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We are pleased to announce the following classes as part of the Southwest Fiber Festival 2009. Classes are offered Pre-Festival: Friday, October 23rd Remaining Class space is limited, if you wish to register for a class send your form and payment, you will be advised if you have a space before your check is cashed. Click Here for a Class Registration Form Class Schedule Session I ~ Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Session II ~ Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Make & Take Classes ~ Festival Day at Vendor Booths |
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Spinning Color 10:00am - 4:30pm Color is so much fun to spin, however, those lovely hand-painted rovings change with spinning and the resulting yarn can be less than pleasing. We will play with hand-painted rovings, exploring multiple way of spinning and plying for more predictable yarns. We'll discuss and work with color, color theory & using colorful yarns. Increase confidence in color and ability to create beautiful, colored yarns. Bring spinning wheels and accessories. Skill Level: must have basic spinning skills
Nuno-Felted Silk Chiffon Scarf 9:00am - 4:00pm
Wouldn't you like to make one of those beautiful, flowing silk-felt scarves? Well, you can! In this class you will use; hand-dyed silk chiffon, merino wool, mohair locks and yarn embellishments to create your own work of art. Just the accessory to drape around you in the Southwest climate! The finished scarf is approximately 7-9" wide by 54-56" long. Skill Level: Open to All
Felted Possibility Bag 9:00am - 4:00pm
Learn multiple felting techniques (flat felt, felt beads and felt ropes) and sew a simple seam to create your own 'possibility bag'. We'll address various design and embellishment elements before felting and as time allows, discuss and add further embellishment after felting. Learn felting and embellishment techniques that can be used in future projects and come out of the classroom with a completed felt bag. Bags are approximately 11" at the widest point and 13" in length. Skill Level: Open to All
Glass Fusing 9:00am - 12 noon
Participants will make a button, pin, broach or pair of earrings using dichroic glass and fusion techniques in the kiln. The glass must anneal so students will be required to return Saturday morning at (9:00am for a 1/2 hour session to affix the finding for your glass piece. Participants will take home a finished glass piece of his/her own design. Class size very limited. Skill Level: Open to All
Micro-wave Dyeing 1:00 - 4:00pm
Students will learn dye painting for Warp, Yarn and Roving using the micro-wave and fiber reactive dyes and any fiber. Participant will need to bring skein of yarn, an already wound warp or roving (any fiber except polyester) for class, not to exceed 4 oz. Participants will take home fiber of their own material and design as well as the knowledge and skills to repeat the technique. Wear dye (grubby) clothes, bring your fiber and a pair of rubber gloves, then prepare to have fun painting with Robin! Dye kits will be available at $35. each for those who wish to continue dyeing at home. Skill Level: Open to All
CLASS SESSION II The Joy of Spindle Spinning 9:00am - 12:00 noon Learn the joys of hand spinning on different types of suspended & support spindles. Learn to choose spindles for desired yarn or fiber. Long draw and advanced top-whorl will be included. Various spindles will be available and students are encouraged to bring spindles. Increase skill and pleasure using portable spindles.
Marvelous Mohair 9:00am - 12:00 noon Play with Mohair! Learn to spin carded mohair, mohair/wool blend and mohair locks. Experience first hand the feel and qualities of mohair; the wonderful fiber produced by Anogora Goats. Bring your wheels and develop skills, become acquainted with the fiber, enjoy a morning of marvelous mohair. Skill Level: must know how to spin and ply
Sunrise ~ Sunset Needle Felted Landscapes We will create a needle felted landscape art piece suitable for 8" x 10" framing. The focus of the piece should include either element; sunrise or sunset. You provide the image, Rita will help you select fibers to convey the essence of your design. Finished piece can be wet felted if desired. Learn new techniques for landscape designs. Skill Level: Open to All
TEACHER BIOGRAPHIES Rita Blocksom Rita Blocksom is a career educator whose twin passions for the Southwest and for art quilts provided the impetus for her relocation to Arizona and her transition to full-time teaching of quilting arts to students of all ages. Rita discovered a second passion, needle felting, that perfectly fits her many moods. She says, 'When seeking serenity, the simplicity of this endeavor carries me away, allowing my sprit to repair and replenish itself. On the other hand, when I need to let it all hang out by physical expression, the poking of that single unthreaded needle provides a cathartic release. I can poke and poke to release my restlessness and regain focus, while at the same time making art by using a single needle. Rita holds a B.S. in Education with extensive graduate work in the field of Special Education and Creativity, and was a certified K-12 teacher and author of several books and numerous articles for professional publication in the field of education. Jill Holbrook Jill, who began spinning in 1976, is an avid and accomplished spinner. Her love of the art has created a passion to learn and perfect her techniques. Jill is known for her fine and beautiful yarns as well as her knowledgeable style of teaching. As an active member of the Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild