DIANNE GIBSON to share MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGES Workshop in Kingston, May 22-24, 2015... please join us!

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We are excited to have DIANNE GIBSON, well known and highly respected Artist from Fonthill, ON as our visiting Guest Fibre Artist for the Weekend of May 22-24th, 2015. Dianne will share her MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGES workshop with those who have secured the limited number of seats in this exciting hands on and creative Textile Design Workshop weekend.

 

Dianne's work is stunning, and always perfectly suited to large scale exhibition space. The piece below, Undulations, was a show stopper at the Art Gallery of Burlington this past fall, hung alongside her beautiful Waterfall shown father below.

 

Please consider marking your calendar now and plan on spending the May 22-24th weekend at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, ON as you study technique, design, stitch and critique with Dianne and our Workshop students.
 

Undulations

My collaged assemblages explore a love of richly textured surfaces. Inspired by the idea of flotsam collecting in undulating waves. An assortment of fibres, papers, fabrics, metal, threads & beads.

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Dianne Gibson

I have a passion for rich textures. Distressed papers, torched metals, abaca fibre, wood and wire have all found their way into my work. I feel drawn to the juxtaposition of these hard-edged materials, against the softer qualities of cloth and threads. I am happiest when I’m experimenting with new techniques.

 

WATERFALL, Dianne Gibson

 

 

Registration information can be found along with all of the details about Dianne's workshop weekend on the right sidebar here at the FIBREWORKS BLOG. Please do let us now soon if you will be available to join us.

 

Bethany



 

Seats are still available...CABIN FEVER WEEKEND will prove to be a great sharing time for area fibre enthusiasts...

Woodland by A.J. Casson inspired Bethany's Sunday Collage project

So many thanks to all of our area quilters, dyers and fibre arts loving students. The hall is rented, the three days of shared learning scheduled and the response has been great! What better time than a winter weekend to get together to play with FABRIC... creating a quilt,or colouring fabric in a fun filled way or by layering cloth for free form applique design in YOUR own way! It's all about exploration of new techniques and FUN!!

Love that many of you have signed up for all three days and that friends are joining friends to make a weekend of it! There are many opportunities to learn new skills in the sharing time with old and new friends ... think about it. Our many friends in fibre arts bring so much experience and knowledge to the table in workshop settings! It is always fun to see the twists and turns as quilters and textile artists make a simple workshop plan turn into the magical time among friends that just could help YOU make that step toward an all new take on your own fibre art.

Come explore the various techniques and have some fun along the way. There is still time to prepare... and Show and Tell after the end of the weekend is always the best!

Looking forward to seeing all of our students in Odessa Friday February 6-8, 2015...

Registration information is in the blog post just below or on the right sidebar here at the FIBREWORKS blog. See you in the classroom soon.....

CABIN FEVER WORKSHOP WEEKEND - a new line up of one day workshops in Odessa February 6-8, 2015

Cabin Fever Weekend returns to FIBREWORKS in 2015

Three Days - Three Workshops

Perfect for giving you a new start on projects in the new year...

Inspired  by Velocity by Beth Studley, UK Quilt Artist and designer

DAY ONE: Friday, February 6, 2015 
"LINKED IN" 

* A day for quilters to come together and play

* Piecing guidance and tips included with a comprehensive handout

* Supplies list provided with paid registration

* $50 workshop fee

QUILTERS TAKE NOTE - Friday's workshop is for YOU! Start the New Year off with a date to stitch and play and create a great quilt. You can even choose to do table runners or place mats instead of the quilt if you like - or a great tote bag for your quilt meetings.

A wonderful, easy to piece Log Cabin version, I made my new quilt with shirting prints and fabrics from my stash. I will work with you to create your own adaptation of this quilt which will be a fun gift for a friend, family member or even to have on your own bed. Beginners skills are all that is required...straight sewing! I will send the cutting directions in advance of the play date workshop so that you come with many of the component parts cut before you arrive at the Odessa Hall. If your love to make quilts, this one says "summer is coming" and "cottage country".  I don't know another project that will!

and...

