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Fibers Through Time 2010
A Fiber Odyssey
Creating a Scrumble Bag |
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| Instructor: Barbara Ellis & Karen Samson |
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 Ever doodle in 3-D? Here’s your chance! This workshop inspires you to create one-of-a-kind works in fiber. Use detailed instructions (provided in the workshop) and explore the world of artistic experimentation. Unleash your wildest desires in fiber by shaping them into knit-driven and crochet-driven expressions of free-form shapes. With a materials kit consisting of various fibers (yarns, ribbons, fabrics, a base form), create a “scrumble” (freeform) bag. Learn how to make fiber flowers, domes, ruffles, bullions, and various shapes to dance across the surface of the bag. | | Day: | Saturday - all day | | Take Home: | A Scrumble Bag | | Skill level: | Basic knitting and beginning crochet.
Do not need to be able to read a pattern. | | Materials fee: | $20 - $25, depending on the design you choose | | Supply List: | - Tape measure
- Variety of knitting needles (double-pointed, or rounds, or straights – shorter than 14” if straight, 8, 9, 10 if possible
- Variety of crochet hooks, but MUST bring F, H, K
- Small sharp scissors | | Reference: | http://www.karensamsondesigns.com |
| Instructor Bio:
Since retiring from 33 years of teaching, Barbara Ellis picked up knitting with a vengeance (after knitting her first sweater at age 10). Knitting provides a creative outlet and a joyful way of meeting with fiber friends. She has used her knitting/crocheting skills to create free-form garments and bags. Barbara has studied free-form with Prudence Mapstone.
Karen Samson is a longtime painter and lover of color. Upon leaving the Midwest and arriving in Tucson, she fell in love with felting as a medium, especially wet felting. She is continually learning new techniques in felting and invaluable techniques for altering fabric surfaces. A workshop with Prudent Mapstone, along with her long-time love of fiber, knitting and relatively-newfound skills in crocheting, led her to create this freeform workshop. |
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