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KURRI CREATIVE TEXTILE RETREAT
This wonderful weekend of creative textile design was held at the Kurri Kurri
TAFE campus in the Hunter Valley NSW during May 2010. The retreat started
at 4pm on Friday the 14th, continuing over Saturday the 15th and Sunday
the 16th May, to the finish at 4pm on Sunday. Full details of the 3 different
workshops all conducted by professional practising textile artists can
be read below. Schedules and costs are included in the brochure which
can be downloaded via the link below. DETAILS OF A DIFFERENT SET OF WORKSHOPS
FOR 2011 WILL BE PUBLISHED HERE SOON.
ANNE VAN DER KLEY with D-WORDS FOR DESIGN - CREATIVE OVERLOCKING
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CLAIRE BRACH with SILK, METAL, STITCH - CREATE AN EMBELLISHED SILK ART JOURNAL
READ MORE DETAILS HERE
WILMA SIMMONS with FELTED FASHION & FALLALERY
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ANNE VAN DER KLEY with D-WORDS FOR DESIGN - CREATIVE OVERLOCKING
Whether you prefer to Dabble in Dye, hand or machine
stitch, knit, crochet, tat, needle or wet felt, quilt, create texture
and dimension or simply make a work of art in itself, working under the
umbrella of øD-wordsÓ will provide a medium to suit your needs
or grow you in a new Direction or perhaps Deviate a little
from the old one. Develop a range of new elements for your textile
practice as you Design, Dabble and Doodle with threads
and fibres, as you Dedicate time to iDeas to increase your
current repertoire of skills.
Working with your overlocker as your primary textile tool, you will Discover
how to create a range of Designer cords, Dabble with Devore,
Discharge and Distort your own created fabrics as well as
adding some Dazzle with a few new tricks with old or forgotten
favourite techniques and products.
This technique class yields a lot of creative output for use at a later
stage...it is the means to the end rather than the end in itself. However
you will be producing a range of small 'finished' goods to both showcase
your talents as well as showing off your newly acquired skills.
Bring your overlocker for 2 days of play like never before, as you stitch
to enrich your art. A materials fee will apply to this class for general
use and harder to get supplies that Anne will bring along for your play
and experimentation.
  