 

DAY TWO: Saturday - February 7, 2015 

FLAT DYEING

* brilliant original fabrics created in such a fun way

* all dye and auxiliary supplies furnished

*  you need white cotton/linen/silk fabrics, pre-washed 

* supplies list provided with paid registration

$50 class fee includes dyes and comprehensive handout

NOTES: All of the fabrics for my RED SKY AT NIGHT piece above are flat dyed using a palette of the red, blue and yellow primaries in Procion MX Dyes that will be available to you at the workshop. 

By pouring the dyes across your fabric, laid flat on the table in front of you and moving the dye with your gloved hands, you will create a beautiful palette of 'ombre' colours  that you can combine for your new work.

I can't tell you how much fun this is - and YES you can attend the workshop day and use the dyes to do shibori pole wrapped pieces, folded and painted pieces using the dyes available or just "dip dye" a great palette of gradations to be used in quilts or fibre art projects. Just play with the dyes to do whatever YOU want to do...screen printing, dye painted cards, scarves - your choice. (and yes, I will have print paste available for you to add dyes to for screen work/direct painting of fabric)

 and....

DAY THREE : Sunday, February 8, 2015

 "Free Form Collage"

* Create one great, original piece in small or large format

*use a combination of your stash fabrics, and be inspired by nature/a photo you love

* experiment with fusibles, free form cutting by hand and layering for effect

* more inspiration will come from a collection of your favourite cloth bits and threads

* experiment with  fused applique, layering sheers and machine stitching

* supplies list provided with paid registration

* $50 class fee includes handout full of tips

Inspiration for my new collage work comes from the 'Group of Seven'

SPECIAL WEEKEND PRICING: 

$120 for all three days

at the Odessa Fairgrounds Hall

Odessa, ON

on Highway 6 in the Village

9:30 am - 5 pm

Brown Bag Lunch needed for all students

Break time treats and Coffee, tea and water provided

Registration is Open NOW

Please complete the registration form on the sidebar under CABIN FEVER WORKSHOPS

Your cheque should be payable to HERITAGE QUILTWORKS  CANADA

and mailed to

Bethany Garner

3275 Orser Road

Elginburg, ON K0H1M0 

Hoping you can join me for a great weekend of play and that you will bring a friend or two and really make a weekend of it - stitching, designing, dyeing, painting with dyes...  COME PLAY!!!

Contact Bethany at: garner@kingston.net

 or fibreworkskingston@gmail.com

To all of our Fibreworks Kingston students and friends...

As the snows begin to fall and the winds pick up, do focus in on your home, your studio and all of the things you love the most.

Be kind and loving to your friends and family, and helpful to those who are might be in need of your assistance at this time of year. Remember those who are less fortunate and bring the blessing of your smile to those you meet along the way. Simple gifts.

As we head toward the new year, please know how much your ongoing support and encouragement mean in this quest to bring new Workshops, the very best of the best Instructors your way, and the opportunity to share techniques, new design options and the just plain fun of being together with like minded artist friends old and new.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a most Blessed New Year!

Bethany

Creative play for two full days with LYNNE MORIN netted a whole room full of amazing art pieces... steps forward, trying new techniques!

On Friday evening November 7th FIBREWORKS Kingston welcomed Lynne Morin from Kanata, ON as our #2 Workshop Instructor in the Fall 2014 series.

Following a great introduction to the techniques her students would be using over the weekend, LYNNE shared many pieces of her art at the Friday evening Lecture/Trunk Show at St. Lawrence College. Her audience of 38 attending artists and friends enjoyed chatting about "contemporary art" as they circulated Lynne's pieces through the room.

 

Thanks so much for sharing your artwork, Lynne... we all have a new understanding of your techniques and approach to your studio-based creative process. Thanks, too, for the tips about approaching Galleries when we have work to share!

