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2015 KAEA

FIBER FORMS WORKSHOP!

This is a two day event offered in Wichita, KS

Fiber Artist Marilyn Grisham will share her talents in making fiber forms!

The workshop will be held at the Fiber Studio

418 S. Commerce, Wichita, KS  67202

The two dates of the event will be:

Thursday, June 25, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

We will construct forms and leave with wet shapes to take home and hang to dry.

Thursday, July 9, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

Bring dried forms for cutting and finishing edges, including hand stitching and

possible sewing machine stitching.

1 hour of College Credit will be available through Friends University!  An additional tuition fee of $85.00 and a homework assignment will be required of those attendees wishing to earn college credit.

Workshop description - In A Nut Shell - wrapping a balloon with layers of yarns, threads; painting it with Stiffy; letting it hang till dry; popping the balloon to remove from form; cutting the sphere in half; using basketry techniques to finish the cut edge in some decorative style; OR any sculptural shapes you can think of to make from stiffened forms!  And basically inspiring one another and being creative.)  These are the only two examples of the many possibilities!  We will be making bowls, lamps, and sculptural forms!  We will be using a copper tubing stand with a light socket for the lamps.  The shade will include some fragments of found crocheted lace and non-spun, dyed silk fibers.

SUPPLIES

$25 Workshop fee will include:

Snacks & Drinks

1 - 16 oz bottle of Mod Podge Stiffy Fabric Stiffener (An extra supply will be available to purchase for $6.00 a bottle.)

3 - 12” Balloons

3 - 9”   Balloons

A large assortment of threads, yarns & fabric scraps from the studio will also be available to use.

Please bring with you:

*Scissors

*Paint brushes and/or foam brushes in ¾” to 1” sizes (the Stiffy will wash out)

*Plastic dish pan or bucket to take home the wet wrapped balloon projects

For the Edge Finish session please bring:

(We will have a short discussion of ideas during the first session.)

Plastic tubing, small copper tubing

An Awl with handle

Blunt craft needles

Scissors 

KAEA Workshops are a KAEA member benefit. Membership in the KAEA also gives you membership in the NAEA.  If you are not a member, you may go to the following site and register to become a member http://www.arteducators.org/community/join

Please register for the 2015 KAEA Fiber Forms Workshop by clicking the following link: https://goo.gl/hyH8Ul

2015 KAEA Fiber Forms Workshop

You are invited to join us for the
2015 KAEA FIBER FORMS WORKSHOPIn Wichita, KS!

Fiber Artist Marilyn Grisham will share her talents in making fiber forms!

The workshop will be held at the Fiber Studio

418 S. Commerce, Wichita, KS  67202

Thursday, June 25, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

We will construct forms and leave with wet shapes to take home and hang to dry.

Thursday, July 9, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with lunch (TBD)

Bring dried forms for cutting and finishing edges, including hand stitching and

possible sewing machine stitching.

1 hour of College Credit will be available through Friends University!  An additional tuition fee and a homework assignment will be required of those attendees wishing to earn college credit.

Workshop description - In A Nut Shell - wrapping a balloon with layers of yarns, threads; painting it with Stiffy; letting it hang till dry; popping the balloon to remove from form; cutting the sphere in half; using basketry techniques to finish the cut edge in some decorative style; OR any sculptural shapes you can think of to make from stiffened forms!  And basically inspiring one another and being creative.)  These are the only two examples of the many possibilities!

  

THE BOWL is half of a large form composed of variegated rayon ribbon in the first layer with slub yarn in terra cotta brown in the outer layers.  The finish on the rim includes copper tubing to reshape an out of shape edge.  Multicolor dyed rayon ribbon is used in basket edge stitch to hold the copper in place.  The bowl inside and outside upper edge of the bowl is decorated with pieces of sheer colored fabrics adhered with Stiffy and copper acrylic paint added. 

THE LAMP has a shade of the thread wrapped over balloon technique which sits on a copper tubing stand with a light socket.  The electric wire is threaded through the copper tubing.  The shade includes some fragments of found crocheted lace and non-spun, dyed silk fibers.

