learn textile dyeing with shabd!

Fiber Reactive Dyes with Shabd

Learn the process of Dyeing with Shabd, one of our generations leading dye-artists. In this 3 week class, Shabd will teach you the basic procedures for dyeing with Procion dyes, by immersion, painting and tie-dye, with both cellulose and protein fibers. You will learn various tying, dying and shibori techniques, as well as basic color theory and design concepts for dying. It will be fun, and colorful and bright! Discover the dyer in you and design your own dye patterns! Students will focus on swatches to perfect technique and in the last class work on individual projects.

No experience necessary. Our classes are designed to focus on a learned skill rather than a final product. At TAC, our mission is to provide skills and knowledge for a lifetime! All necessary materials are included for swatch making. Any additional fabrics and materials will need to be supplied by the student based on their vision. Also, we have Open Studio time for students to put their new knowledge to practice.

The Textile Arts Center is a beautiful 3200sf space in Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens dedicated to providing support to fiber artists and everyday people interested in working with fibers. TAC holds classes, workshops and special events as well as running open studio hours, hosting gallery exhibits and running an artist in residency program.

Shabd Simon-Alexander is an internationally renowned dye artist. Her namesake clothing line is carried in high-end boutiques internationally. She has been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Time Out, Daily Candy, Nylon, Blackbook, Dossier, Bust Magazine, on innumerable blogs, and was the first person to teach Martha Stewart how to tie-dye!

3 Session
Sundays 2:00 - 6:00PM, October 16 - October 30

The Textile Art Center in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

http://www.ssreg.com/textileartscenter/classes/results.asp?code=BK-FRD-Shabd-1011

www.shabdismyname.com

this weekend in beacon, ny:

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	There's still room in our Make a Sock Animal class this Saturday! Join us on Saturday May 1st from 10:30am to 12:30pm and let Cal Patch teach you how to turn a pair of socks into an adorable new friend. Use a pair of socks to make a sweet stuffed dog (or other critter) with just a few snips and a little hand sewing. Customize with some button eyes and a few stitches of embroidery, and you’ll want to make a whole menagerie! You bring the socks, we’ll provide everything else. (Children’s socks recommended.) Cost: $25 + $5 materials fee A 50% deposit is required to hold your place in a class. Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours prior to the class in order to receive store credit for your deposit. To reserve a spot, drop by the shop or give us a call at 845-481-0149 during store hours.		5/1 Make a Sock Animal with Cal Patch 5/22 Card & Rubber Stamp Making with Laura Fisk 6/12 Needle Felting with focus on Jewelry with Nguyen Le
	WonderFluff Virginia Piazza Pottery Wonting

astulabee @ hanahou

ooh, i sure would love to take this workshop with nicole of astulabee! she is also teaching at peter's valley in july...



Finishing up works for a show **here** at Gallery Hanahou where I'll also be hosting a special workshop on May 8th:
(from the Gallery Hanahou website)
Contemporary Embroidered Fabric Collage with Nicole Licht

Brooklyn fiber artist Nicole Licht will lead participants in making embroidery and fabric collages with a "Lost at Sea" theme.

Date + Time: Saturday, May 8, 1-3 pm
Place: gallery hanahou, 611 Broadway, Suite 730, NYC
Cost: $45
Signup: Email info@galleryhanahou.com to sign up - space is limited!

I'd love to see you there!

get squirrely!