15 grateful students who made AWESOME art in Lynne Morin's course
The Same, But Different, FW #2, November 2014

During the two days in the classroom, Lynne walked us through a number of approaches to creating design, including inspiration, resources, sketchbook use and beginning the process of laying pencil to canvas to design the first of two great small art works that would be painted on Saturday. The painted were mixed and colour laid to the canvas, with modifications along the way, much consultation with Lynne and each other, the pieces began to come together.





Darlene Moritz, first exercise, painted and stitched paper on Saturday
 

and while underway, here is Darlene's resulting painted canvas
inspired by the first exercise...







Many of the students were all ready with ideas for some of the stitch work and painting and they came prepared with books, photos, camera shots for inspiration. Work came together quickly and the sewing machines were humming throughout the day.

Susan Farber begins a new series, and exploring great paint techniques is resulting in a

lot of movement reminiscent of a dust storm in the desert...

(well, maybe that is not what she saw, but My interpretation)

Catherine Timm working on the initial painting of her first piece after sketching the design onto the canvas frame...painting followed.

Catherine's first finished piece (below), with the addition of ice dyed fabrics she brought to use in her pieces was stitched into the composition, and small sections of layered and stitched merino rovings on a base of cotton and interfacing was cut and fitted into the artwork.



During the two days in the classroom, Lynne walked us through a number of approaches to creating design, including inspiration, resources, sketchbook use and beginning the process of laying pencil to canvas to design the first of two great small art works that would be painted on Saturday. The paints were mixed and colour laid to the canvas, with modifications along the way, and with consultation with Lynne and each other, the pieces began to come together.



Maxine Bowen worked with inspiration from a favourite Emily Carr piece...

Robin Field - detail and colour excellence evident as she worked
 

Lynne and Catherine with more consultation underway- piece one finished
and number two being laid out on the canvas
 

Lorriane and Crystal hard at work...
stitches added, work almost ready for re-framing



The finished work heading to the front of the room
 as completed and ready for viewing....
 

Ruth, Ann, Mary and Robin observing and chatting about paints,
process and Beth in the corner stitching!
 

Ruth Leblanc, Bethany Garner and Joan Willison, with work underway -
exploring, thinking, ever-changing

Sandra Smith - one done and one to go. Photographs from family
travels as inspiration and no fear as she worked
resulting in stunning abstract interpretations

Darlene Moritz... the Series begins!
Now for more canvasses. Wallack's anyone?
 

Crys Patry did the most stunning piece on the left.
A second piece was started to finish her Series
Bethany's (right)... well still underway.

Beth Abbott painted a striking abstract to which she would add native symbols in thread and stitch. Cannot wait to see this one finished with Beth's excellent stitching added

Lynne made sure that each of her students had lots of individual consultation time as she circulated the room, making suggestions and working through ideas and possible solutions with the students. At the end of the two days together, the tables were filled with brilliant art work, and when the painted canvas was removed from the wooden frame, stitched and then re-stretched and stapled with the help of John Morin.

The students were ready to step back and enjoy the work while chatting about the value of their two days together in Lynne's classroom.

Joan Willison at work with Lynne's input - a great result!

  

Overall, while perhaps we were not quite sure as we registered for this weekend where the two classroom days would take us, after two really wonderful days with friends and lots of shared fun and creativity, everyone agreed that this was a great experience, opening up all new windows of exploration with paint and stitch!!!

So many thanks to Lynne and all of our Workshop #2 students. All new SERIES of work to be anticipated as spring 2015 is not far off! Do come back in the spring!

  

FIBREWORKS KINGSTON looks forward to

SPRING 2015 WORKSHOPS #3 and #4
 

 

Hope you will join us again in April 2015 and carry on with HOLLY DEAN as we create painted canvas covers for our MUSE JOURNALS and learn bookbinding skills along the way. Holly is so much fun... talents abound , and she brings us years of experience as a collage artist, calligraphy expert and bookbinding master... come play!

