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HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS and 2011 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
(Equipment rental, materials
and Bed and Breakfast are additional)
2011 During January, Carol Leigh will be working on, and finishing The
Book, |
Hillcreek Fiber Studio Workshops: For more information and to
register, please call 573-874-2233, |
Tuition: Two days, $130; three
days, $185; four days, $240; five and 1/2 days,
$325. |
| Beginning
and Intermediate Four to Eight-Shaft Weaving, Saturday through Tuesday Feb
12-15, 2011 Beginning Students will complete two projects. They will learn basic weaving theory, how to read and understand pattern drafts, will warp their loom twice for their two projects and learn basic threading and weaving techniques in plain weave and twills. Intermediate Students will work independently on a project of their choosing with guidance from the instructor. Projects include: Colonial Weave Structure Sampler, learning Overshot and Summer & Winter block weave theory, Rosepath point twill, and Check, Houndstooth, and Log Cabin Color & Weave Effects; Tartan Dancing Shawl, learning tartan planning theory and techniques, "picking the cross" for fast warp measuring, dressing the loom back to front, and balanced twill weaving techniques with fine yarns; Student's Choice, planning a whole project start to finish using any new weave structure the student would like to explore. Equipment and Supplies: Floor and table looms available to rent or purchase. Yarns of all types are available for purchase, cost depending upon projects chosen. Times: Saturday 10 am to 5 p.m, Sunday and Monday 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesday 9 am to 4 pm. Students may work in the Studio on projects during the evening hours. Four-day Tuition: $240 A daily lunch with homemade soup, salad, drinks and more are included. |
BEGINNING SPINNING
Sat. & Sun.
Feb 19-20, 2011 |
SPINNING DESIGNER YARNS / SPINNING SPECIAL FIBERS
Sun.
& Mon.
Feb 20-21, 2011 Spinning Special Fibers students will
dress distaffs and spin Flax, unwind cocoons & spin Silk from several preparations,
spin Cotton and other Fine Fibers on charkas & taklis, and will Comb Wool. |
| ANCIENT DYES: The Common Ones
Sat. & Sun.
March 5-6, 2011 Explore the more commonly used Ancient Dyes of Brazilwood, Indigo, Madder Root, Cochineal, Logwood, Osage Orange, and Cutch. Premordanting and altering color with afterbaths are covered. Obtain a full color spectrum and go home with dozens of colors on wool roving, raw silk, and cotton fabric. |
| BEGINNING
& INTERMEDIATE NAVAJO WEAVING:
Four days, Sat. - Tues. March 26 - 29, 2011 Students will warp their looms and learn basic Navajo weaving techniques and color joins. The experience will include readings and discussions of the Navajo/Diné culture. Most students will finish a sampler, learning finishing techniques for the tight ending. |
| CONTINUOUS
STRAND WEAVING METHOD ON TRIANGLE, SQUARE, OR RECTANGLE LOOMS Two or three days Sat., Sun., & Mon. April 2 - 4, 2011 In two days students can complete a full 7-foot Triangle Shawl using the simple, unique continuous-thread method. Or choose to stay three days, take your time and learn a few intermediate or advanced techniques, such as twill, leno lace, and double weave, plus color patterns such as log cabin, tartan plaids and color blending, or create wearable and household textiles on the square or rectangle loom. |
| FIBER
FURLOUGH ONE, Spinning, Dyeing, Felting:
Five and one-half days
July 17 - 22, 2011 Focus on Spinning: beginning, designer yarns, and/or special fibers; Nature Dyeing, immersion of fibers and yarns, and/or fabric and yarn painting; and Felting, both wet and dry needle techniques, for vessels, wearables, and/or whimsical sculptures, Locker Hooking. Dye and spin your own designer yarns. |
| FIBER
FURLOUGH TWO, Weaving of all Types:
Five and one-half days
July 24-29, 2011 Focus on what you can do with yarn: Rigid heddle, Four and more-shaft structures, Navajo, Continuous strand on triangle, square or rectangle, Tapestry, Inkle, Tablet, Kilim, Pile Carpet, Fingerweaving, Kumi-himo braiding, Lucet cordage, Macrame. Obviously, no one person can explore it all, but you may choose one, two or three types to explore during the week. And what you don't have time to explore yourself you can observe others doing. Students may choose both Fiber Furlough weeks for a 10% discount on both tuition and B&B for both weeks. Create a true heirloom by designing the whole textile process - weave something the second week from the yarn you created the first week! |
| NATURAL
DYEING, MISSOURI PLANTS:
Sat. & Sun.
