I offer an online 4-week version of my Text on Textiles workshop via JOGGLES, an online workshop and art store. My next session will start OctoBer 25 so you have lots of time to prepare! The platform is a series of 5 (for the price of 4) pdf. workbooks, with step by step instructions. You'll also have access to an online forum for posting examples, questions and comments. I generally also try to make this blog a "workshop-related" series of posts during the workshops that I teach on Joggles, so you'll also have those resources available.
Here's the description and link:
Our Price: $45.00 Stock Status: In Stock
This class in scheduled to begin on October 25, 2013
NOTE: This class requires use of an all-in-one printer/copier or desktop copier with the ability to enlarge and reduce printed images. The techniques used make use of copies and prints from such a copier/printer. Optional techniques included also involve use of a computer and digital camera.
Have you ever wanted to incorporate a favorite word, poem or quote into an art quilt, garment, art doll or other textile project -- going beyond simply writing or embroidering the text? Or do letter forms and shapes appeal to your sense of design? This surface design/mixed media class will give you a set of process tools for making text and words an integral part of artfully designed fabrics that you can use in a wide variety of projects.
Starting with design exercises that encourage a unique expression of your creativity and interests, you’ll learn three specific techniques for transfers of text, words and writing to fabric using ink-jet printing, polymer medium and textile paints.
Lesson 1. Getting Started with Text on Textiles; Collecting and Exploring Letter Forms -- Work through specific design collage exercises using a collection of letters and a copier or all-in-one printer. See what happens when you enlarge, multiply and pattern letters and text to create contemporary fresh designs.
Lesson 2. From Text to Textile; Print Collages and Collaged Prints -- Using your collages from the previous week, you’ll print copies directly on fabric through an ink-jet printer, then manipulate, fuse, and piece the fabrics to make a small art quilt composition. You can use commercial printable fabrics OR follow simple directions to make your own fusible backed fabrics for printing.
Lesson 3. Text on Textiles with Paper Cloth -- Learn to make a hybrid cloth paper using fabric and tissue paper that puts your collage work into a sewable mixed media textile, layering images, colors and textures with verve and adventure.
Lesson 4. Text on Textiles with Ink Jet Transfers -- Using your collage designs, use inkjet prints made on transparency sheets to make striking surface design on yardage, suitable for a whole-cloth quilt or to cut and fuse or piece into your own mixed media textile art.
Lesson 5. BONUS lesson -- See how Susie took a collage and translated it into a large art quilt, using a combination of the techniques in this class. Take your own design through the same process for a bold contemporary art work.
Curious to know how online classes work? Go here to read all of the details:
www.joggles.com/classdetails.htm
The supply list will be sent to all students one week before the class starts. Once you buy this class you will receive an email order confirmation, but you will not hear from us again until the supply list is sent.
A high speed connection to the internet is recommended for all students.
In order to participate in online classes at joggles you are expected to have basic computer and internet skills. You need to be able to browse the internet, know how to download and save a document to your computer's hard drive, and understand how to open and save email attachments. It is your responsibility to learn these skills before the class begins.
Please be certain you are comfortable with all of these skills. Class fees will not be refunded once the class has begun.