SUPPLIES

$25 Workshop fee will include:

Snacks & Drinks

1 - 16 oz bottle of Mod Podge Stiffy Fabric Stiffener (An extra supply will be available to purchase for $6.00 a bottle.)

3 - 12” Balloons

3 - 9”   Balloons

A large assortment of threads, yarns & fabric scraps from the studio will also be available to use.

Please bring with you:

*Scissors

*Paint brushes and/or foam brushes in ¾” to 1” sizes (the Stiffy will wash out)

*Plastic dish pan or bucket to take home the wet wrapped balloon projects

For the Edge Finish session please bring:

(We will have a short discussion of ideas during the first session.)

Plastic tubing, small copper tubing

An Awl with handle

Blunt craft needles

Scissors 

KAEA Workshops are a KAEA member benefit. Membership in the KAEA also gives you membership in the NAEA.  If you are not a member, you may go to the following site and register to become a member http://www.arteducators.org/community/join

Please register for the 2015 KAEA Join in June/July Fiber Forms Workshop by clicking the following link: https://goo.gl/hyH8Ul

KAEA Summer Camp 2015

Thursday, June 29th & 30th

McPherson College

Cost Overview

Early Bird Rate of $100.00 plus class supply fees if registration is receieved before June 12, 2015. Late registration will be a fee of $120.00 + supply fees for the workshops you select.

Make checks payable for your registration fee plus the costs of the workshop supply fees to Kansas Art Education Association and mail them to:

Linda Morgan
2719 N. Athenian, Ave
Wichita, KS 67204

Camp is open to all KAEA/NAEA members. Not a member? No problem, sign up today at: http://www.arteducators.org/community/join.

Lodging: Double occupancy lodging in the dorm is available on June 29 to the first 40 participants for FREE, you will need to provide your own bedding and towels and clean up after yourselves.

Graduate credit will be available for $85.00 for one credit hour.

Click HERE for online registration!

Workshop Information

The Workshops will all last one day each so choose your top two and we will try to accommodate you. Classes will fill up quickly so register today! PIXEL PERFECT Dee Erway-Sherwood, Associate Professor of Art, McPherson College Perfect your vector work pixel by pixel with this workshop focusing on learning tools and functions of Adobe Illustrator CC. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to create a series of illustrations and print them for class examples. Please bring a flash drive to save your electronic illustrations. Fee for printing: $8.00 HI HO SILVER Ann Zerger, Associate Professor of Art Participants in this workshop will learn a variety of silversmithing techniques as they design and fabricate a pendant or pin made from sterling silver. Techniques taught include form folding, overlay, piecing, creating textures, stone setting, soldering silver, and finishing processes. Limit of 10 participants each day. Fee to be determined by market price of silver and other materials. Ann is going to get a “guess-timation” to me soon. Fee for silver: $35 GO FIGURE! Michaela Groeblacher, Assistant Professor of Art, McPherson College Creating the human figure in clay. Beginning with strategies to define proportions of the human figure, participants will experience the “building solid/hollowing out” techniques that Michaela uses to create her figures. Participants will encounter the flexibility in planning dramatic, performative poses when working with clay. Fee for use of clay: $20 TIGHT AND LOOSE !! Wayne A. Conyers, Professor of Art, Visual Arts Department Chair, McPherson College A day of two completely different methods of painting in watercolor. Participants will begin with strategies for painting highly reflective metal objects. The focus will be on “keying up” skills of perception and observation. Can it get any tighter? As the workshop progresses, participants will move into altered mixed-media watercolor monotypes combining watercolor with ink and/or acrylics. As plates are drying to be printed, participants will return to painting reflective objects. So back and forth the participants will go between the tight rendering of reflections and the more spontaneous and expressive process of monotypes. Talk about loose! An “interesting” day of watercolor is guaranteed for all. Participants need to bring watercolors and brushes for the tight reflective paintings, as well as a couple of objects to paint. For the loose monotype experience, it would be good to add other watermedia of their choice. Plexiglas plates for the monotypes will be provided.