DECORATIVE & FIBER ARTS
Loom Weaving (Beg)
You have to be warped to weave, or so they say. Join us in this playful class, focusing on loom warping skills. Working on 4-harness floor looms, learn how to design with pattern, color and texture, creating a sampler and a project of your choice. Looms and some yarns provided. Supply fee: $5 payable at first class. Materials list online at www.arts-ed.org.
18759
Th, 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Jan 12-Mar 15
Fee: $178; 60+: $168; Classes: 10
Loom Weaving (Continuing)
Once the weaver is secure in loom warping techniques, the range of weaving projects is limitless. Explore, at your own level, projects such as weaving rugs, double weaves, lace weaves, tapestries, or colonial overshots. Supply fee: $5 payable at first class. Prerequisite: Beginning Weaving or instructor’s ok. Materials list online at www.arts-ed.org
18760
Th, 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Jan 12-Mar 15
Lou Grantham; Studio H, Heather Farm
Fee: $178; 60+: $168; Classes: 10
18761
Th, 6:30 PM-9:30 PM, Jan 12-Mar 15
Lou Grantham; Studio H, Heather Farm
Fee: $178; 60+: $168; Classes: 10
Art of Tapestry Weaving
Learn to create beautiful pictorial weavings using classic European techniques used since medieval times. You’ll warp a small portable loom and choose sumptuous colors of fine wool yarns. Learn techniques including plain weave, straight and diagonal lines, curves and color blending. Look at contemporary and historical work and discuss the basics of designing for tapestry. If you have tapestry or other weaving experience, this will be an exciting opportunity to learn or improve techniques such as weaving with Aubusson bobbins and weaving perfect circles. Beginners welcome. Supply fee: $10 payable in class.
18863
We, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Jan 18-Feb 29
Tricia Goldberg; Studio H, Heather Farm
Fee: $155; 60+: $147; Classes: 7
NEW Papier-mâché Whimsy
No kilns, chisels, or marble stone required. Using the age-old process of papier-mâché, create a sculpture from recycled newspaper, cardboard, paste, paint and ingenuity. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, learn the basic construction the first week. The second week you will finish your piece with a variety of materials, giving you the foundation for your future creative projects, anything from beads, bowls or bracelets, to full size standing figures, realistic, fanciful, or abstract. Materials list online at www.arts-ed.org.
18875 Age: 14 and up
Sa, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM, Feb 4-11
M.J. Schuppert Wilson;
Annex A, Shadelands Art Center
Fee: $61; Classes: 2
NEW Shibori Tradition and Innovation
Learn the techniques of traditional Japanese shibori and adapt them for contemporary applications for art textiles, clothing and quilts. Develop skills for arashi shibori pole wrapping, folding and clamping, including carved clamps and nui shibori stitch resist. Experiment using a sewing machine and smocking pleater to create new patterns and textures. An indigo vat and several natural dyes will be available. Instructor will bring traditional Japanese indigo shibori samples, examples of her work and a variety of books and catalogs for inspiration. Bring a bag lunch. Materials list online at www.arts-ed.org.
18859
Sa/Su, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Jan 21 & 22
Ana Lisa Hedstrom; Annex A, Shadelands Art Center
Fee: $162; Classes: 2
NEW Curious About Spinning
There is a magic that happens as the raw wool in your hand become yarn for you to use. Bring your questions and curiosity to this introductory class on spinning. Instructor will demonstrate how to spin with a drop spindle and a spinning wheel, as well as talk about different types of yarn you can spin. Students will get a chance to try their hand in both. There will be an overview of the entire process of the sheep to shawl.
18832
Sa, 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Feb 4
Lou Grantham; Studio H, Heather Farm
Fee: $32; Classes: 1
Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving Workshop - I
The rigid heddle loom is very portable, inexpensive and a great tool for making gifts. Knitters wanting to use up leftover yarn, spinners with yarn to spare, and for those just wanting to try out weaving, this is the class for you. Learn how to warp using the direct warping peg method and to weave a scarf using a variety of yarns. All experience levels welcome, including returning students. Bring a lunch. Bring your own yarn or pay a supply fee of $10. Loom may be rented for $5 or bring your own. Materials list online at www.arts-ed.org.
18762 Age: 14 and up
Sa, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Jan 28
Reba Siero; Studio H, Heather Farm
Fee: $61; Classes: 1
Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving Workshop - II
Not only is the rigid heddle loom very portable and easy to use, it is very versatile. Think of the many beautiful indigenous pattern weavings of Latin American and Southeast Asia, which are made on looms similar to the rigid heddle loom. You will have an opportunity to explore a range of lace and patterned weaves such as leno lace, Spanish medallion and pick up patterns. Bring a lunch. Bring your own yarn or pay a supply fee of $10. Loom may be rented for $5 or bring your own warped rigid heddle loom. Materials list online at www.arts-ed.org.
18763 Age: 14 and up
Sa, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Feb 25
Reba Siero; Studio H, Heather Farm Preschool
Fee: $61; Classes: 1