A
word about your equipment. While my workshop requires an overlocker, it does not have to have all
the bells and whistles! Any type of 4-thread overlocker is all that is
required as it gives you more scope for experimentation. If you need to
check out if your equipment is suitable, contact the Kurri Coordinator
via the email link on the NCEATA
CONTACTS WEBPAGE or perhaps we can arrange hire of one of my own machines.
No disappointment allowed because of dinosaurs!
You
will need an overlocker in good working order, serviced recently please.
Please be able to thread it before you get to the class. Ensure you bring
your foot control and a power board, foot and plate if required for rolled
hem, manufacturer's manual for your overlocker, standard accessories for
your overlocker (screwdrivers, tweezers, brush for cleaning).
You will also need a Cording/Beading Foot for your overlocker if you have
one. Please note, this is called different names by different manufacturers.
This is optional only!
View Anne's work at: WWW.ANNEVANDERKLEY.COM
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CLAIRE BRACH with SILK, METAL, STITCH - CREATE AN EMBELLISHED SILK
ART JOURNAL
The course aim is to construct an A5 size (approx) Art Journal, from silk fibre, which will then be fully embellished using metal shim, wire work, fabric scraps, paints and embroidery. The unusual and exciting medium of metal shim will be explored and utilised as the focus for exterior embellishment of the silk journal.
By the end of the course you will be able to: make silk paper from raw fibre, colour silk paper using a variety of methods including paints, inks, metallics, stencils, sponging and stamping, construct an Art Journal, cut, patinate, emboss, manipulate and apply copper, brass and aluminium shim to a variety of projects, embellish your own exterior design using fabric, metal shim, beads and embroidery, complete the journal in class, if not, you will have the knowledge to complete it later.
The objectives will be achieved through:
1. Tutor demonstrations.
2. Participation in 'trial and error' activities for silk paper making and metal shim applications.
3. Planning and positioning of exterior components (shim, beads, embroidery, charms, etc.) to create interesting effects.
4. Practical applications which will include a range of paper colouring techniques, embroidery, cord making, beading, wire work and metal shim. You will be given a wide range of materials and techniques to consider incorporating in your piece.
The initial part of this course will be to make silk paper sheets. This is a very easy process but you will need to bring an iron, portable ironing board or towels to cover table top to iron on.
A partial focus of this workshop is to add new and exciting components into embroidery work. In this workshop we are focusing on incorporating a variety of metal shim in interesting colours and shapes. Shim are thin sheets of copper, brass or aluminium which can be:
1. Cut. Interesting shapes can easily be achieved by using no more than kitchen scissors. Craft punches will also cut interesting shapes to provide a wide variety of repeatable patterns.
2. Embossed. By placing shim on to a firm base, such as a mouse pad, patterns can be drawn using a stylus. Shim will also emboss extremely effectively through a die cutter/embossing machine. This machine, with an extensive range of embossing patterns, will be available for you to use throughout the weekend.
3. Heated. By applying heat using a blow torch, portable gas stove or paint stripping heat gun, copper and brass will change colour and have an 'oil slick' surface appearance. The colour changes can range through brilliant pinks, greens, blues and more. These give a truly stunning highlight when placed into works and combined with many of the new exciting threads and yarns available to us now.
4. Manipulated. It can be bent and shaped into corrugations, woven, twisted, spiralled and even made into metal beads. Samples of all these, and more, will be available and demonstrations to achieve these effects will be given.
5. Coloured. After embossing, permanent colour ink pads or dry brush paint can be carefully wiped across the raised areas of the metal to give a secondary colour highlight.
6. Stitched. By using an awl holes can easily be made in the shim enabling it to be hand stitched in a decorative manner or attached to other components. Shim can also be machine stitched using a Universal 110/18 needle. This adds a further decorative element as embroidery can be overlaid. There will be samples on show, however this will not be a practical application during the course but you may like to do this later.
7. Glued. 2 part epoxy, such as araldite, is sufficient to hold shim firmly in place on most backgrounds and can be used for the project although a good quality tacky glue is also very effective.
8. Homemade. Drink cans are readily available and can be cut up and used as shim. Cut off the top and base, slit one side and you have homemade shim sheets. Cans heat and colour extremely well and can be cut and embossed with great effect. They are also cheap to use!!
It should be noted that other metal can be used and will be available during the course, these include meltable foils and various coloured metal mesh and shims. These can be treated in most of the ways listed above and will give additional texture and interest.
Other Course Information:
A kit will be provided at a cost of $20 per person. It will include sufficient silk fibre to complete the journal and a starter pack of metal shim and embellishments. You will also have the use of paints, stencils and stamps. There will be a wide variety of shim available for purchase and you can expect to typically spend around $10-$15 for this if you so wish, although sufficient supplies will be in your kit to complete the project. A general supply list, items for participants to bring, will be provided closer to the date.
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WILMA SIMMONS with FELTED FASHION & FALLALERY
What is fallalery? It is the using and making of fallals (trifling,
decorative ornaments). We will create unique felted items, embellished
with your own polymer clay art, hand stitchery and bead embroidery.
You
will choose and plan what you will make during the retreat. For example
you may make jewellery (beads, brooch, necklace, bracelet, earrings),
fashion accessories (scarf or belt, decorative pouch) and/or fallals (decorative
containers, dolls, ornamental figures). You will learn wet and dry (needle)
felting techniques, embellishment techniques including polymer clay art
pieces and hints and tips to plan your felted projects.
 
You will learn felting techniques (wet and dry/needle felting), embellishment
techniques including polymer clay art pieces, hints and tips for planning
your felted projects. View photos of Wilma's work at her website: www.flickr.com/photos/empresswu
and at her blog: www.empressu.blogspot.com.
 
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