This three-day workshop begins Saturday, May 29, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Beginner's materials fee: $12 includes yarn for the first project. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
The foremost goal is for the student to become familiar and comfortable with warping the loom, and the medium of weaving. I encourage my students to explore and to inject their creativity while learning rules and process. Using my speed warping technique, each student will warp and weave two projects over the three days. You will learn how to calculate a warp, read drafts, and begin to understand how weave structure, color, texture, and design intermingle. Intermediate students are welcome to come for a warping refresher and their next weaving step.
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LOU GRANTHAM has taught many successful weaving workshops at MAC and in the Bay Area for 25 years. She is the owner of San Francisco Fiber, and is the textile co-coordinator and teaches for Walnut Creek Civic Arts. She is a graduate of the textile program at San Francisco University.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $240 Member $230 Member - Register by 04/29/10 $265 Non-Member $255 Non-Member - Register by 04/29/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This four-day workshop begins Tuesday, June 1, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $320. Materials fee: $30 (backstrap loom elements). Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This four-day workshop is open to all levels of weavers interested in learning backstrap weaving as practiced by Maya women in Guatemala. On the first day, one warps the simple loom and begins to learn elements of traditional designs. A weaver is an integral part of the loom; with warp ends tied to post and the strap around the waist, controlling the tension of the warp with movements of the body. After a few days, brocade patterns emerge beneath your fingers along the warp.
ALBERTINA LOPEZ MARTIN is from the highlands of Guatemala. She learned to weave watching her mother and grandmother, and tied on her first loom when she was seven; now her daughters weave. She has given demonstrations across the US, including the Academy of Science in San Francisco and the Textile Design Department at UC Davis.
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This five-day workshop begins Monday, June 7, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $385. Materials fee: $15. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Rag rugs are fun and easy. You can weave one even if you've never woven before! Choose a simple plain weave rug, or a block design if you are more experienced. Learn different ways to prepare your rags, using new fabric or recycling old textiles. Finish your rug with a hem or plied fringe.
LINDA HARTSHORN has created hundreds of yards of beautiful textiles over the last 25 years. Her specialty is incorporating unique dyework into her handwoven fabrics. She teaches weaving at The Ink People Center for the Arts In Eureka and is a winner of the Victor Thomas Jacoby Award for Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $360 Member $350 Member - Register by 05/07/10 $385 Non-Member $375 Non-Member - Register by 05/07/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This two-day workshop begins Saturday, June 19, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $190. Materials fee: $15. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Cavandoli knotting is created with a combination of both vertical and horizontal macramé double half hitches. Using a fine (size #18) nylon thread, we will create a small-knotted panel. The addition of a pendant bead or stone and a strand of beads completes the necklace. For this project we will create a geometric design by alternating blocks of color. Free-form design will also be discussed. This class is for all levels, but students will be expected to complete an instructor supplied short knotting tutorial prior to class.
ELLEN ATHENS is a 1982 graduate of the former Textile Apprenticeship Program at the Mendocino Art Center. After weaving tapestries for 15 years, she began creating jewelry in a variety of techniques. Returning to fiber, current works incorporate knotting, braiding, beads and metal fabrication techniques.
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This three-day workshop begins Monday, June 21, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONWant to go beyond outlining or using the meandering line in quilting? Come away with samples for filling in areas and creating diverse textures. Experiment with negative space, shading and shadows. Make your machine into a drawing tool. This class is for people who are comfortable with their machines, which must be able to lower feed dogs and accommodate an embroidery foot.
From her first participation in Quilt National 1981, LESLIE CARABAS has experimented with non-traditional approaches to quilt making. She earned her MFA in 1993 and is recognized internationally for her innovative textile art, most recently in the Lark book, "500 Art Quilts."