 

In May 2015, DIANNE GIBSON will join us for her MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGES weekend, and believe me, Dianne is the master of collage play! This is one workshop you will NOT want to miss.

Thanks to all of our Fall 2014 students and our amazing and wonderful Artist Instructors...

Bethany Garner, FW Coordinator

Registration forms for #3 and #4 are here on the blog on the right sidebar

for our Spring 2015 Fibreworks Courses

Lynne Morin comes to Kingston November 7, 2014... please join us!

Fibreworks Kingston invites you to join us for the evening Lecture with our visiting Guest Instructor

LYNNE MORIN

 Friday, November 7, 2014

Room 12040

St. Lawrence College

in the LINK Corridor, Upper Level, Administrative Wing

7-9 pm

Light Refreshments

Come enjoy Lynne's Trunk Show and Lecture

Several seats still available in our Design Focused Workshop Weekend.

contact: Bethany Garner, FW Coordinator

fibreworkskingston@gmail.com

As a brand new Weaver with the Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners, we invite you to our FALL SALE - this is one you do not want to miss!

We welcome Lynne Morin the weekend of November 7-9th, but even the students at Lynne's FIBREWORKS Weekend will enjoy a lunchtime trip to the Weavers and Spinners Guild Fall Sale at Portsmouth TOWN HALL on King Street! 

Come on by and get ready for fall and winter and HOLIDAY GIFTS!

LYNNE MORIN, Fibrework's Guest Artist for Workshop #2 in our Series 2014/15...

 "THE SAME - BUT DIFFERENT"

Fibreworks Kingston Weekend Workshop #2

LYNNE MORIN, Guest Instructor

November 7-9th, 
St. Lawrence College, Kingston Campus 

FRIDAY EVENING LECTURE 7-9 pm, Room 12040
Saturday and Sunday WORKSHOP DAYS, 
November 8-9, 2014, Room 00060

Workshop Fee $150

Printable Registration form on the right sidebar pages

WELCOME to AUTUMN... Lynne painted Sunflowers and developed  beautifully focused flower-head centres in fibre to bring this painted piece to life.

YES!! We are so pleased to be able to host LYNNE for her Workshop Weekend and that we will have this wonderful opportunity to learn and grow along with a renowned, multifaceted and much admired Instructor.

Please think about joining us... we have just a few seats left. Join Lynne and friends to explore a new beginning to the use of paint and fibre in all original art work. The two-day Workshop Weekend is running November 7-9th at St. Lawrence College, Room 00060.

Lynne's Friday evening Lecture is planned for November 7th and everyone is welcome! Lecture 7 -9 pm, Room 12040, Upper Level in the Link Corridor, Administrative Wing.

Your Workshop #2 Registration Form is on the right sidebar here at the blog. 

Please email Fibreworks Coordinator, Bethany Garner: fibreworkskingston@gmail to confirm your intent to join in on the fun.

MAGGIE VANDERWEIT MEREDITH WORKSHOP brought much fun and creative playtime to FIBREWORKS students...

Photo thanks to Maggie

 WRAP and RUST DYEING Weekend...

What a wonderfully fun filled workshop we had this past weekend with MAGGIE VANDERWEIT MEREDITH... and a terrific blog post from Maggie after she returned home to Fergus shows many of our students in "play mode". 

 

Pop on over to Maggie's blog to see  more great photos ...

 http://maggievanderweit.blogspot.ca/

Maggie caught some great smiles

 
The Odessa Fairgrounds Hall was alive with focused activity and FUN! Literally hundreds of pieces of beautifully planned eco dyed and rusted fabrics emerged from the pots of dye stuff including fall foliage, local flowers, berries and pods. Metal was included for the "marks" that make eco dyed fabrics unique.

