NOTE: A Special thank you to everyone who registered - Our Fibre Arts Summer Retreat is FULL... I am so excited to see our students!
Please do enjoy a two day with me focusing on INDIGO DYEING July 30 and 31st if you can! See my post from June 16th for details.
Hi everyone…
INSPIRATION happens when everyone in a classroom is up for just some design play that has no rules and offers them the chance to create as they go... sharing, caring, and trying new things, open to improvisation and either the hand or by machine... what could be better!.
The plans are underway for our Tett Centre 7-day FIBRE ARTS CAMP Retreat in late July, and it is to be the celebrated "return to almost normal" workshop series to be launched in late July!
INSPIRATION: A FIBRE ARTS RETREAT...
Scheduled at the TETT Centre for Creativity and Learning the week of July 25-31st and the EVENTBRITE post for registration will be found this week on the TETT Events pages and on Eventbrite: (Check your calendar as only 12 seats are available)
Plans include my Hosting/Instruction over five days of sharing five days of different technique classes and a SPECIAL two-day INDIGO Dyeing Party the last two days... and these FIVE DAYS are open to everyone who loves experimental art classes, sharing what we all love the most about fibre art with friends and focused play with various play time cloth activities ... no pre-requisites.
We will start with a full day of FLAT DYEING (Monday), followed by Mark Making/Print work (Tuesday), Natural Dyes, Rust and Eco-printing (on Wednesday), Wet/Embellisher felting/ demos, and Hand Stitching (Thursday), and we will create an Improvisational, Original Art Quilt (Friday).
I will start each day with the demo of the slated techniques during the week, with the goal to get you excited about using all new and some of our fibre art friends' favourite techniques ... including overlays of dyed cheesecloth, embellishing machine accents (I would love you to bring your embellishing machine - time to get them going again!), exploration of yarn inserts, and yes, all the thread and needle play I can convince you to bring together with your imagination...
On the 30th and 31st of July, we will have a separate event: INDIGO DYE WORK
A separate Registration will be on EVENTBRITE for
the weekend event… or add it into your plans for all 7 days!
SUMMER CAMP Rocks!!!
TWO Indigo Dye Days
- one day for the dye play and the second for creating your own artwork with
samples of the cloth you dye...
Everyone, regardless of experience, is welcome at my 2022 Fibre Arts Camp... and you have every chance to take new steps toward art play or just time to be with friends and learn from each other!
Lots of room in the classrooms will include our use of the Activity Room and 1/2 of the TETT Art Gallery space on the ground level... and parking is available nearby...
Distance participants could stay with friends or drive back and forth if close
by or living in the County... but there are many Hotels (and I suggest the "summer accommodations" at the very close by Queen's University Dorms...).
https://eventservices.queensu.ca/accommodations/
So if summer days allow, consider a drive to Lake Ontario's Beautiful TETT Centre for Creativity and Learning and join me for 7 wonderful days if possible, or at least 5!
Cheers,
Bethany
( I have a pdf that I can send you with more information about each day's project work if you email me, and the Course Student Supplies lists will be provided to registrants after I have received news from Eventbrite.)
