BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6549@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211004T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211004T200000 DTSTAMP:20210827T173933Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/the-reader-dot-art-textile-arts- 3/ SUMMARY:The Reader Gallery: The Reader: dot-art: Textile Arts DESCRIPTION:Suitable for complete beginners who are new to textile arts as well as those looking to experiment with more advanced projects.\n\nBOOK H ERE\n\nMonday evenings\, 6-8pm\, starting 4th October 2021(£175 for 10 we ek course)\n\n***To avoid a booking fee and pay by card\, cheque or cash\, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660***\n\n--------- --------------------------------------------------\n\nProgramme\n\nThis is a creative and experimental course in which students will produce a range of samples and some finished items. The course is aimed at a complete beg inner however would be suited to somebody with some experience looking to brush up on skills in a friendly group environment. Catherine provides ple nty of inspiration\, physical examples along with web references and books to encourage students to broaden their textile knowledge. Suitable for ag es 15 upwards.\n\nStudents will be provided with materials for the course (which will be sanitised) alternatively\, students can bring their own equ ipment if they’d prefer. A full list of what’s needed for each week wi ll be provided in advance. There will be materials and equipment in the cl ass to purchase. The room has a sink for clean up of equipment.\n\nALL stu dents should bring their own basic kit of pen\, pencil\, notebook\, scrap paper\, fabric scissors\, embroidery (very small) scissors\, stitching nee dle with thread.\n\nThe class is mostly taught by ‘demonstration’ meth od with each week Catherine giving an introduction to the technique\, hist orical references\, examples from Catherine and past students – with ref erences for suppliers and further reading.\n\nWeek 1\n\nPaper piecing - qu ilting for memory. Materials\, equipment\, vintage fabrics and templates p rovided. As the 1st week\, here a gentle and fairly easy class to get star ted! Choose from a selection of colourful fabrics or bring your own. Often old clothes have memory even though they don’t fit us any more! – her e you can chop up and reinvent.\n\nWeek 2\n\nHand painted textiles in the theme of Floral &\; Botanical – using reactive dye\, fabric paint\, s tencils\, print\, bleach painting. All equipment &\; materials provided however if students have any plain white fabrics\, tea towels\, canvas ba gs\, fabric paints etc at home they can bring these in to work with.\n\nWe ek 3\n\nWet felting – Pop art or Landscape – natural merino wool fibre s are provided along with mohair yarns and plant fibres for students to ex periment with. An A4 size felted flat textile piece will be produced.\n\nW eek 4 &\; 5\n\nBatik and shibori – the group splits into 2 halves and switches activity over these 2 weeks. Batik is the use of metal tools (Tj anting )and hot wax to layer up washes of dye/fabric paint onto cotton fab ric. Students will complete an A4/A3 size textile piece. Shibori is a Japa nese manual resist technique using stitch\, elastic bands and other method s to produce beautiful indigo dye patterns. Students will follow Catherine to learn several techniques and can produce their own project.\n\nWeek 6\ n\n3D felting – using natural British wools and a balloon to produce a s mall bird nest. Similar to papier-mâché but with natural fibres.\n\nWeek 7\n\nLino print fabric – theme Natures’ Design. Working with a small carving tool to cut away a simple design into lino\, then printing onto ei ther fabric or paper.\n\nWeek 8\n\nNeedle felting – Students can choose to make a mouse or a robin along with some small items like mushrooms and shells. Catherine will provide all materials and share techniques for cons truction\, blending colours and shaping in this magical sculptural art.\n\ nWeek 9\n\nNuno felting – translating as ‘cloth’ in Japanese\, this technique builds on the previous 2 weeks felt sessions. Here students will manipulate woven fabric with natural fibres to produce a flower\, small n eck scarf or journal cover.\n\nWeek 10\n\nIn this final week Catherine wil l show some hand stitch techniques and appliqué. Students can choose to w ork into fabrics produced in previous weeks such as printed\, dyed and fel ted. Often any samples which students consider less successful can be cut up in a collage style and reinvented here.\n\nTutor: Catherine Carmyllie i s a Liverpool based artist currently working across painting and textile a rt. She completed a Textile Art degree at Huddersfield University before s pending 6 months at The Arts and Crafts Academy of Kuopio\, Finland where she had the opportunity to learn ancient Scandinavian skills such as bookb inding\, weaving\, feltmaking amongst others. Catherine regularly teaches creative workshops.\n\nDates:\n\nMonday evenings\, 6-8pm\, starting 4th Oc tober 2021\n\n4\, 11\, 18 Oct\n\n(No session 25th Oct)\n\n1\, 8\, 15\, 22\ , 29 Nov\n\n6\, 13 Dec\n\nVenue:\n\nCalderstones Mansion House\,\n\nCalder stones Road\,\n\nLiverpool L18 3JB\n\nCost\n\n£175 for 10 week course\n\n __________________________________________________________________________ __________\n\nNotes:\n\nThere are a maximum of 15 places available on each session\, so early booking is essential.\n\nTo avoid a booking fee and pa y by card\, cheque or cash\, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0 345 017 6660.\n\nCancellations / Refunds\n\nOnce you have made your course booking you are committed to it. This is because our courses have very sm all student numbers\, and often sell-out and are unavailable to others. Th erefore any cancellations may result in a place not being filled\, or a co urse not being able to run.\n\nCancellations are permitted up to 30 days b efore the start of a course\, and a full refund will be issued. Refunds wi ll not be made for cancellations less than 30 days before the start of a c ourse. If you are unable to attend due to illness\, personal or profession al commitments you do not have the right to a refund.\n\nIf you wish to ca ncel your place on a course that has not yet started and you have a friend or colleague who can take your place we can accommodate this substitution .\n\ndot-art and The Reader may use your details to contact you about fort hcoming events\, classes or developments that may be of interest. For full details of the Reader's privacy policy\, please follow this link. 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