Sunday, February 19, 2023

 

TWO EVENINGS, one workshop - $60
Imagine the fun of exploring fibre art play with a group of friends in a setting that will allow you to create an original piece of FIBRE ART along with a learning experience that is FUN!

Register here through Eventbrite or contact Bethany at bethanygarner.art[a]gmail.com

 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wool-art-yarn-and-stitch-tickets-554510324307

Making cloth art and using favourite cotton or wool threads and yarns, often from her stash of weaving project yarns or handspun wool by local friends, Beth begins the design play with a few favourite, easy-to-learn stitch patterns: french knots, lines, and crosses, circles created with blanket stitch and often, just running stitch!

In this workshop, students will receive a rectangular piece of either black or white wool cloth and have a chance to try a few basic stitch repeated patterns on their cloth that will begin a journey to filling their cloth with their own pattern designs. (See my black and white stitched piece below)

A comprehensive handout will be included in the workshop, and with two evenings in a row to learn, practice and enjoy creating... students will go home with a piece that can be extended into days or weeks of work at home following the workshop as they continue in their own design play. Once finished, the work can be stretched over a canvas or laid into a frame for display.

IMPORTANT: Students will enjoy TWO EVENINGS, and the two consecutive evening WOOL ART CLASS sessions for registered students are booked with the first evening session, Part One starting at 5 pm, and running to 9 pm on March 28 th, and Part Two, second evening same hours on March 29th, 2023

Hoping you will join in on the fun. Drop by Studio 214D at the Tett Centre if you have questions.


** Samples of using hand stitches on wool bases are below... students will work on an Instructor -supplied black or white wool cloth in this workshop, using threads they bring to share. Feel free to bring your own cloth to stitch.!

My favourite project last winter, and now sharing a home with a couple in Georgian Bay, this piece is black Dorr Wool with a centre circle of blanket stitch, french knots and some cross marks, and then the fun begins as the rest of the cloth is filed with hand stitches in random placement. Good fun and EVERYONE can do this!!

This one shares wool "wet felted art" base and some cheesecloth that has been dyed on a dyed background... machine stitched... good fun for another option down the road.


Dorr wool that hs been eco-printed using natural leaves, flowers, and a couple of catalpa pods, a couple of steel washers from my hubby's garage, and lots of stitching. This project is for another day, but my summer 2023 ART CAMP at the TETT Centre is coming in July - so another workshop could be on your calendar...

Sunday, February 12, 2023

                    Please join me in celebrating the upcoming Fibre Art Exhibition featuring 

LINDA COULTER and PHILLIDA HARGREAVESKingston, ON Artists, as they invite you to visit their beautiful artwork at the 

JOHN M. PARROTT Gallery. Belleville Public Library 

March 11-April 12, 2023, Gallery One, 3rd Level

OPENING RECEPTION: March 11, 2023, 2:30-4 pm

Meet the Artists: March 17, March 25, and April 8th from 1-4 pm


       
ICELANDIC OUTCROP, Philida Hargreaves

Visit Phillida's website for a lovely tour of her artwork and details about her upcoming events.

 https://www.phillidahargreaves.ca/


THE FARM, Linda Coulter

Visit Linda's website for more artwork sharing and information 
regarding her Kingston, ON Studio, and upcoming exhibitions.
https://www.lindacoultertextileart.com/