Class Description:  This workshop will explore using a wide variety of materials and supplies that today’s textile artist can use to create new and innovative surfaces to stitch on.    This class is sure to be a lot of fun as we create a wide range of beautiful mixed-media surfaces using items such as tissue paper, gel mediums, soy silk, paper towels, silk caps or hankies, mulberry bark, cling wrap and so much more!

Lesson 1:  In our first lesson we’ll create a stitchable surface using tissue paper and sewing pattern tissue bonded to a base fabric using a variety of methods. We’ll create some beautiful sketchbooks and journals this week that you can use to record your samples and experiments from all the lessons.

Lesson 2:  Create a mixed-media surface using fusible webs incorporating the use of just about anything and everything you have in your stash. We’ll use this surface to create a multi-drawer box.

Lesson 3:  We’ll be working with silk cocoons, rods, caps and mulberry bark this week and how you can incorporate them into your fiber art. I’ll show you how to turn silk hankies into a beautiful tabletop sculpture and we’ll make a concertina book with a machine cord wrap.

Lesson 4:  This week we’ll use cling wrap to create a multi-layered surface and then create a beautiful hand dyed collaged surface using paper towels that you can use to make a triangle vase and some fun gift tags and greeting cards. 

Lesson 5:  We’re going to work with Angelina fibers, fantasy film and brown paper bags this week. For our last lesson I’m going to show you how to create a 3D vessel with curved sides.