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Want to take a class with Deb?
Beginning in 2008 I will no longer be actively traveling around the country to teach workshops and to lecture. I am not sure this is permanent, but I am taking a long-deserved break! I am not disappearing, however. Instead, I will be teaching small workshops out of the studio in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Workshops I will teach from the studio in 2008:
January 25-27 Paint a Roving Rainbow
February 16-17 Color Works for Everyone
March 29-30 Multi Colors with Hand-Held combs and Hackles
The cost of the workshop is $175 for the 2-day workshops and $260 for the 3-day workshop. The materials fee will be between $40-$50 for each class. The price includes all instruction, the use of equipment that I have, handouts, and 6 hours of instruction per day.
The minimum number of students to have the class run is 3. If there is insufficient enrollment at a month before the workshop is scheduled, the class will be cancelled. The maximum number of students in the class will be 8. There are many places to stay in the area and I can send out a list of hotels within a couple miles of my studio.
A $50 deposit will be required to hold a space in the workshop.
Taking a workshop at my studio
If you have a group of friends (up to 6 folks) that want to take a workshop at my studio in Middleton, Wisconsin, you can choose your topic and schedule a time that works for us both. The dates that are available for 2008 are April 19-20, August 8-10, September 20-21, and November 8-9.
The topics to choose from are:
- Color Theory using papers and paints
- Drum carding – either multi-colored or thorough blending
- Using combs and hackles for color placement
- Painted rovings
- Painted yarns for knitting
Or see the list below. For pricing, email me at debmenz@tds.net
Lecture topics
Drum Carding and Color for Handspinning
Demonstration, slide presentation and lecture of how to produce complex and repeatable multi-color handspun yarns through a multi-step process using a drum carder. Basic drum carding is covered, as well as blending colors and fibers on a drum carder. Multi-colored and multi-layered batts and how to effectively use them is discussed and demonstrated. Many samples are brought for display.
Combing for Multi-Colored Yarns
This is a lecture, slide presentation, and demonstration about creating multi-colored fiber preparations using various hand-held combs and hackles. It is a multi-step process, beginning with combing each color alone, blending, and next placing combed colors onto a hackle to arrange the final color placement for the yarn. The last step is to pull the fibers off of the hackle with a diz.
Painted Rovings for Multi-Colored Yarns
Slide presentation and lecture on how to obtain predictable and repeatable multi-colored yarns by using a multi-step process with prepared tops and rovings. Any protein fiber can be used. The dye procedure is discussed as well as some color theories that help you easily make color choices. There are a few tricks to be able to keep the colors clear and bright in the yarn while using more than a dozen colors. Many dye notebooks and samples are brought for display.
Color Works for Everyone
Do you work with more than one medium in textiles? Do you have trouble working with colors in all of the media? This is a lecture/slide presentation about how to make color work for you in all of your art work. It goes with my book "Color Works". It covers some basic color theory, but distills what you need to know to a few basic guidelines. Many samples are brought for display.
Working With Color From Idea to Yarn or Project
Successful yarns or projects do not always have to be mistakes or pleasant surprises. Learn to take an idea (a painting, photo, leaf, textile, etc) and translate it into fibers. Color wheel work is included.
Using Lanaset Dyes
A lecture and slide presentation on how to use the class of dyes made by Ciba-Geigy called Lanaset. It starts with how and why to mix dyestock solutions, safety, terms used in chemical dyeing, what chemicals to add, and why and how to immerse dye fibers or yarns. Painting with the dye is also covered, as well as how to mix your own colors to create your own color palette. There are lots of samples and dye notebooks to see.
Survey of Synthetic Dyes
This is a lecture that covers all of the basics of using synthetic dyes. Really understand how and why different dyes work, why each step is needed, and why dyes work on some fibers, but not on others. Dye terminology is translated into easy to understand terms. Also learn how to mix your own colors from just a few basic ones.
Plying for Color and Design
This is a lecture and demonstration that shows that plying is not an afterthought, but a design choice for spinning yarn. The lecture covers how you can use color principles to choose colors for plying. You will not want to ply yarn on itself again! It also shows how to achieve specific color effects in plying. There will be lots of samples on display. Two, three, and four, as well as Navajo plying are all covered in the talk. This is not about novelty yarns, but about basic yarns created with colors and some forethought.
Two-day and three-day workshop topics»
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