St.
Lawrence College offers wonderful opportunities for Fibre Arts
enthusiasts during the summer months, and again this year, we will be
offering two weeks of
FIBRE ARTS focused arts courses
at the Kingston Campus.
Located near the waterfront in beautiful
Kingston, Ontario
Residence accommodation available on site
Summer in downtown Kingston is a spectacular place to be!
FIBRE ARTS focused arts courses
at the Kingston Campus.
Located near the waterfront in beautiful
Kingston, Ontario
Residence accommodation available on site
Summer in downtown Kingston is a spectacular place to be!
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| Hand dyed cloth created at ST. Lawrence last year...used in Turning Point below |
Students
stay at the Campus Residences just across the parking lot from the
classroom, and happily spend 6-8 hours Monday - Friday creating a
luscious palette of beautifully personal fabrics as you explore all
things fibre related as they explore multiple techniques:
ARTS 43 - July 11-15, 2016
DESIGN FOR TEXTLES -
CREATIVE ARTS AS A COLOURIST
CREATIVE ARTS AS A COLOURIST
* PROCION MX Dyes - Monday, July 11th
* ARASHI POLE WRAPPED SHIBORI - Tuesday July 12th
* INDIGO technique- Wednesday July 13th
* COLOR VIE and SETACOLOR paints - Thursday July 14th
* SOY WAX BATIK and RUST DYEING - Friday July 15th
and if there is time, marbling this year!
TURNING POINT, Bethany Garner
We start the week with dyes - and create mountains of beautifully hand dyed and painted fabrics using both FLAT DYE and DYE PAINTED
(thickened dyes) technique. The dyes will remain in the classroom all
week for continuous dye work as the week progresses and time permits
each artist to explore to his/her hearts content! Stay into the evening and make time for stitch work as well!
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| REFLECTIONS, Bethany Garner created with a mono print technique using thickened dyes on vintage table linen |
Our second class week is scheduled for the last week of July and we are again at the Kingston Campus...
ARTS 97 - THREE DIMENSIONAL QUILTS
LAYERING AS A NEW APPROACH
July 25-29, 2016
In
this course, we will explore more hand painted art work including the
use of multiple forms of dye work, painting on cloth with acrylics and
exploring the special effects that can be made on sheers with
watercolour and silk paints.
If
you love using dye/paint work to create all new, original art cloth and
want to explore multiple techniques including screen prints which allow
exploration using THERMOFAX screens, this is a great opportunity for
you! Bring a few friends and come for the week... so many exhibition
calls are waiting for YOUR new work in the fall and into 2017 - why not
create your stash of fabrics to work with alongside a classroom filled
with great friends, old and new!
How
often do YOU say - I wish I had a chance to do lots of wet work, make a
mess in someone else's work room, walk away from my work at night
without having to put everything away and come back in the morning and
get started all over again...well you can do that at St. lawrence
college...
Make
time in the evening for a walk along the waterfront - a ferry ride
across Lake Ontario for ice cream or dinner on Wolfe Island and explore
all of the beauty and great patios and restaurants that downtown
Kingston has to offer!
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| More hand dyed cloth in MARIPOSA, now traveling with THREADWORKS and hand dyed by Bethany Garner |
Every day, your afternoons will be devoted to creating special effects with both hand and machine stitch and you will share in the chance to explore with like-minded artists his/her own special skills - this is an opportunity to create "under the influence" of your classmates and share some great tips of your own along the way!
Hope to see you in the weeks ahead! Bring a few friends...Let's PLAY!
Bethany Garner
Instructor and Classroom Mentor
garner@kingston.net