Where Country Fiber Warms the Big City How much do we love squirrels? Enough to create this cozy patchwork tree in our front window, with the hope that it will inspire you to enter our HANDMADE SQUIRREL CONTEST! Use any materials you like to create a handmade squirrel, pack up their tiny suitcase, and send them to Brooklyn for a visit. The squirrels will be displayed in the tree in our front window until the judging and Squirrel Party on May 15th (details to follow!). We will be giving away some wonderful prizes! 1st Prize: $200 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year). 2nd Prize: $100 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year). 3rd Prize: $50 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year). Youth Prizes (0-15 yrs): Three squirrels will each be awarded one $50 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year). So take a few minutes to go outside with your journal or sketchbook, get a breath of fresh air, and commune with a our nut-gathering friends, and give yourself permission to get creative! This is a great springtime activity to do with kids! Please see our most recent blog post at www.brooklyngeneral.com for the Official Contest Rules. Need some Squirrel Contest inspiration? We made this flirty girl with Ecological Woolfrom Cascade. We were attracted to the 100% Peruvian Highland wool because of its natural, chemical-free and un-dyed colors. This soft but durable yarn has beautiful volume and stitch definition. For an all-wool yarn this is so fluffy and soft--perfect for knitting nature. Rowan's PureLife Organic Wool Naturally Dyedis grown in an environmentally and socially responsible way from sheep grazed on land free from pesticides and chemical fertilizers. It is dyed using natural sustainable plant dyes. British Sheep Breeds Undyedis shorn and blended from four classic British sheep breeds, then spun into five beautiful un-dyed shades with the natural lanolin content maintained. Two more prefect, natural yarn choices. We're not the only ones to be inspired by squirrels and their furry friends--the latest Echino Collectionfeatures squirrels, along with birds, horses, and rabbits in a print that is at once sweet and classic and bold and modern. Why not try your hand at a felted squirrel? The shop has a nice selection of fiber, felting tools, and felting books--everything you need to get started. Whether you sew, knit, crochet or felt your squirrel, we have many books to help you along! Need a little help getting started? The next Toy Knittingclass begins April 16!

embroidered journal class @ pratt

wow! this embroidered journaling class looks amazing... here's what iviva has to say about it:

I am excited about my imminent 5-week embroidery workshop at Pratt, The Embroidered Art Journal. I hope some of you will join me, or pass the word on to friends who may be looking for a creative way to spend Wednesdays in April and May. Here are the details:

The Embroidered Art Journal, PMDA-104

5 Wednesdays at Pratt Center for Continuing and Professional Studies

144 West 14th Street, near 7th Avenue

April 21st - May 19th, 6:30-9:30pm

http://www.pratt.edu/academics/continuing_education_and_professional/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=iolenick

Registration:

http://my.pratt.edu

212-647-7199

After mastering a dozen stitches for decorative and practical use, we will explore a range of methods for interpreting photographs as embroideries, drawing with thread, and transferring images and text onto fabric.

The goal is for each student to embark on a personal project that incorporates embroidery and narrative. Mixed media projects are encouraged.

Previous students have worked on a wide range of pursuits: one is in the process of making a book for her soon-to-be grandchild, another did preparatory work for exhibition pieces for a show. Students experimented with non-traditional materials, like sewing on bubble wrap and other forms of packaging. Some created sculptural "landscapes" by manipulating fabric and thread. Others reinterpreted their own drawings and illustrations using fabric and thread.

The possibilities for this class are endless...

Tuition is $195 for 5 weeks (15 hours of class time). Supplies are minimal - I provide as much as possible, which you can supplement with materials of your choice.

Also coming up this spring is the Affordable Art Fair, May 6-9th...More details to come!

With very best wishes,
Iviva Olenick
http://IvivaOlenick.neoimages.net
http://wereisobesotted.blogspot.com
http://murielguepingallery.com/artists/IvivaOlenick/45

embroidery classes this weekend and beyond

Dear friends,

Oh, no! Not another email about embroidery classes!