  

The hall kitchen bustled with activity and the grounds surrounding the hall were filled with "milk soaked" fabrics on drying racks in preparation for the laying of the plant material before bundling for the cook pots. Sights and smells were abundant and truly inspiring. Students shared favourite collections of plants and flowers, catalpa pods and rusty bits! Nearly every inch of space was filled with buckets and bins of leaves, vines, berries and FABRIC in varying sizes.

 

 

Our Instructor did an amazing job sharing her recommendations of fabrics that would yield excellent results... thanks too Maggie, for all of the purchasing, cutting, folding and toting of fabrics and supplies we would NOT have otherwise had for this workshop.  Giving us all of the great printed guidelines to follow once at home and sharing terrific demonstrations throughout the weekend provided the guidance needed to be successful at home. We know the participants will have a fun-filled fall season of creating beautiful eco prints.

 

Layout is an all important part of Maggie's process and preparation

 

Sunshine on Saturday meant pre work went really well!

 

THANKS MAGGIE and to all of our great students this past weekend! Loved having you with us.

 

We hope each of you reading the blog will consider how important and educational our Weekend Workshops Series can be to your artistic career path. Presenting opportunities for learning from the best of the best Instructors is what  our FIBREWORKS Kingston Weekend Workshops Series is all about. Come Play!!



Cathie shares great results - photo by Maggie V.

Next up: LYNNE MORIN from Ottawa, November 7-9, 2014, St. Lawrence College - see the blog post below or visit Lynne's Workshop PAGE on the right Sidebar... Workshop #2. Register soon to ensure that you will not miss the chance to learn all new techniques and some invaluable information from Lynne about working in Series.

Smiles all around as the bundles were opened - thanks Maggie!

 

LYNNE MORIN, renowned Ontario Fibre Artist will join us November 7-9th for her outstanding DESIGN WORKSHOP

Emerging From Chaos, Lynne Morin

Lynne uses fibre and found objects in her work...in the most beautiful ways, ensuring that her viewers are treated with  sumptuous layering of different textures, types of fibre including felt, silk, wool, slubbed and raised surfaces, loose fibres, stitched threads and embellishments and a most exciting new addition to her work is PAINT! 

On her weekend with our students at FIBREWORKS KINGSTON WEEKEND WORKSHOP #2, November 7-9, 2014, Lynne will explore many of the unusual but extremely effective techniques she brings into her new work - and yes, it may appear to be "THE SAME - BUT  DIFFERENT" you are right... and the best way to explore using new and exciting media and techniques is to study with and learn from those in the Fibre Community who are doing just that!

The data collecting - adding bits and pieces of  knowledge/techniques as work evolves  in exploration and play with fabric, threads, sketches and planning new work over the weekend with Lynne with allow students the opportunity to stretch in all new directions ...

Yes, there will be painting of canvas... removed in the classroom  from a frame, painted and embellished with the addition of fabrics to enhance design elements, and certainly by the use of machine or hand stitch that is designed to support the direction each student sees as the next step toward their finished work. The goal is creating work that is exhibition ready, as the painted and stitched canvas will be re-mounted to the frame for display. Tips and tricks Lynne has learned as she developed her new series for 2014/15 will be the topic for discussion, with lots of individual attention for each student over the two day, intensive learning weekend at St. Lawrence College.

We invite you to join us - a few seats are available in the workshop weekend. Don't miss the chance to study with Lynne - her design savvy and hugely well recognized ability to coach and support students as they grow into their personal Exhibition strategies. Lynne's work is seen across Ontario and Canada in Galleries, solo exhibitions and in private collections.

 

Lynne Morin's "Sunflower" - painted canvas with fibre

Registration is open... visit Lynne's Workshop Page on the sidebar here at the blog, and send your registration soon to make sure YOU will be a part of the fun and learning opportunities. We can guarantee Lynne will be able to share information to make your design experience perhaps a bit of "THE SAME - but (surely) DIFFERENT" .

Email Bethany Garner for information about Lynne's Workshop Registration:

fibreworkskingston@gmail.com

Email Lynne with questions: lynnemorin@rogers.com