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Go to the "Schedule" section of our website for 2007 dates and locations.
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Workshops and Lectures by MICKEY LAWLER
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WORKSHOPS
PAINTING SKY FABRICS (One day class)
In a relaxed atmosphere of warmth and good humor, students will spend the day painting skies: blue summer skies, stormy skies, sunsets, soft sunrises, etc. with an emphasis on becoming familiar with non-toxic transparent permanent textile paints, mixing, and applying the paints to cotton fabric for use in quilts. Students generally complete about 2 - 4 yards of fabric pieces if weather is good and they are able to dry fabric outdoors. The designs produced are a combination of planning and serendipity and give the students a hands-on basis for future exploration in hand-coloring fabric.
Suitable for all levels and particularly good for students who have little or no experience with fabric paints.
Lab fee: $12. for use of paints in class and some other materials
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PAINTING WATER FABRICS (One day class)
In a relaxed atmosphere of warmth and good humor, students will spend the day painting water: sunny ponds, stormy seas, ocean reflecting sunset, waterfall, etc. with an emphasis on becoming familiar with non-toxic transparent permanent textile paints, mixing, and applying the paints to cotton fabric for use in quilts. Students generally complete about 2 - 4 yards of fabric pieces if weather is good and they are able to dry fabric outdoors. The designs produced are a combination of planning and serendipity and give the students a hands-on basis for future exploration in hand-coloring fabric.
Suitable for all levels and particularly good for students who have little or no experience with fabric paints.
Lab fee: $12. for use of paints in class and some other materials.
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PAINTING LANDSCAPE FABRICS (Two day class)
In a relaxed atmosphere of warmth and good humor, this class is an introduction for the non-painter to the use of non-toxic transparent permanent textile paints on cotton fabric suitable for quilts. Students will spend the first day becoming familiar with the various effects that the watercolor paints produce when diluted to certain degrees and when applied with brushes, sponges, and bottles. During this time, students will also experiment with mixing colors, manipulating fabric, and painting many special effects pieces for blue skies, sunsets, water, leaves, earth, and others.
The second day gives students the opportunity to develop more sophisticated color combinations through a concentration on mixing colors, as well as creating individual painted landscapes and several other landscape techniques for interesting results. Students generally complete about 3 - 6 yards of fabric pieces if weather is good and they are able to dry fabric outdoors. The designs produced are a combination of planning and serendipity and give the students a hands-on basis for future exploration in hand-coloring fabric.
Suitable for all levels and particularly good for students who have little or no experience with fabric paints.
Lab fee: $25. per person for use of paints in class and some other materials.
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PAINTS ON FABRIC (Three - five day class)
In a relaxed atmosphere of warmth and good humor, students will spend approximately two and a half days of the class involved in a comprehensive approach to non-toxic, water-based transparent fabric paints with the emphasis on becoming familiar with the properties of the paints, applying paints to fabric using a variety of implements, color mixing, and creating the effects of nature for use in quilts. Landscape components and actual individual landscape paintings will be created by the students.
Beginning during the third day, students are introduced to other innovative techniques such as combining opaque and transparent paints, painting with air-brush inks, overlays, monoprinting from fabric, etc. Students generally complete 10 -15 yards of fabric pieces especially if weather is good and they can dry fabric outdoors. The designs produced are a combination of planning and serendipity and give the students a hands-on basis for future exploration in hand-coloring fabric.
Suitable for all levels.
Lab fee: $30. - $45. per person, depending on class length, for use of paints in class and some other materials.
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SHAPES AND LANDSCAPES - One or two days (minimum 5 hours.)
Students will learn to design and work with a single geometric shape toward a pieced abstract quilt that simulates the effects of land, sea, and sky. The creative use of fabrics will be emphasized. Landscape photos, postcards, notecards, or prints are encouraged as a starting point for each student's project. Students often have a good portion or all of a 3-4-f wall quilt arranged and ready to sew. (For a one-day class, no sewing machine is necessary. For the two-day class, students may want to begin sewing during the second day.) Good for intermediate and advanced quilters. Along with ample table space, good lighting and 4 feet of wall space are necessary for each participant.
No lab fee.
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SERENDIPITOUS SILK - One day (3-6 hours)
No fine art involved! Just playful paint applications to produce useful silk pieces for quilts and pieced clothing while becoming familiar with water-based silk paints and the various effects they produce on different types of silk. Many of the effects are similar to those produced in the PAINTS ON FABRIC class. Students must bring a 12" stretcher frame and hair dryer along with some other supplies.
Suitable for all levels and particularly good for students who have little or no experience with fabric paints.
Kit fee: $40. per person. Kit includes silk paints, 1 yard of 8mm silk habotai to get you started (You may wish to bring more of your own.), gutta resist, and several fun items.
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LECTURES
CREATING YOUR OWN FABRIC- Slide lecture with instruction on painting fabrics, and the uses of these and other hand-colored fabrics in quilts, along with a trunk show of painted fabrics and quilts. Allow 1.5 hrs. with questions after the lecture.
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CONFESSIONS OF A BLANKET LADY - A personal, honest, sometimes poignant, often funny, definitely encouraging slide "journey" through 30 years in the life and career of a quilter - sure to entertain and touch a nerve of every quilter at some point in her own pursuit of quiltmaking. A slide lecture, allow 1.5 hrs.
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SKYWRITING - A visual vacation! Slides of real-life skies, painted sky fabrics, and quilts with skies, accompanied by readings and observations of the sky in poetry and prose. Allow 1 hour.
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FEES (and other pertinent data)
Workshops: One day (6-7 hours)..$600. per day.
Lectures: Single lecture.................. $350.
PLEASE NOTE:
* Beyond a radius of 75 miles of Hartford, CT, a minimum of two workshop days is required.
* Travel expenses: The contracting organization agrees to pay travel expenses of 50.5 cents a mile (car) or round trip airfare and/or other means of transportation, meals, and motel or hotel accommodations with PRIVATE ROOM.
* Student and coordinator supply list will be provided upon request.
* A written, signed contract is necessary as early as possible to hold definite dates. Please be sure to confirm all arrangements (directions, accommodations, class size, etc.) in writing at least two months in advance.
* Class size is limited to 20 students unless another agreement has been reached.
GOOD LIGHTING AND AMPLE TABLE SPACE (at least 4 sq. ft. per student) ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL WORKSHOPS. ACCESS TO SINK(S), RUNNING WATER, AND DIRECT ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS (weather and season permitting) ARE ESSENTIAL FOR PAINTING WORKSHOPS.
Please feel free to call or email if you would like more information or have any questions.
Thanks.
Mickey Lawler
E-Mail: Skydyes@comcast.net
phone: (860) 232-1429
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