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $240 Member $230 Member - Register by 05/21/10 $265 Non-Member $255 Non-Member - Register by 05/21/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, July 5, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $385. Materials fee: $45 - $65. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Create compelling images on synthetic fabrics using recent groundbreaking approaches to marbling with disperse dyes. This process is charged with intoxicating possibilities impossible to achieve with traditional techniques. Included are daily drawing, composition, and collage exercises supported by group discussions and critiques. We will focus on experimental aspects of surface design aimed at developing a communicative visual language.
LISA GREY has extensive experience with dye, sewing and printing techniques and is known for her experimental work with disperse dyes including pioneering its use in the marbling process.JASON POLLEN is an internationally-recognized fiber artist, designer and educator. He is Chair of the Kansas City Art Institute Fiber Department, President Emeritus of the Surface Design Association and recently designated Fellow of the American Craft Council.
This two-day workshop begins Saturday, July 10, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $190. Materials fee: $35. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Make a beautiful soul doll of your own, using Nina's original meditations, portrait sculpting, mask making, and fiber-arts techniques, combining animal, ancestral and nature themes in the ancient healing tradition of Spirit Doll-making. No experience needed.
NINA AYIN REIMER teaches her unique soul doll-making techniques in workshops around the country. Her art dolls, as well as her book, "Artist as Healer: Stories of Transformation and Healing," have been featured in "Art Doll Quarterly" and "Doll Magazine, NY" and in many galleries and exhibitions. Originally a medical illustrator, Ms. Reimer teaches basic anatomy and design in her workshops, enabling students to create realistic portraits and figures
This three-day workshop begins Friday, July 16, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Materials fee: $20. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION An excellent workshop for painters, monoprinters, watercolorists, textile artists, screen printers, or anyone interested in obtaining multiples from one painted image on paper or fabric. Why labor over one painting when you can paint once and get multiples? Polychromatic screen printing produces a limited edition of five to eight prints from a single painted image; no color registration needed. We will experiment with creating textures, non-bleed coatings, and layering. No solvents used. All skill levels.
JOY STOCKSDALE received a BFA from the California College of Arts in Oakland, CA. As a result of studies at Goldsmith's College, University of London in 1979, she developed the process and authored the book "Polychromatic Screen Printing." Her printed silk garments, hangings, and quilts are exhibited throughout the US.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $240 Member $230 Member - Register by 06/16/10 $265 Non-Member $255 Non-Member - Register by 06/16/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, July 26, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $485. Materials fee: $55 - $65. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Prior experience with felting raw fleece is required for participants who wish to explore three methods of felting hollow form: raising form from a single flat sheet, wrapping a pre-existing form, and utilizing a flat resist. Individual experimentation and innovation of form for both functional and non-functional works will be highly encouraged. Structural stitching, steam blocking and shellac stiffening techniques will also be addressed.
LISA KLAKULAK operates her business, STRONGFELT, out of her home studio in Asheville, NC. She received a BFA in Fiber Arts (1997) and has pursued explorations in natural dyes, felting and embellishment since including a three-year residency focused on felting at the Appalachian Center for Crafts (TN). Teaching and exhibiting nationally, Klakulak was recently featured in the January/February issue of "Fiber Arts Magazine."
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $460 Member $450 Member - Register by 06/26/10 $485 Non-Member $475 Non-Member - Register by 06/26/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This three-day workshop begins Friday, August 6, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Materials fee: $25. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Here is a lovely project that intermediate level weavers can complete in just a few days. Shadow weave uses two colors in warp and weft to create intricate patterns. Choose your own shadow weave draft and select your favorite colors of soft, lustrous rayon chenille (provided). Learn all about shadow weave and some tips for weaving successfully with chenille yarns, from warping to fringing.
LINDA HARTSHORN has created hundreds of yards of beautiful textiles over the last 25 years. Her specialty is incorporating unique dyework into her handwoven fabrics. She teaches weaving at The Ink People Center for the Arts in Eureka, CA, and is a winner of the Victor Thomas Jacoby Award for Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $240 Member $230 Member - Register by 07/06/10 $265 Non-Member $255 Non-Member - Register 07/06/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
