Please mark your calendar and plan to join us for GORDANA BRELIH's workshop September 18-20th, 2015 in Kingston...

Putting it all together...
CONNECTING FRAGMENTS

Gordana Belih, Instructor

returns to Fibreworks Kingston Weekend Workshops Series

September 18-20, 2015

Lets be creative!

Do you ever wonder what to do with your many samples from different workshops, fabric scraps, lace, eco-dyed silk, wool, beads, metal finds? You will work closely with Gordana over this weekend of stitch and design play to develop the plans to create all new work as you "put it all together". Your work may be collaged onto black felt while planning  one special dimensional piece, or you might consider mounting your design stretched onto a frame… 

 

Bits and pieces of Gordana's work

 

There are so many options this dynamic artist uses in her own prize-winning art that will be shared during this fun-filled, design focused workshop. Time to explore, plan, sketch, dream and stitch!!! Make time to play and build new pieces for your stash of favourite techniques.

 

 

Techniques that will be explored by Gordana with her students during the workshop include:

 

* Free motion machine and hand stitching, 

* Stitching and burning felt,

* Stamping, wax resist printing, 

* Stitching onto water soluble film, 

* Painting Stitch-witchery, 

* Mono-printing on fabric, 

* Use of gold foil, 

* Drawing and stitching on the muslin…

The workshop will be held in Room 00060 from 9:30-4 pm Saturday and Sunday September 19th and 20th at St. Lawrence College. 

 

Friday evening September 18th

bring friends and enjoy the 

Lecture and sharing of Gordana's beautiful work. 

7-9 pm. Room 12040, St. Lawrence College.

Registration is OPEN and the form to send with your payment cheque payable to FIBREWORKS KINGSTON is on the right sidebar at our blog:  www.fibreworkskingston.blogspot.ca

 

Hope to see you soon!

Bethany Garner, FIBREWORKS Coordinator

garner@kingston.net

 

Come join SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS students at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, ON as they expand their Fibre Arts/Design skills in a full week of classroom play!

St. Lawrence College

1000 Islands

Summer School of the Arts 

Fibre Arts: Design, Technique and Practice (Kingston Campus)

ARTS 91 

Mon - Fri July 27 - July 31, 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Course Fee: $239

$30 Materials Fee to Instructor covers comprehensive course binder and dye/paint supplies
 

Course Registration Link 

 Course Catalogue
Accommodation at the Kingston Campus College Residences 

Dyeing, painting and printing on cloth...a full week of devoted studio practice 

This journey will help you to step ‘out of the box’, away from the familiar, and start to create contemporary, one of a kind art quilts or “Modern” bed quilts as you study the foundations of design. Your focus will be on creating art work that can be used in your studio practice, developing  that new  commitment to a series that can carry on long after our week together.

You will explore color, work every morning into a course sketchbook with art and design techniques, and explore hands on sampling of MANY techniques for special effects on fabrics including the creation/stitching of all new small pieces of art work each afternoon in the classroom... lots of time to STITCH! Machine or hand work - your choice! 

Day One:      Flat and immersion dyeing of fabric (see photo above)

Day Two:     Indigo dye instruction including shibori (see photo below)

Day Three:   Soy wax batik, and art quilt design time in afternoon

Day Four:     Fabric painting using COLOUR VIE and acrylics, gel and screen printing

Day Five:      Experiment with nuno/wet felting

As you create, choose your own favourite techniques to develop all new, original art. You will enjoy working along with your classmates, sharing ideas, and  developing confidence in “design wall” exercises while you take this opportunity to stitch up a storm!

During this 5 full days of studio art play you will listen to your intuition and find the confidence to make independent decisions that will produce art/quilts strong in colour and design. The goal is creating new work, using fibre as your medium and having a great and fun filled week with old and new friends along the way.. 

Supplies list provided with paid registration... and we encourage you to use your STASH!

Come play!

Date(s): 7/27/2015 - 7/31/2015.
Days of Week: Monday through Friday   Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM  Room 00060

Main Campus, Green Wing, Lower Level

Instructor: Bethany Garner

More Information:  garner@kingston.net

This is Beth''s nineteenth year in the classroom with the Summer School of the Arts at St.Lawrence College. She welcomes new and returning students and encourages you to book a stay in SLC Kingston Residence at the college and enjoy the beauty of the Kingston Community during summer 2015!