Registration continues for this very special Workshop with Penny Berens in May 2014

PENNY BERENS

Fibre Artist/Designer/Educator

from Nova Scotia 

MAKE IT YOUR OWN WITH DISCHARGE

May 21 and 22, 2014, Odessa Fairgrounds Hall

Course Fee : $175.00

DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY WITH PENNY - just a few seats left
 

 

Penny is a cherished and renowned Canadian Textile Artist and member of the CONNECTIONS FIBRE ARTISTS Group and brings to FIBREWORKS her more than 30 years of experience.

 

Penny's workshop is certain to excite both new and experienced students. Recognized for her work in both hand and machine stitching, layered and cut collage, dye and paint work, mixed media exploration and surface design, this is one Instructor you will not want to miss.
 

Her teaching career as a studio artist bringing the best of the best courses to students across Canada and beyond is a testament to her long career and the many awards she has been granted in exhibitions both here and abroad.

The magic of discharge for fibre is a skill that many have coveted studying and Penny is a master. Making sure that her students work in a safe and well ventilated area, Penny will guide students through a number of focused techniques sessions. “It’s so important to take the time to play and not take things too seriously… allow accidents to become an opportunity.”

Students will explore discharge on Black Kona Cotton, (or colours/fabrics of your choice) using both traditional bleach and discharge pastes. Stitching options will be shared for Shibori  results. Exploration of brushed and sponged techniques will take your fabrics to a whole new dimension. Spraying the bleach, exploring the new pastes that add colour back and certainly the over-painting and special dye techniques that fibre artists love will all be a part of the adventure over these two great days with Penny.

This is an experimental workshop, and results can never be guaranteed, but FUN can.

You will have a wonderful two days with Penny as she guides you through her favourite processes and as you take steps away from the fear of using standard home based as well as all new supplies to create dynamic designs on your fabrics. Your classroom samples will be the foundation for hand and machine stitching in future projects. 

A detailed supplies list is shared with registrants in plenty of time to gather supplies needed. The facility will allow both indoor and out of doors space for great ventilation and exploration of many diverse experiments with discharge.  Do know that we are committed to the colouration of fabric  in a safe and comfortable environment at this fun filled workshop. Bring a friend and Come Play!!!

Register early as only 18 lucky students will have this time with Penny.

Visit Penny's TANGLEWOOD THREADS blog for all of the inspiration one body could possibly stand! Her archive of blog posts and photos is so very inspirational.

http://tanglewoodthreads.blogspot.ca/

Just a reminder...

AS WINTER DOLDRUMS SET IN - COME PLAY...

FIBRE ARTS RETREAT

 February 21-23, 2014

Join friends at  a three day FIBRE ARTS RETREAT February 21- 23^rd, 2014 for those interested in play time during the Cabin Fever days of late February.  This workshop is sponsored by FIBREWORKS KINGSTON and is open to everyone... come for all three days, or choose one or two of the days that are of most interest to you. The workshop weekend will only be cancelled and re-scheduled with fees carried forward to the new date if a blizzard sets in and travel locally would be dangerous. Car pooling with friends is a great idea... so gather a couple of friends and come play!

 

The Retreat Weekend offers 9:30-5 pm each day instruction and will be held at the Odessa Fairgrounds Hall. Students joining Bethany will have a chance to either “do their own thing” with their own projects and guidance/assistance from Bethany, a seasoned fibre artist and Instructor in the Textile Design Program at St. Lawrence College…. OR take part in the three separate “play day” activities Beth has planned…

 

Friday, Feb. 21^st is “INDIGO: an Introduction, (with opportunity to add to the Indigo vats on Saturday and Sunday but no instruction) spending time with this magical dye solution that will forever endear your love of BLUE! There will be three active vats and lots of time to share in the magic of the indigo adventure. Come prepared with stitched and wrapped fabrics, silk, line, cotton.. your choice.

Saturday, February 22^nd is “FLAT DYEING" - a great way to dye fabric and YES it can be done very safely and with terrific results indoors with some care to manage your work site and carry wet fabrics home in a large container for rinsing at a later date. You can dye 1, 2 or 12 metres of fabric in this one day - just bring your pre-washed fabric, ready for Soda Ash soak and PLAY!