1) This Saturday -- looking for a creative interlude? Sign up for my 3-hour embroidery workshop:

Saturday, 3/6 from 11am-2pm, at 3rd Ward's Metropolitan Avenue space, 573 Metropolitan (btw Lorimer & Union), Brooklyn - a block from the L or G to Metropolitan/Lorimer Station

$60 + $10 materials fee

To register: http://www.3rdward.com/3rdwardclasses/extraordinary-embroidery.html

2) I am very excited about my upcoming Embroidered Portraits class at the Textile Arts Center of New York in Brooklyn. I am alerting you that the dates for this class have changed, again! Here is the correct, and FINAL info for that class:

4, 3-hour sessions,

11am - 2pm

Saturdays in April and May:

April 10, 7, 24, and May 1st

$150 for 4 classes + $25 materials fee

To register:

call 718-369-0222 or email info@textileartscenter.com

http://www.textileartscenter.com/

And coming soon, more classes at Pratt!!

Thanks for your ongoing support and interest in my work! And please let me know what you all are up to! And send any questions about the above, or even philosophical queries about whatever's on your mind...

Iviva Olenick

http://IvivaOlenick.neoimages.net

http://wereisobesotted.blogspot.com

classes in beacon, ny

	shop • about • notebook • visit us • contact us Hello and Happy February! Hope you're all staying warm and cozy in this chilly winter weather. We've been busy working on our new shop blog, Notebook, and putting together a full schedule of classes for next two months, including Embroidery with Cal Patch, two classes for kids, a 4-hour Bookbinding workshop with the very talented Nic Taylor of Thunderwing Press, and a reprisal of our popular Knitting 101 class. Read all about it below...
	Join us Saturday, February 13th, from 10:30-12:30, to learn the basics of embroidery with our special guest instructor Cal Patch. Practice your new skills on an original Valentine's Day pattern created by Cal (sneak peek above). Cost: $40 + $5 materials fee A 50% deposit is required to hold your place in a class. Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours prior to the class in order to receive store credit for your deposit. Give us a call or stop by the shop to reserve your spot! About the Instructor: Cal Patch has been a maker since she was a Girl Scout in the seventies. She sews, crochets, spins, embroiders, knits, prints, makes patterns, dyes… hence the name of her label: hodge podge. Cal has taught all of these subjects for the past ten years, and loves showing people new skills. After seventeen years of being a New York City dweller, Cal recently relocated to the Catskills where she plans to be a crafty farmer. Her first book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified, is out now from Potter Craft. You can see what she’s up to at hodgepodgefarm.net.		2/6 Needle Felting with Nguyen Le 2/13 Embroidery Basics with Cal Patch 2/20 Knit a Superstar Hat with Jill Draper 2/27 Soap Making for Kids with Meow Meow Tweet 3/6 Knit a Giant Cable Scarf with Jill Draper 3/13 Bookbinding with Thunderwing Press 3/20 Jewelry Making for Kids with MaryAnne LoVerme 3/27 Knitting 101 Classes are held at Clay Wood & Cotton in Beacon, NY. More information can be found here. We just launched a new feature on ClayWoodandCotton.com. We've revamped and spruced up our News + Events section into a full-on blog, which we're calling our Notebook. It currently has all the info on our classes and events, and will also come to include tutorials, recipes, tidbits about our artists, and other goodies. Please check it out and leave us a comment telling us what you think, what you'd like to see, or anything else you'd like to say!
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stenciling at the Etsy Labs

wish i could go to this... maybe YOU can!

etsy labs

January 22, 2010 Come Craft With Ed Roth of Stencil1 at the Etsy Labs Craft Night is back! After a brief hiatus, we're excited to start making all of our crafty new year's ambitions come true. We invite you to join us for our first Craft Night of 2010, a stenciling session with Ed Roth. On Monday, January 25, Ed Roth will be sharing his expert stenciling skills at our first Craft Night of the year. Please bring a t-shirt, tote bag, card, pillowcase or anything else that you would like to spruce up with a stencil. When: Monday, January 25. Drop in any time between 4 to 8 p.m. ET. Online demo in the Virtual Labs at 5 p.m. ET. Where: Etsy Labs at 55 Washington Street, Suite 512, Brooklyn, NY More details about this Craft Night (and a bonus how-to video!) here. Love, Julie Etsy Labs