It's summer time, the weather's fine, but you need a break from the sunshine? New to art? Well here's a start that'll enrich your mind and warm your heart!
Starting tomorrow 7/8/09, Bette McCarron will hold Wednesday Workshops in the mornings from 9:15 to Noon, and every week the theme is different. From July 8th through August 12 the schedule is as follows:
Making Fleece into Felt 7/8
Felting is an ancient technique that even predates weaving.
Using various colors of unspun wool, you will feel and see the fleece shrink
and mat together to become 'felt' as you create a small bag or hand puppet.
'Eco'Weaving* 7/15
By weaving on a back strap loom with colored yarn and strips
of plastic shopping bags, you will create a recycled bag with a rope strap.
Creating an Accordion Book 7/22
After making your front and back covers, you will assemble
a unique book with pages folded accordion style to decorate with stencils
and stamps. This will be a special place to record your writings and drawings.
Fishy Fabric Windsock 7/29
By adding a tail and fins to color, fish-shaped cloth, each student will
create a unique fish windsock. After decorating it with trimming and paint, a string
and swivel hook will be attached to the open mouth so it will twirl in the wind.
Complete fish will be about 4.5 feet long.
Painting with Mud: Bogolanfini 8/5
In Mali, Africa, locally woven cloth is decorated with local
mud to create designs to tell stories and then dried in the hot African sun.
You will duplicate this process to tell your story on a tote bag
with different colored muds from various sources:
South Carolina riverbanks, Texas cotton fields, and New Jersey marshes,
as well as any you may bring!
Round Reed Basketry 8/12
Starting with circular bases, students will develop their ability to control
form and design while twining or weaving with different colors
of round reed. Students will be able to complete a small basket and no two will
look alike. This class is for beginners to advanced basket makers.
All workshops are $25 + $5 for supplies and ages 6+
*Indicates a workshop that is ages 8+
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Using various colors of unspun wool, you will feel and see the fleece shrink
and mat together to become 'felt' as you create a small bag or hand puppet.
'Eco'Weaving* 7/15
By weaving on a back strap loom with colored yarn and strips
of plastic shopping bags, you will create a recycled bag with a rope strap.
Creating an Accordion Book 7/22
After making your front and back covers, you will assemble
a unique book with pages folded accordion style to decorate with stencils
and stamps. This will be a special place to record your writings and drawings.
Fishy Fabric Windsock 7/29
By adding a tail and fins to color, fish-shaped cloth, each student will
create a unique fish windsock. After decorating it with trimming and paint, a string
and swivel hook will be attached to the open mouth so it will twirl in the wind.
Complete fish will be about 4.5 feet long.
Painting with Mud: Bogolanfini 8/5
In Mali, Africa, locally woven cloth is decorated with local
mud to create designs to tell stories and then dried in the hot African sun.
You will duplicate this process to tell your story on a tote bag
with different colored muds from various sources:
South Carolina riverbanks, Texas cotton fields, and New Jersey marshes,
as well as any you may bring!
Round Reed Basketry 8/12
Starting with circular bases, students will develop their ability to control
form and design while twining or weaving with different colors
of round reed. Students will be able to complete a small basket and no two will
look alike. This class is for beginners to advanced basket makers.
All workshops are $25 + $5 for supplies and ages 6+
*Indicates a workshop that is ages 8+
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Pictured at the top from left to right: accordion book, fleece into felt, ecoweaved bag, round reed basket. Picture above: fishy fabric windsock.
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