Sunday, February 23^rd   is NOTE CHANGE: HAND STITCHING DAY... MARK MAKING using your favourite threads and a fabric of your choice, you will spend a fun day exploring the art of the handmade stitch. Bethany will share some inspiration, and you can just relax among friends creating small pieces of THREAD ART! A relaxing way to spend a Sunday never hurts and we would love to see you.

Take advantage of all three days Feb. 21-23^rd for $120.00 or choose one or even two days. Each single day is $50.00  if you can only do one.  Dyes will be provided.  Supplies list with paid registration.  Please plan to bring Brown Bag lunch. Coffee, tea and break snacks provided.   

Contact Bethany at fibreworkskingston@gmail.com for a pdf descriptive and registration form or visit see the FIBREWORKS KINGSTON Blog for all of the details.

Bethany Garner, FW Coordinator and Registrar

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our FIBREWORKS KINGSTON family of friends...

Beautiful digital art by Kathyann White

  

 

Sending many thanks and the very best wishes for a lovely and restful Holiday season from the team at FIBREWORKS KINGSTON.

 

 

To our Instructors this fall, PAMELA ALLEN and KAREN GOETZINGER, many thanks. You brought many hours of fun and artful creativity to our students and we look forward to seeing the finished art pieces created in your workshop weekends in the new year.

 

Our 2014 Workshop Weekends are fast approaching beginning in March with CAROL SODERLUND and in May with PENNY BERENS. We are so pleased to have both of these outstanding artists coming to the Kingston area to share their skills and expertise with our Fibreworks students.

 

A few seats are still available in Penny`s Discharge Workshop May 20 and 21st.

 

 

Feedback and suggestions for workshops and Instructors you would love to see in our 2014-2015 lineup are always welcome.

 

Have a wonderful Holiday break and see you in the New Year.

MAKE ART!!!

CABIN FEVER RETREAT WEEKEND PLANNED by FIBREWORKS KINGSTON... come play!

Red Sky at Night, Bethany Garner
Fabrics "Flat Dyed" by the artist

Bethany Garner presents a three day FIBRE ARTS RETREAT February 21- 23^rd, 2014 for those interested in play time during the Cabin Fever days of late February.  This workshop is sponsored by FIBREWORKS KINGSTON and is open to everyone... come for all three days, or choose one or two of the days that are of most interest to you. The workshop weekend will only be cancelled and re-scheduled with fees carried forward to the new date if a blizzard sets in and travel locally would be dangerous. Car pooling with friends is a great idea... so gather a couple of friends and come play!

 

The Retreat Weekend offers 9:30-5 pm instruction/support each day . The workshop will be held at the Odessa Fairgrounds Hall. Students joining Bethany will have a chance to either “do their own thing” with their own projects and guidance/assistance from Bethany, a seasoned fibre artist and Instructor in the Textile Design Program at St. Lawrence College…. OR take part in the three separate “play day” activities Beth has planned…

 

Friday, Feb. 21^st is “INDIGO: an Introduction, (with opportunity to add to the Indigo vats on Saturday and Sunday but no instruction)

Saturday, February 22^nd is “FLAT DYEING" - a great way to dye fabric and YES it can be done very safely and with terrific results indoors with some care to manage your work site and carry wet fabrics home in a large container for rinsing at a later date

Sunday, February 23^rd is “SCREEN PRINTING with Thickened Dyes”. Beth will demo torn paper, resist based work and free form "deconstructed" screen work. Students would need to have a 10" x 14" screen prepared with taped edges and a squeegee for the workshop.

Take advantage of all three days Feb. 21-23^rd for a special $120.00 or choose one or two days if that works better for you and the projects are of interest. Each single day is $50.00  if you can only do one.  A nice selection of prepared dyes will be provided.   Supplies lists with paid registration.

Please plan to bring Brown Bag lunch. Coffee, tea and break snacks provided. Registration is limited to sixteen students each day to allow for individual work station space.
 