she has lead the Cotton Fiber Study, arranged workshops and field trips that have instilled the love of spinning in many of her fellow members. Jill has taught many workshops around the country and is a regular teacher in such venues as the Arizona Federation of Weavers & Spinners Conferences, Southwest Regional Spinner Retreat and shops throughout Arizona. Michelle Johnson Michelle is the owner of Laughing Cloud Studio in Prescott, Arizona. Michelle has had an on-going love affair with fiber as an early art form, since she discovered it in the early 80's while attending the Kansas City Art Institute. During these 20 plus years of creating complex cloth and turning a myriad of ideas into wearable art, wall art and home decor accents, the passion is still alive. Michelle says, 'I love color and texture and it feels fabulous to touch the raw materials while creating them!' She works intuitively, dyeing, felting and weaving with natural fibers. The outcome is sometimes surprising but always challenges her to create the next piece. Michelle's works have been shown in International art-to-wear competitions, juried art festivals, galleries and boutiques across the U.S. Robin Pascal Robin, a New Mexico fiber artist, has been weaving and spinning for 11 years, dyeing and knitting for more than 40 years. She searched years to find buttons worthy of her handwoven garments. She met and teamed up with internationally known glass artist, Stevi Belle, to create dichroic glass buttons. Trained in Belleisimo Glass studios in Raton, New Mexico, Robin began to create these Perfect Buttons for your unique handmade items, be they knitted, woven, quilted or embellished. Robin also specializes in handwoven garments, handpainted yarn, roving and warps. Robin was selected for the New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail where she teaches dyeing, knitting and weaving. She travels to teach her techniques at several venues around the country, among them; Village Wools in Albuquerque, Southwest Regional Spinner Retreat, Taos Wool Festival, Contemporary Handweavers of Texas, and fiber shops. Elaine Ross Elaine learned to spin in 1985 on a very old spinning wheel found in her husband Rick's Grandmother's Morgantown, W. Virginia attic. Two years later Elaine and her husband bought a small farm in North Carolina and acquired a some horses and Angora Goats. Over the next couple of years they added; two sheep, a llama, an alpaca and two minature donkeys just for the fun of it. In 1989 Elaine took her first weaving class. With all this fiber on her hands, she joined Mary Stowe at Yarns, Etc. in Greensboro, NC and introduced weaving and spinning equipment into the shop. She has taught spinning at the Greensboro Arts Center and at the Sawtooth Center for Creative Arts in Winston-Salem. In 2004 she sold her interest in Yarn's Etc., found homes for all her animals then packed up for a move to Saddlebrook, north of Tucson,AZ in February 2005. Elaine is an active member of the Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild and current President of the Arizona Federation of Weavers & Spinners Guilds. Carolyn Webb Carolyn is the owner of Felt & Fiber Creations. She is well know for her wonderful sense of color and style. Her nuno felted garments have won awards and can be seen on many of fashionable women around the country. Carolyn teaches a variety of felting techniques in her Tucson, AZ studio; not only clothing and fabric techniques but vessels and handbags as well. Carolyn has taught for the Arizona Ferderation of Weavers & Spinners, the Southwest Spinners Retreat in New Mexico and several fiber guilds.
Make & Take Classes ~ Saturday, October 24th Harvest Cider Cozy by Nancy Palmer of Blackberry Bear
Nancy will provide everything you need to complete a festive cozy perfect for a holiday hostess gift our to use at home. Using Harvest Fleece, yarn for embroidered trip with ribbon and floral decoration; you'll complete this little cozy in just an hour. You will also receive a printed recipe card for the best mulled fruit (citrus) punch ever!
Spooky Pumpkin Pin by Monica Durazo
Monica Durazo, on of the areas favorite felting artists, invites you to Make and Take a needle-felted pumpkin pin, complete with spooky flying bat! This mini-class will give students a fun, easy introduction to needle-felting and basic sequin and bead embellishing techniques. Each kit will include all materials to make a felted orange pumpkin with green stem and vines, enough orange and green sequins, as well as co-coordinating orange and green Czech beads and Delica’s. It will also include a small piece of black pre-felt with which to make an attachable bat with glowing red eyes! Crocheted Fabric Amulet Bag by Kim Keast of L'Assemblage
The perfect upcycle project. Just right to tuck tiny treasure gifts for a friend, stuff with wishes or affirmations written on bits of paper foryourself. The little amulet bag would make a fun holiday tree decoration as well. You will use ripped fabric strips and a mid-size crochet hook, provided by Kim, to create this charming amulet bag with necklace.
Fabric & Paper Beads by Debbi Brunner of Deborah Brunner Fiber Arts
Paint an abstract canvas, cut up some glossy paper and add a little glue and some thread with pizazz. You're on your way to learning a techique for wonderful, embellished beads. Suitable for jewelry or to use as embellishment on almost anything. You will actual paint a miniature work of art as well as use paper to create wonderful upcycled beads. Each like a piece of candy, you may become a fiber bead addict, they're so much fun. |
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