Shibori: Dye & Discharge w/ELIN NOBLE 10/31-11/02
Totally Tubular Triangles w/RITA HUTCHENS 10/31-11/02
Making Marks w/DOROTHY CALDWELL 11/07-11/09
Nuno Relief Art Felt w/CHER BENDA 11/07-11/09
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Session 1: Oct. 31 - Nov. 2
Friday - Sunday, 9-12am & 1:30-4:30pm |
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ELIN NOBLE
SHIBORI: DYE & DISCHARGE
Explore the visual and textural cornucopia known as Shibori. Basic shaped resist techniques: tying, binding, pleating, stitching, knotting, clamping, and pole wrapping are easy to learn and offer a limitless interaction of pattern and color. We’ll use the Procion MX fiber reactive dyes, and thiox as the discharge agent, to dye cellulose fibers (cotton, rayon, Tencel, linen, and silk). We will cover cloth selection, preparation, and historical and contemporary applications, all through lively and humorous discussions. People have been doing this for thousands of years, you can too.
Material Fee: $20
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RITA HUTCHENS
TOTALLY TUBULAR TRIANGLES
Learn this fun new strip-piecing technique and get over your fear of the bias. Sew fabric strips into tubes. Cut these tubes into more strips and Rita will guide you through her Totally Tubular process for sewing them back together to easily create yards and yards of triangles of any size and angle you wish to make, without the use of paper or templates. Students create pieces of “fabric” that can be turned into a border, block, small quilt, several blocks or put into a garment.
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Session 1I: November 7 - 9
Friday - Sunday, 9-12am & 1:30-4:30pm |
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DOROTHY CALDWELL
MAKING MARKS
We make marks to say: I was here! And Where is here? This three day workshop will help participants to ‘choose their mark’ through the mediums of paper and cloth and make the rhythmic repetitive results into a book. Each of the three days has a theme including “Marks You Know”, “Marks I Know/Stitched Marks” and “Marks You Never Imagined”, exercises and critique. “Get on your MARK … Get Set ….Go!”
Material Fee: $30.
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CHER BENDA
NUNO RELIEF ART FELT
Build felted forms into and out of a woven textile base for exciting 3-D surfaces which will be joined during the felting process and formed into 3-D shapes after. Possibly add stitching and/or novelty items for added detail and texture. Applications: Quilt blocks in handmade felt -- create focus blocks with 3-dimension elements. Interior Art -- create interior window or doorway designs; textile panels or wall hangings for purely Visual Art; an accent pillow or table runner customized to your decor.
Material Fee: $30 - $35.
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  Elin Noble was born in Munich, Germany, grew up in the United States, the Far East and Europe, and lives in New Bedford, MA. She studied art history in Italy and has traveled and studied in Japan, India, Turkey, Peru, South Africa, Europe, and Mexico. Elin is the author of Dyes & Paints: A Hands-On Guide to Coloring Fabric. She has a BFA in Fiber from the Univ. of Washington. As former Lab Manager at PRO Chemical & Dye, she has a vast experience and understanding of dyeing. She has appeared on PBS, lectured, and conducted dye and paint workshops across North America as well as internationally. http://www.elinnoble.com/ |
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Rita Hutchens has been making colorfully patterned quilts since 1980 when she discovered the endless design possibilities available with strip piecing. Since then she has developed her own Tubular strip-piecing technique. She is the author of the book “TOTALLY TUBULAR QUILTS” and is an expert at creating pattern using this technique. Rita’s energy and enthusiasm for sharing her unique technique is evident in the workshops and lectures she presents nationally. She encourages quilters to use techniques they have learned to find their own quilting voice. Rita has been awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Idaho Commission of the Arts and continues to make efforts to raise the awareness of quilting as an art form. Rita likes to have fun in her quilting is process oriented and works intuitively with lots of experimentation and mistakes. She also believes she is the queen of U.F.O’s, and has no problem with the bias. Rita’s students will attest to the fact that her classes are information packed and FUN Filled and that Totally Tubular is a surprising new way of thinking! Rita Lives in Northern Idaho.
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Dorothy Caldwell is a Canadian textile artist working in Hastings, Ontario. Her work incorporates North American quilting traditions with resist and discharged dyeing techniques including those learned through her travel and research in India and Japan. Dorothy has been the recipient of many awards including the Bronfman Award which is given to one Canadian artist each year. She has executed major architectural commissions and her work is in many permanent collections including The Museum of Arts and Design, NY and the Museum of Civilization.
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  Cher Benda is a fiber artist from Moravia, NY. Artistic expression, in a myriad of art forms, has been an intricate part of her life’s journey and have included leather craft, woodworking, textile design, hand spinning, weaving, knitting -- to mention a few. In 1998 she was introduced to the art of felt making and has been enthralled with it ever since. In 2002 she partnered with well-known felt maker Polly Stirling, assisting her in workshops as well as assuming management of the Woolworks entity of Wild Turkey Felt makers. Since then she has been teaching and keeps traveling farther down the path of fiber exploration and celebration. http://www.wildturkeyfeltwoolworks.com./
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Registration Policies for QBL2
To register for QBL2, please complete the online form by clicking on the Sign Up for Class icon or download, complete & return the registration form to the Art Center at 205 Genesee St., Auburn, NY 13021.
Click here for downloadable form.
A non-refundable deposit of $75 per class is required to register. Final payments are due by September 1, 2008. No refunds will be given after September 15, 2008.
Cost
Tuition is $270 per class. Additional material fees may apply. Information regarding supply fees will be published as soon as it is available.
Class Supply List
Supply list will be posted as soon as possible along with the class description.
Lodging
Hotel accomodations will be available at the Inn at the Finger Lakes for class participants. The Inn at the Finger Lakes is conveniently located in downtown Auburn, less than one mile from the Art Center and offers:
Free high speed wireless internet access
77 guest rooms and suites
Compimentary continental breakfast
Complimentary evening receptions,
Monday - Saturday
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Signature sleep sets with down comforters and feather pillows
Reduced Rates for workshop participants: $79.99 per night for either:
One or Two Queen Bed(s)
Comfortable room with queen-size, signature sleep set, duvets, coverlets, triple sheeting & feather pillows. Flat panel TV on wall. Window seat.
To reserve your room, call the Inn at the Finger Lakes today at (315)253-5000 and tell them you are with the Nancy Crow Workshop group.
Meals
The Art Center is currently working on putting together meal plan options for workshop participants. More information will be made available as soon as possible.
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