Past-workshops – Page 24

Wednesday December 20, 2017

Block Printing and Surface Design on Fabric

This workshop will guide students through the process of block-printing on fabric. Students will learn about creating designs, carving blocks, and the process of printing simple repeat patterns. They will explore a variety of techniques from ombre rolls, two-coloured designs, resist, jigsaw prints and collagraph techniques. They will learn how to off-set print and how to register stamps so that printed fabric has a professional look. Participants will take inspiration from the natural environment as well as learn about abstract design and colour theory.

All classes run from 9 – 4 pm daily. Studios are also open after hours.

Course fee: $665 Supply fee: $17

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST

Tuition includes lunch and daily snacks and is inclusive of all applicable taxes.

MO HAMILTON is a printmaker, textile artist, mixed-medium painter and teacher. Recurring symbols and motifs show up in her work such as houses, trees, plants, birds and natural elements. Often she is drawn to her studio by an idea or agenda that needs to express itself only to find that the process takes over and intuition leads the way. Presently Mo is exploring block-printing on fabric as well as working on an ongoing longer printmaking project called The 100 Houses Project. In Mo’s 100 Houses Project she explores the house as symbol for expressing the changes humans experience in their lifetimes. Mo has lived in many communities across BC including Summerland, Malcolm Island, Victoria, Castlegar, and Terrace, but now she resides in Prince George. The creation of art has provided consistency through the transitions she has made in both time and place, in soul and in heart, as a child, woman, partner, and mother. Her creations can be found in galleries and private collections throughout BC.

Organic Sculpting: Felting Inspired by Nature

Through creative processes outside in the natural environment, this workshop provides an experimental approach to felting organic forms through sculptural felting. Daily time spent outside observing, reflecting, collecting and sketching in nature will provide inspiration for sculptural forms made from wool using felting processes. Beginning with small introductory works and moving on to more ambitious series of sculptures, this workshop is appropriate for beginners and those with more felting experience. Topics include image development through observation and sketching from nature, armature building with wool, surface coverage, decoration, elaboration, linear work and felting around natural forms. No experience necessary.

All classes run from 9 – 4 pm each day. Classroom studio hours are open before and after hours.

Course cost: $665 Supply fee: $50

STUDENT SUPPLY LIST

Tuition includes lunch and daily snacks and is inclusive of all applicable taxes.

CONNIE MICHELE MOREY is an artist working with sculpture, textiles, book arts and creative and critical writing. She is active in community-based practice and has exhibited and presented in Canada, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia and Portugal. In addition to practicing art, Connie also works as an art consultant and publishes creative and critical writing. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts, an M.Ed. in Art Education and in 2016 completed a PhD that merged creative writing and studio practice to look at imagination as a collaborative experience. As one of the co-founders of arc.hive, an artist-run centre focused on facilitating collaborations between artists, writers and performers, Connie is active as a curator and arts consultant, focusing on social practice, community engagement and the arts, in addition to teaching part-time at the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island School of Art.

Free-form Basket Weaving using Traditional Techniques

In this workshop students will learn the basic weaving techniques for making ribbed baskets and bowls using reeds, sea grass and bittersweet vines. These techniques were brought over from Europe to North America by the settlers. First, the students will implement weaving skills for traditional baskets and bowls. Then, students will use their imagination to create a free form bowl using bittersweet vines for the structure. All levels welcome.

Course cost: $665 Supply fee: $140 (includes all needed weaving materials)

Tuition includes lunches and daily snacks. Prices are listed in Canadian Dollars and are inclusive of all applicable taxes.

TINE PUCKETT, a master weaver, is a self-taught artist who has been weaving since 1981. Her imagination and sense of color has influenced her to create contemporary sculptural art forms that are indescribably dynamic and colorful. Tina is influenced by natural materials grown locally in the northwest corner of Connecticut. Her favorite is bittersweet. The character of this vine dictates to her what form a basket or sculpture shall take. In addition, Tina mixes her own dyes. Her strong sense of color shows in the subtle use of dyed reeds to effect a more exquisite piece. Ultimately, a bit of “love” slips into the weaving of each piece . . . never to be retrieved.

Tina's works have been exhibited at museums, art galleries, libraries and craft shows — including the Slater Mill Museum in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2003 in Korea, where Tina won the Honorable Mention award in basketry.