St. Lawrence College offers the most wonderful opportunities for 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.
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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:
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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!
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| REFLECTIONS, Bethany Garner |
Our second class week is scheduled for the last week of July and we are again at the Kingston Campus...
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THREE DIMENSIONAL QUILTS
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!
Every day, 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 and 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! Let's PLAY!
Bethany Garner
Instructor and Classroom Mentor
garner@kingston.net
Registration is open and we would love to have you join us!