Wednesday: Creating Original Cloth - Beginner[Adult]

Tailored for beginners who are looking to discover the rich potential of creating designs on fabric using a variety of hand-dyeing techniques. This class is a shorter version of the Creating Original Cloth: Level 2. Learn how complex designs can be achieved by layering areas of thickened dyes using blank silkscreens. Create and use thermofax screens to add finely detailed images and a variety of textures onto fabric and many other surfaces. You will create fabulous original cloth for use in art textiles, quilts, wearables, and home furnishings.

Materials Needed: Please bring on the first day - Rubber gloves, Apron, Plastic from dry cleaning bags or light weight plastic to wrap fabric in to take home; Freezer Paper; Fabric that is 100% cotton, silk, or rayon that is prepared for dyeing (we will discuss during first class); Blank silk screen frame at least 12 x 18 in. or bigger on which all wood is covered with duct tape or shellacked; Old hand towels for cleaning up.

Wednesdays, October 3-December 5, 2018 (no class Nov 7, Nov 21) 8 sessions
10:00am - 12:00pm
Registration fee:
Members: $266
Non-Members: $290
Materials fee $35 to be paid directly to instructor
Late fee of $25 will apply from September 25 2018

About the Teaching Artist: Judy Langille is a nationally acclaimed fiber artist and experienced art educator, who has received grants from the Geraldine Dodge Foundation. She has taught at a variety of levels, including K-8 in several New Jersey and New York school districts, college level at William Paterson University and adults at the Newark Museum. Judy has received numerous surface design awards for her quilt art and hand dyed fabrics and has had many pieces accepted at the most prestigious shows, such as Quilt National, Visions, and Art Quilts Philadelphia/Elements. She has had her work published in numerous publications, most recently in the Surface Design Journal, where she co-authored an article called, “One Cloth, One Fabric: Whole Cloth Composition”. In February 2009 she was the Artist of the Month on www.jerseyarts.com. She continues to work in her studio, show her art and teach in artist in residence programs around the country. See Judy's work at: http://www.judylangille.com/