working in the design field, Judy Perez entered The International Quilt Festival in Houston for the first time in 2002. She won three awards that year and has since won three more in that show as well as numerous others. Recently, her work has been evolving into more painted whole cloth with machine quilting, as she explores spiritual, historical, and mythological themes.
Lecture: My Journey as a Quilt Artist
There is no workshop in November due to the FAOF show.
January 2, 3, 4, 2007 Beth Nobles
Beth Nobles provides a direct storytelling approach to the theme of memory, communicated in her well detailed embroidery compositions. She uses traditional, historical needlework to politicize familial stories and social commentaries. Her work has been featured in Fiber Art Design books 4,5,6, & 7; she's been published in Surface Design Journal, Fiberarts Magazine, The Flying Needle and many others in addition to exhibiting, teaching and speaking nationwide, including SOFA here in Chicago.
Lecture: Narrative Embroidery
Workshop: Narrative Embroidery
Students will explore ways to build stronger content and meaning in our own representational textile works (art quilts, embroideries, surface design, artist books) by deepening our understanding of narrative structure. Traditional story-telling elements, such as voice, character, setting, action, the passing of time, and mood, will be explored in the visual context with particular attention to texture, material and structure. Students will learn and explore new studio techniques to add meaning to their narrative work—class participants will see and have the opportunity to experiment with computer image transfer, painting and printing on fabric, beading and embroidery and as time allows, exploring innovative book forms and sew pop-up book structures into our textile work.
$75 plus supply fee $25. Total $100.
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A SUMMIT OF ELDERS
Beth Nobles
2001
4 1/2" x 3"
Cotton and rayon embroidery on silk
February 6, 7, 8, 2007 Diane Fitzgerald
Diane is a bead collector and jewelry designer who works in a variety of contemporary bead assemblage techniques. She has authored 8 books on beadwork and written numerous magazine articles. Her most recent book is The Beaded Garden: Creating Flowers with Beads and Threads. Since 1989, Diane has taught a wide range of bead classes at ther Beautiful Beads shop in Minneapolis, MN and around the country. As a bead collector, she specialized in contemporary American art glass beads and European and Japanese vintage beads. Diane has traveled to South Africa to study Zulu and Zhosa beadwork and to the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and other areas to learn about the glass bead industry and meet beadworkers and beadmakers.
Lecture: Inspired by Beads
Workshop: Peyote Polygons
This class offers lots of variety and on-going usefulness. Day 1, students learn to make an even-sided triangle, square, pentagon and hexagon and combine these shapes into three dimensional beads such as cubes, tetrahedrons and other objects. A focus of this class will begin a project of their choice using these patterns. They may begin their own project or they may make a Star Locket, Trillium Necklace, Birdhouse or they may focus on other beaded beads. Students will work primarily with cylinder beads and must know even count circular peyote stitch which requires a step-up at the end of each row.
$75. No supply fee.
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March 6, 7, 8, 2007 Barbara Mauriello
Barbara Maureillo is a bookbinder and artist who completed a bookbinding apprenticeship 25 years ago. She was a book conservator at the New York Botanical Garden, and teaches at many New York institutions (International Center of Photography, Center for Book Arts) as well as at Penland School of Crafts and Haystack. In 2000, Barbara published a book, Making Memory Boxes .
Lecture: My Life as a Bookbinder: Why I Make Books
Workshop: Two Books in a Box
This workshop is a celebration of both bookbinding and boxmaking. We start by folding paper to form chunky sections, then sew these sections into handmade paper covers. Two beautiful and distinctive sewing patterns, both based on historical models, are displayed in the rows of colorful stitching parading up and down the spines of both books. A cloth-covered slipcase, lines with decorative paper, is built to house this sassy pair of books. All skill levels welcome.
$75 plus supply fee $35. Total $110.
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April 10, 11, 12, 2007 Elin Noble
Elin is the author of Dyes & Paints: A Hands-On Guide to Coloring Fabric, winner of the 1999 Independent Publisher book award for the best “How-To Book”. She has a BFA in Fiber from the University of Washington. Her twenty plus years of dyeing fabric and keen interest in how things work add to her vast understanding of dyeing; everything from feathers to paper pulp, and of course, fabric and yarn. As former Lab Manager at Pro Chem Elin was responsible for helping troubleshoot customer dye and paint glitches, as well as testing and developing new product applications and writing directions. She has lectured and conducted dyeing workshops across North America and Internationally. Her work was reviewed in Fiberarts and is on the cover of Fine Woodworking Design Book Six.
Lecture: Dancing with Discharge
Workshop: Contemporary Marbling
Develop imagery that is far away from traditional marbled patterns, using some traditional and unusual marbling products. Combine fluidity of line, pattern and color in nonconformist ways resulting in abstract, cellular, aquatic, cosmic, and even geological types of imagery. Experience the magic of this ancient process with a contemporary twist and learn why and how different products are used and when to use them. We’ll cover, color mixing, paints, fabric and paper selections, as well as preparation, simple, inexpensive and effective set-up, tricks and some time saving ways to do larger projects all through lively and humorous discussions.
$75 plus supply fee $25. Total $100.
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May 1, 2, 3, 2007 Lesley Riley
Best known for her Fragment series of small fabric collages, Lesley is also a nationally known quilter and mixed-media artist with a passion for color and the written word. Her work takes the form of art quilts, fabric books, dolls and more. She has taught from coast-to-coast and her art and articles have appeared in numerous publications. Her art and writing focus on her passion the inspiration and creativity of women. In her current position as Arts Editor of the new magazine Cloth Paper Scissors , Lesley hopes to showcase new talent and mixed media art. Her first book, Quilted Memories (Sterling/Chappelle), brings new ideas and techniques to quilting and preserving memories. She is currently awaiting publication of her second book, Fabric Memory Books . With her art and her website, Lesley aspires to inspire others to find their own voice and create their art.
Lecture: The Fabric of My Life
Workshop: Day 1 – Discover & Play: Lutrador, Yupo and Angelina.
What’s new? Now there’s a phrase we often hear. Come discover what’s new in my world. New art materials are introduced almost every day, and many of us rush to buy them. But they end up taking up space in the studio because we don’t exactly know what to do with them or how to incorporate them into our art.
In this class you will play with three new synthetic materials: Lutrador, Yup and Angelina. Lutrador is a durable, interfacing-like material that performs like both paper and fabric. Yupo is a plastic paper that yields beautiful monoprints. Angelina are shiny, heat-bondable fibers that can be shaped, stamped, embossed and made to act like paper and fabric. This is a hands-on exploratory class where you will get the chance to play and create samples of the many techniques that will be demonstrated throughout the day. You are guaranteed to leave with your head full of plans and ideas for further exploration and experimentation.
Note: One technique produces fumes. If you have health issues or sensitivities, you may not want to take, or be present for a portion this class. All precautions will be taken to minimize risk. (The possibility of working outdoors will be explored).Day 2 – Sew What???
Sewing is not just for fabric anymore. In her efforts to create truly mixed media art and blur the lines between quilts, books and assemblage, Lesley has been stitching anything the sewing machine needle will go through – mica, copper mesh, metal, paper, tyvek, transparencies, Sew Paintable™ and anything else she comes up with between now and class time. In this process oriented, sewing machine based class, you too will explore the possibilities of sewing non-traditional surfaces. We will create collages incorporating all these new materials with your old favorite – fabric. You will compile a series of small samples of techniques to use as a springboard for all the possibilities that will present themselves to you as you manipulate the materials. These samples will be bound into an accordion folded inspiration and source book.
$75 plus supply fee $25. Total $100.
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