See the registration form listed in the sidebar on the right side of the blog. Copy and print the bottom portion of the form and mail to Bethany Garner.

OR

Contact Bethany at fibreworkskingston@gmail.com for a pdf descriptive and registration form.

Hope you and friends will join us for this great CABIN FEVER-buster weekend.

CAROL SODERLUND Workshop #2 "TRANSFORMATIONS" will run, with only two seats left!

We are pleased to confirm that renowned Fibre Artist and Dye Master, CAROL SODERLUND will join us in Kingston on March 21-23rd, 2014  to share her outstanding workshop "TRANSFORMATIONS".

 

The workshop has secured the requisite number of students to confirm that it is a GO and we encourage you to consider joining us if you have been thinking about it!

 

JUST TWO SEATS LEFT!!

 

The three day workshop will be held at the Odessa Fairgrounds Hall which has lots of room to move around and be creative, enjoy all that Carol has planned for us as we explore Disperse Dyes and a full day of stitching on DAY THREE into compositions of the beautiful fabrics created in Days One and Two. Each student will have her own work station space and design walls are recommended. Supplies list is available with paid registration.

 

Carol is a master Dye Artist/Instructor and brings us many years of experience with the various methods of using Disperse Dye transfers onto multiple types of cloth.

 

Carol says  "With the focus on experimentation and discovery, many small samples and studies will be made. On the third day we will take one or more of our samples into stitch, layering opaque and sheers, both with fine threads and heavier threads in the bobbin. Free motion stitching, working with and without hoops and the use of stabilizers as well as water soluble products will be covered. Design exercises will get you started and applications in mixed media work will be explored." Fun, exciting new techniques and wonderful new stash fabrics are guaranteed.

 

Full workshop details are listed under Workshop #3 on the sidebar to the right of the blog.

 

Please don't wait - send your deposit soon, and a reminder that workshop balances are due January 15th, 2014.

 

Print your copy of the Registration Form from the right sidebar here at the Blog or email Bethany for a pdf copy of the FIBREWORKS KINGSTON Brochure for  Spring 2014. 

 

Bethany Garner, FW Coordinator  email:   garner@kingston.net

 

 

AND - a few seats left in PENNY BERENS Workshop #5

 

"MAKE IT YOUR OWN WITH DISCHARGE"

 

Scheduled for May 20th and 21st at Odessa Fairgrounds Hall

 

See you in the spring...



 

Karen Goetziner workshop a resounding success!!

Sixteen students and the Fibreworks team gathered at St. Lawrence for a wonderful two day workshop with KAREN GOETZINGER over the weekend of November 15-17th.

 

After a terrific Friday evening Lecture and the sharing of many beautiful pieces of Karen's new work, students met Karen in the classroom on Saturday morning to begin their studies, the planned refreshing of their knowledge and some fun filled experimentation using COLOUR as inspiration. Many small exercises were completed in sketch books as seen below in the class photo at the end of the day, Sunday November 17th.

 

Karen and her students, FW Nov. 2103

 

Sandra Smith and Wilma Kenny share inspiration and conversations about colour

Students kept busy building on the suggested colour studies laid out by Karen and chose projects along the way that met their personal as well as learning objectives. The many shared student conversations and walk-abouts in the classroom, supported by personal one on one consultations with our very knowledgeable and experienced Studio Artist Instructor, meant that lots of new work in the planning and experimentation stages, including the laying of hand stitches, was happening throughout the classroom.

 

Many lessons with COLOUR AID papers (cool family)

 

The Warm colours as the day progressed

Making notations in the sketchbooks to inspire further work and inspire the students to USE COLOUR in all new ways was the focus for the weekend. Supportive tips and many ideas for small, learning exercises using fabric and fibres after returning home after the workshop will support the new work students participating in this workshop will begin as time permits. Several students actually had work underway that will lead to finished pieces in the near future, while others just relaxed and enjoyed the journey of playing with colour.

 

Special Thanks to Karen and all of our students for an outstanding workshop weekend.



FALL FW WORKSHOP WEEKENDS conclude:

 

Happy Holidays everyone and we are hoping YOU will consider joining us for a future FIBREWORKS KINGSTON weekend and experience the opportunity to network with like minded artist friends and enjoy the vast experience brought to us by our multi-talented Instructors.

