Workshops and Courses
I have now machine-embroidered for forty years and painted on
silk for twenty. At all times, my approach has been experimental, and I have
tried to extend the range and depth of my knowledge and skills. This, together
with my teaching qualifications and long teaching experience, means that I am
able to offer an extensive and structured programme of courses.
Organisations or businesses interested in engaging me to
tutor should e-mail me for a complete list of courses offered.
Please mention the name and contact details of the organisation.
I will then snail-mail the list, together with my schedule of fees, terms and conditions.
This will not usually be available by e-mail.
Should any courses on the list not be quite suitable for a group, I am willing to
consider constructing specific courses for them.
As a tutor, my aim is not only to provide students with the body of knowledge
on which the course is based, but also to excite them with the possibilities which
lie ahead.
Courses are offered under the following broad topics:
A. Silk Painting (including Aussie Shibori)
B. Creative Machine Embroidery (FME)
C. Combined Courses (A and B together, or Mixed Media)
D. Doll-associated Courses.
Oz Landscape (2006) 26cm x 8.5cm (10.25" x 3.375")
Left, above: Angelfish Tabard-style vest (detail of angelfish on back) (1993)
Right, above: Coral Garden by Saakia Itchins, begun in the 2007 Hobart Neptune's Garden class; machine embroidery on hand-painted silk
2010 Classes
Textile Art Festival 2010
25th June: User-friendly Machine Embroidery
26th & 27th June: Machine-embroidered Masks
Bookings online at www.textileart.com.au
Bribie Island Arts Festival 2010
17th & 18th July: Beginners' Freehand Machine Embroidery
19th, 20th & 21st July: Banksias to Beach: Bribie in machine Embroidery
NB 15th &16th July: Extra Beginners' Course (pre-Festival)
See http://bribieartcentre.com.au/html/2010artsfestival/51/festival-home-page for details, including contacts.
WA Quilt, Craft and Stitch Show
30th & 31st July & 1st August: Guest Artist - display of work, demonstrations, and daily morning and afternoon illustrated lectures
Lecture details, including titles, to be advised.
3rd & 4th August: User-Friendly Machine Embroidery (At Menora Craft House)
Contact Mareene Aitken: mareene@trueblue-exhibitions.com.au
or see: www.trueblue.exhibitions.com.au
Other WA Workshops:
Bunbury
7th & 8th August: TBA
Margaret River
9th, 10th, 11th & 12th August: Into the Woods! (retreat)
Perth
14th & 15th August: Machine-embroidered Masks
Contact Jennie Abbott: jabb1@bigpond.com
Grafton Artsfest, Spring 2010
25th - 30th September: Wearable Art: a Body Piece
i.e., a wearable-art garment (piece) for the adornment of the body
Contact Fay Boyd: info@artsfestgrafton.com
Launceston, Tasmania
25th, 26th, 27th & 28th October, 2010: Machine-embroidered Masks
Contact Robyn sewknit@bigpond.net.au
Links
Mieke Apps, a leading New Zealand quilt and textile artist
Barbara Bilyard, another leading New Zealand quilt artist
Jenny Dowde, freeform knitting, scrumbling and polymer clay
Teena Hughes, Australian silk painter (also www.abfab-australia.com)
Lynne Stone, Australian embroiderer; amazing 3-D botanically correct re-creations
Carol H. Straus, American quilt artist
Carol Wilkes, one of Australia's leading textile artists
Contact Information
Postal Address
P. O. Box 39, KETTERING, Tasmania 7155, Australia
Electronic Mail
Telephone and Fax
+ (61)3 6267 4169
Please note that, owing to telemarketing pests, I do not answer calls made from undisclosed numbers.
Mobile: 0418 577 896 (NB: reception very poor at home. Thanks, Telstra 3G!)