2010 programme just released!
Book soon to avoid disappointment. Only 10 places on each course. Join us at the Masseria della Zingara, (the house of the gipsy), and take part in one of the very special stitching breaks we have arranged with some of the top stitching stars.
19-24 May
Maggie Grey - Grabbing the Essence
We’ll go out and about with our digital cameras and sketchbooks and will return to the workroom with sufficient material to translate the delights we’ve experienced into stitch. Not just landscape but detail and atmosphere will be captured and transferred to fabric and paper, with the help of printers, soluble materials, paint and innovative techniques.
For more details see Maggie's website: www.hiraeth.com/chezgreyor her blog www.magstitch.blogspot.com
Cost: £650 twin room sharing £750 twin or double room for single occupancy
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15-26 June - Fully Booked: Registration closed
Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada and Michel Garcia - Slow Fiber Studio
Slow Fiber is a term we adapted from the popularized Slow Food movement to articulate similar concerns and philosophies as they apply specifically to cloth, fiber, and the craft of making — from awareness and knowledge to production, tradition, practice and commerce.
The philosophy behind SFS is nothing new. In fact, it’s intrinsic to the very foundation of the World Shibori Network – what we do, who we are, what we protect, ideas we represent. But now, it seems the rest of the world is ready for this value shift. And we’re here to help them!
We are offering two workshop dates (A) 15-19 June and (B) 22-26 June
week one : "Silk & Natural Dyeing". Explore thoroughly the secret of silk fiber and the way in which a wide variety of effects and colors can be achieved with natural dyes. Yoshiko will cover selective removal of sericin from silk fabric; mixing different types of fibers and fabrics, from organza to satin to wool to polyester; and applying kaiki shibu (persimmon tannin). Michel will cover varying mordants and effective dye application methods. All methods are gentle to humans and environment Instructors: Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada and Michel Garcia
week two : "Natural Dye Block Printing Provencal + Rice Paste Resist Printing Japonaise" Michel will introduce traditional process of multi-color block printing including natural indigo blue. Yoshiko will cover katazome process; how to design and cut shibugami (persimmon tannin paper) stencil paper; to make rice paste resist (its' like cooking and washes away in plain water); and to combine with natural dyeing on fabric and washi (handmade Asian paper). In structors: Michel Garcia and Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
Cost:
1 week course sharing twin room £750 Euro 850
1 week course single room supplement £850 Euro 950
2 weeks course special price £1400 Euro 1500 (includes FREE invitation to Leo Party on the weekend 19th/20th June.
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24-29 August
Michael Brennand-Wood - Random Precision - Stitch, 3 Dimensional Line, Structure and Light
The aims of this challenging workshop are to interact spatially with the external landscape and internalized spaces of the Masseria itself. As the title would suggest, it's about duality, the collision of opposites and the documentation of transitory moments through stitch, photography and paperwork. The workshop will focus on the generation of ideas and approaches that could be developed individually at a later date. It's not a technical or prescriptive course. Students need to be open minded and willing to experiment with scale, location and media, in an unfamiliar beautiful environment.
For further information about Michael visit his website http://brennand-wood.com
Cost: £650 twin room sharing £750 twin or double room for single occupancy
25% deposit payable on booking, balance 8 weeks before event.
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8-13 September
Jeanette Appleton - Lines and Layers
Explore the density of wool to fabric and the marks of threads to stitch. Gradually developing the work in various sites, whether on the beach or by the pool. Personal tutorials will consolidate individual methods and direction.
Cost: £650 twin room sharing £750 twin or double room for single occupancy
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15-20 September
Jane Dunnewold - The New Complex Cloth
The classic layering workshop updated! Explore the fundamentals of layered patterning, generated through dyeing and printing. Dunnewold shares her revised approaches to immersion dyeing, and the replacement of discharge processes with a variety of water-based resists. There will be an emphasis on tool making, and decorative finishing techniques, including foiling and metal leafing. Perfect for the beginning surface design artist or for more experienced students interested in advanced layering. A supply list will be provided at the time of enrollment.
Jane Dunnewold is the author of Complex Cloth (1996) Improvisational Screen Printing (2003), co-authored Finding Your Own Visual Language (2007) and is currently working on a new surface design volume for Interweave Press, to be released in the spring of 2010. She teaches and exhibits widely and was awarded the Quilt Japan Prize in the 2002 Visions exhibition, and the Gold Prize, at the Taegue International Textile Exhibition. Dunnewold maintains Art Cloth Studios, in San Antonio, Texas. Additional information and exhibition experience can be found at complexcloth.com.
Cost: £700 twin room sharing £800 twin or double room for single occupancy
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20-25 October
Pauline Burbidge and Charlie Poulson - Time to Draw
Spend a week in the wonderful rural surroundings of the Masseria dell Zingara.
Drawing is at the heart of Pauline & Charlie’s work, so they are delighted to be conducting this week, their second at the Masseria. Most mornings will be spent in and around the Masseria – drawing, mark – making, photographing, making rubbings and stitch drawings – projects designed to feed into your own individual work. One day will be scheduled to explore and draw ‘out and about’ in the locality.
Time to draw, time to work in solitude, time to share and meet others, time to reflect, time to enjoy the local cuisine, time to relax, time to enjoy the surroundings, time to make new friends, time to be creative, time to be excited!
Cost: £650 twin room sharing £750 twin or double room for single occupancy
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27 October - 1 November
Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn - An Italian Idyll - from sketch to stitch with double trouble
Jan and Jean will again encourage students to use the wonderful surroundings at Masseria della Zingara as inspiration for creating unique stitched works. They will help everyone to feel confident in collecting information, drawing and photographing the range of images available. Structured exercises will help a personal development from sketch to design. Experimental cloths will be created using hand and machine stitching, appliqué, fusing, beading and the use of the embellishing machine as appropriate. The course will be informative, innovative and conducted in an informal, relaxed and fun way.
Cost: £650 twin room sharing £750 twin or double room for single occupancy
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All rooms are twin occupancy (sharing with a friend or another retreat participant) £100 single room supplement. |
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