 

We still have a couple of seats available in WORKSHOP #5 with PENNY BERENS, coming from Nova Scotia to share her MAKE IT YOUR OWN WITH DISCHARGE colour and techniques focused workshop May 20/21st, 2014. Penny is a well known colour extraction/manipulation expert and will lead her students to a truly valuable two days in a very safe and experimental exploration of creating pattern on fabric. Come play!

Discharge Samples from Penny's TANGLEWOOD THREADS Studio Blog

 

 

 

Contact Bethany for details at fibreworkskingston@gmail.com or see the sidebar here at the blog for workshop descriptions and registration form.

 

And please do visit the Fibreworks Kingston Blog often for updates on Fall 2014/Spring 2015 Workshops. Our brochure will be available for 2014/2015 Workshops in late April of next year.

KAREN GOETZINGER Lecture evening at St. Lawrence College, Friday evening, November 15th, 7:30 pm

Fibreworks Kingston is so pleased to be able offer you an evening of design news, and the art and expertise of our Guest Instructor for FIBREWORKS 2013-2014 Workshop Series#2, Karen Goetzinger. Karen comes to us once again for her Workshop Weekend from Ottawa and is renowned for her beautiful multi-media art and the strengths she shares as an Arts Coach.

 

 

The evening will include a lovely talk with Karen's perspective on the use of DYNAMIC COLOUR for FIBRE ARTISTS and perhaps some slides, and new work of our Instructor. Please join us in Room 12000 on the Upper Level of the Administrative Wing, St. Lawrence College with the Lecture to begin at 7:30 pm (NOTE: This is Open House weekend at the college, and classrooms are in use until 6:30 pm. We are starting 1/2 hour later than usual.)

 

Light refreshments will be shared. $5 at the door. Please do bring friends.

 

For the evening Lecture only:

Parking is at the rear of the College Campus with entry at Door E12. Please come up the stairs or take the elevator, and walk toward the cafeteria. Room 12000 is the last on the left before entering the tan Wing Link to the Main Campus. Alternatively, park at the front of the college and come in the main doors. Walk through the main lobby and follow the corridor to the cafeteria. Pass through the cafeteria and into the "Link" hallway. Watch for Room 12000 on the left. Signs will be posted to direct visitors.

 

For weekend workshop Students:

The workshop weekend students will have their time with Karen in Room 00060, lower Level, Green Wing at the college. Workshop Supplies may come in through door E6 on Saturday morning starting at 8:45 am. Come up one short flight and left into the classroom corridor. Room 00060 is on the right.

You may access a map here: Campus Map, St. Lawrence College, Kingston

Thanks for a great Weekend Workshop to Pamela Allen and friends

Great students and a wonderful Instructor, Pam Allen



Our October 18-20th weekend started with a terrific evening with Pamela Allen and her "TOWNSCAPE Quilts". Stories of making art, sharing art worldwide and Pam had a lot of encouraging words to those who would spend a fun-filled weekend with her creating new small pieces to inspire creative fall and winter work.

Many playful and inspired pieces ended up on the wall and it was certainly a wonderful opportunity to network with great friends both old and new, and share in the creative process. Pam offered hugely important critique and suggestions along the way and provided a great set of handouts to move us through two great days of design play. Many thanks to Pam...

Inspired works using great artist's snippets as a starting point for some new small art "masterpieces"...all terrific.

 

 

 

Creating all new fibre  images from piles of scraps and bits of inspiration in Pam's handouts and under her guidance was fun. A great starting point for many small workshop samples and strong design notes. The walls were filled with free form cut outs - small pieces to stitch later and enjoy as references as design time filled the two days at St. Lawrence College.

Stretching in new directions and making work just flow off the tip of your scissors and onto a background can be challenging, but the results are always good fun. With a foundation in place for creating new fibre images that could reflect "your town", the goal of original work was met and the results speak for themselves. WE HAD FUN!

