2 to 3 days
Design Process-Stepping
Out of the Box - Geared to 8 and Fewer Shafts- Looking Beyond
Shaft Number for Complexity
1 to 2-3 days
From Virtual
to Real Vest
1 to 2-3 days
A Vest with Curves "Beyond
the Cloth, Making Creative Cuts"
1 day (seminar with no hands on), 2 to 3 days hands on, depending
on number of techniques
Surface Design for Pillow
Tops/Vest Fronts
2 to 3 days
Network Drafting
on 8 Shafts
Seminars:
The Sari
A trip to India in 2007 and 2009 created for me a fascination for
the sari… truly one of if not the world's simplest constructed garment.
The book The Sari by Mukulika Banerjee and Daniel Miller
speaks of this 5 meter long rectangle piece of cloth traditionally
hand-woven and they weave a fascinating story of this garment, it
beauty, adaptability and personality. Along the way some of the profound
complexities of India which finds itself moving rapidly into the modern
world is revealed.
Through slides and lecture, this talk tries to capture how the sari
is anything but just an object of clothing or a piece of cloth.
1 to 2 hours
The Creative Habit
Explore and understand the creative process through the eyes of the
choreographer/dancer Twyla Tharp as told in her book The Creative
Habit--Learn it and Use it for Life - a practical guide.
1 to 2 hours
Explore
Color by using Needle Felting
A little knowledge about color will make picking colors for your next
project more enjoyable. We will discuss the three characteristics
of color--its hue, its intensity and its value; color contrasts, and
the various combinations which can be used to create interesting color
palettes. Using needle felting, colored fleece and a pre-felted bat,
students will create a color wheel or needle felt a knitted piece.
2 to 3 hours
Micronesian Handicrafts
through slides and hands-on experience
A slide presentation will take you to the islands of Micronesia, where
you will view handwoven items made from palm and pandanus fronds.
Then you will have a chance to weave your own Marshalles ball, one
of the numerous "how to" items from Leslie's book- Creative
Hands--Handicrafts of Micronesia. Other directions available are for
a fan, star, flower and the knot used to create the patterns in the
Trukese mats.
1 to 3 hours
Clothing Fabric
from the Unexpected
1 to 2 hours
Virtual Vest
1 to 2 hours
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Seminars/Workshops presented:
"Design Process - Stepping out of the Box"
"Sewing with Handwoven Fabric" - Triangle Weavers, January
2014
"Lighting up your Winter with Color " -Durham Friends Meeting
- finger painting and felting, January 2014
"Surface Design for Pillow Tops/Vest Fronts" - NEWS 2015,
Triangle Weavers '08
"The Creative Habit" - Complex Weavers Seminar 2016, NEWS
2015, Triangle Weavers '07
"The Virtual Vest to Real Vest" - Triangle Weavers '07
"The Virtual Vest" - Convergence '06
"Complex Looking Cloth" - Convergence '06
"Complex Mountain High - Eight or Fewer Shafts" - Convergence
04
"Micronesian Handcrafts - Creative Hands" - NEWS 2015, Boston
Weavers Guild
"Network Drafting" - NEWS - New England Weavers Seminar
"Color" - Triangle Weavers, Inc
"What If - Breaking Design Barriers" -Triangle Weavers,
Inc.
"Deflected Double Weave" - Triangle Weavers, Inc.