Sept 10 - 11, 2011 A full color spectrum will be obtained from foraged plants within walking distance of Hillcreek Fiber Studio — red from pokeberries, blue, lavender and green from elderberries, yellows and oranges from flowers, browns and blacks from trees. Students will go home with over 60 dye samples on wool, cotton, and raw silk fabric. They may bring items of their fiber medium to dye: fiber, yarn, fabric, basket reed, quills, buttons, etc. |
| CONTINUOUS
STRAND WEAVING METHOD ON TRIANGLE, SQUARE, OR RECTANGLE LOOMS Two or three days Sat., Sun., & Mon. Nov 5 -7, 2011 In two days students can complete a full 7-foot Triangle Shawl using the simple, unique continuous-thread method. Or choose to stay three days, take your time and learn a few intermediate or advanced techniques, such as twill, leno lace, and double weave, plus color patterns such as log cabin, tartan plaids and color blending, or create wearable and household textiles on the square or rectangle loom. |
BEG, INTERMED & ADVANCED NAVAJO WEAVING: Five
and one-half days
Nov 13 - 18, 2011 Guest instructor tuition - $425 |
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(See Tuition Schedule near the top of this page) |
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| FIBER
FURLOUGH ONE, Spinning, Dyeing, Felting:
Five and one-half days
June 24 - 29, 2012 Focus on Spinning: beginning, designer yarns, and/or special fibers; Nature Dyeing, immersion of fibers and yarns, and/or fabric and yarn painting; and Felting, both wet and dry needle techniques, for vessels, wearables, and/or whimsical sculptures, Locker Hooking. Dye and spin your own designer yarns. |
| FIBER
FURLOUGH TWO, Weaving of all Types:
Five and one-half days
July 1 - 6, 2012 Focus on what you can do with yarn: Rigid heddle, Four and more-shaft structures, Navajo, Continuous strand on triangle, square or rectangle, Tapestry, Inkle, Tablet, Kilim, Pile Carpet, Fingerweaving, Kumi-himo braiding, Lucet cordage, Macrame. Obviously, no one person can explore it all, but you may choose one, two or three types to explore during the week. And what you don't have time to explore yourself you can observe others doing. Students may choose both Fiber Furlough weeks for a 10% discount on both tuition and B&B for both weeks. Create a true heirloom by designing the whole textile process - weave something the second week from the yarn you created the first week! |
(For all Workshops, Equipment rental, materials and Bed and Breakfast are additional)
For more
information, and to register, call 573-874-2233, or 1-800-874-9328
(TRI-WEAV).
Bed and Breakfast is available for out-of-town students at $45 per night. Airport
shuttles available
Workshops@HillcreekFiberStudio.com).
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ABOUT "HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO
WORKSHOPS"
by Carol Leigh
Brack-Kaiser
Hillcreek Fiber Studio was added to Carol Leigh's Specialties in 1986, as the teaching part of the business, following numerous requests from the inquiring public as to "where can I learn how to....?" I have had the privilege of studying with numerous internationally known fiber experts, and try continually to add to my knowledge every year.
The Studio
is located in the Little Bonne Femme Creek valley just minutes from Columbia, in the woods
across from pastures and Rock Bridge State Park, and offers an informal Bed and
Breakfast, in house, for students attending classes. Lunches are shared, the Studio
providing the main dish and the students contributing. Also, for those coming from
afar, there's a commercial airport shuttle service which will bring you directly from the
St. Louis or Kansas City airports to our front door.
Some of the advantages of learning in a group atmosphere include: the comraderie of
sharing a learning experience with others of like interests; the expansion of ideas and
creative thoughts when several people are contributing to the thought process; making new
friends, contacts, and networking with people who share the same love for things natural,
less hurried, and handmade; generating enthusiasm, inspiration and energy; and finding a
support group of people who appreciate and understand our fiber obsessions and the
satisfaction we feel when we create something from scratch.
Why don't you treat yourself, this year, to some time away from a hectic life-style,
learning a new skill, and meeting some great people.
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Carol
Leigh's HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO, in addition to the extensive WORKSHOPS
Schedule, carries a LARGE SELECTION of Fiber-related Equipment, Tools, Materials, and
Books.
Click Here to go to the
beginning of the Product Lines area of our Website,
which also includes the HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO Shopping Cart WebStore.
To obtain
further information about workshop classes at Hillcreek Fiber Studio, or at other
locations (maybe Carol Leigh
could do a special class for your group), contact us (giving U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
address) at CarolLeigh@HillcreekFiberStudio.com or by mail or telephone-see "Contact
Us" page).
Workshop Registration Form (printable) Workshops Photos