NOTES OF INTEREST:

 

* Hope to see many of you out for KAREN GOETZINGER'S Lecture and Slide Show on Friday evening November 15th at St. Lawrence College, 7 pm. Signage will point the way to the Lecture room.

 

Karen's workshop "Dynamic Colour for Fibre Artists" is filled, but we will do a follow-up post for you soon. Please follow Karen at her website and watch her calendar for more opportunities for studio studies/coaching.

 

* There are a very few seats available in CAROL SODERLUND's Workshop "TRANSFORMATIONS" for March 21-23, 2014 and for PENNY BEREN's "MAKE IT YOUR OWN WITH DISCHARGE" Workshop scheduled for May 20 and 21st, 2014.

 

* See our Workshops listing in the sidebar for all of the details  for #3 and #5 -  as well as registration information.

 

 



Looking forward to welcoming PAMELA ALLEN to St. Lawrence College Friday evening, October 18th

Hoping many of you will join us Friday evening Oct. 18th, 7 pm, for a sharing of marvelous quilts and some fun interaction with Guest Instructor PAMELA ALLEN as she brings you a wonderful Lecture and sharing of her work in Room 12000, in the Link Corridor between the Administration Wing at the college and the Cafeteria.
Light Refreshments
$5 donation at the door.

Cottage Country, PAMELA ALLEN

Pam's humour and hugely vast knowledge of the art world is invaluable to those of us who love to stay abreast of the latest happenings in the Fibre Art movement. Having the opportunity to meet with her for this informative and fun filled evening of sharing is a gift FIBREWORKS KINGSTON is so pleased to bring to you as a Textiles and Fibre Art enthusiast. Please join us at 7 pm and enjoy Pam's talk and see her beautiful quilts... enjoy a few treats and time to visit with friends.

Enter the college via the main front doors and follow the corridor through the cafeteria and straight ahead to the Link Hallway. (Signage along the way). Or alternatively, park behind the Tech Building on Country Club Drive and come in door E12 and upstairs to the Link Corridor on the left at the top of the stairs or off the elevator.

See you there... feel free to bring friends.
Bethany

Bethany Garner, Coordinator
FIBREWORKS KINGSTON
fibreworkskingston@gmail.com

MARK YOUR CALENDAR for two outstanding evening Lectures presented by FIBREWORKS KINGSTON

Please plan to join our FIBREWORKS Weekend Workshops Series students this fall as they enjoy the Friday evening Lecture/TRUNK SHOW presentations by our Fall 2013 Guest Instructors.

PAMELA ALLEN

A new Series: "TOWNSCAPES"

Friday Evening, October 18, 2013

7-9 pm

$5 at the door (included for workshop students)

Room 12000, Link Corridor

St. Lawrence College

KAREN GOETZINGER

Exploring "DYNAMIC COLOUR for Fibre Artists"

Friday evening, November 15, 2013

7-9 pm

$5 at the door  (included for workshop students)

Room 12000, Link Corridor

St. Lawrence College

Both Instructors will share their inspiration for creating all new work using fibre as your medium of choice. You will enjoy seeing a collection of their beautiful work and enjoy a talk that just may inspire you to spend this fall and winter creating exhibition ready quilts/art in YOUR studio.

Parking at St. Lawrence may be either in Main Campus lots and entry at front doors, with Signage posted to take you to the Link Corridor and Room 12000 which will be in the hallway beyond the cafeteria as you enter the corridor leading to the Admin. Wing at the rear of the college.... 

Please watch for and follow ourFW Lectures signage.

OR

Park behind the Technology Building on Country Club Drive off King Street, just west of Portsmouth Ave. Come into the rear campus parking lots beyond the Tech. Buildings and turn right into the entrance and take the second right turn into the lot behind the Tech Building. 

Enter Door E12 and come up the stairs or elevator and turn right into the Link Corridor that joins the Admin. Wing to main Campus. Room 12000 is on your left as you walk toward the cafeteria in this choice.

There are several seats available in Pamela's workshop weekend #1 and this is one creative weekend you will NOT want to miss.

... details from Registrar, FW Kingston: fibreworkskingston.gmail.com

Hope to see you at St. Lawrence this fall.