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Post-Conference Workshops
Mon. June 1–Fri. June 5

In addition to the conference events, pre-conference and post-conference workshops will provide the opportunity to delve into a specific topic for a rich, hands-on experience. Workshop tuition and studio fees are listed with each description.

Post-Conference
One-Day Workshop
Mon. June 1

Photography For The Textile Artist
Jeffrey Bruce
Digital photography offers great opportunity for visual artists to make and share compelling images of their work. In this workshop, Jeffrey will show you how to use light, shadow and camera to capture the essence of your work. Basic techniques will be explored through visual examples, discussion and demonstration, and an emphasis will be placed on using readily available, inexpensive hardware-store equipment and supplies. Transferring slides to digital files will also be discussed.
Level: All Level Students
Workshop Tuition: $105
Supply Fee: $5
Code: 1b1

Post-Conference
Three-Day Workshops
Mon. June 1–Wed. June 3

Over-Dyeing And Under-Dyeing Naturally Dyed Fibers With Indigo
Pamela Feldman
Natural dyers use indigo to expand the range of colors that can be obtained in combination with other natural dyes. In this workshop, we will learn how to choose the right process, over-dyeing or under-dyeing, for the color you want to obtain. Students will dye yarns using natural dyes and learn the indigo process, including setting up an indigo vat, making a stock solution of indigo and using the proper finishing process. Each student will take home a sample book of colors.
Level: All Level Students
Workshop Tuition: $315 g Supply Fee: $80 g Code: 3b2

Collar (Blooming)
Tracy Krumm

 

Freeform Crochet
Tracy Krumm
This workshop explores crochet as a technique for making colorful, textural and experimental textiles to be used in the construction of 3-D forms or in the construction of 2-D surfaces and materials. In addition to discussing traditional fibers, we will explore the use of wire, plastics, plant fibers, strips of fabric and other flexible, linear materials. The focus will be on integrating materials with technique, along with discussions about concept and material appropriateness.
Level: Participants Need To Have Some Crocheting Experience
Workshop Tuition: $315
Supply Fee: $15
Code: 3b3

Pocketology
Jan Ru Wan
Pocket: A pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles. A pocket is also a resting place for our hands, a temporary container while we travel through our lives and an intimate transition space between our body and the outside world. In this workshop, we will learn a variety of folding, appliqué and joining techniques to construct pockets and create space around our bodies. We will explore simple and complex ways of defining space, creating convexes and concaves with seemingly infinite possibilities.
Level: Sewing Machine Experience Preferred
Workshop Tuition: $315
Supply Fee: $59
Code: 3b4

 

Post-Conference
Four-Day Workshop
Mon. June 1–Thurs. June 4

Making And Keeping Creative Journals
Heather Allen-Swarttouw
Creative journals are wonderful tools, which function as repositories for things that inspire us, from ideas and phrases to images and samples. Each workshop participant will turn their own hand-made printed cloth into covers for a variety of books. We will make a quick and fun multipamphlet journal to use in the class, learn how to rip a text block and create a cloth-covered Coptic bound journal. We will explore a variety of journal types and discuss the purposes they serve, as well as the various approaches to journal keeping.
Level: All Level Students
Workshop Tuition: $420
Supply Fee: $60
Code: 4b5

Stitch Journal and Journal Collection
Heather Allen-Swarttouw

Drawn From Nature: The Textured Cloth
Jean Cacicedo
The focus of this workshop is on personal expression through the adaptation of design concepts. We will begin investigating the potential of nature to inspire by literally drawing ideas from the textures and structures found in nature with pen and pencil. We will work metaphorically through image, context and symbol to experiment with the transformative properties of cloth. Fabric manipulation techniques will incorporate deconstruction and reconstruction using the processes of devore, shrinking, fusing, slashing and stitching.
Level: All Level Students
Workshop Tuition: $420
Supply Fee: $72
Code: 4b6

Walking The Creative Path:

A Combination Of Batik And Printing
Els Van Baarle
In this workshop we will explore a variety of combinations of batik and printing techniques, which can be used to create complex patterns. Students will be encouraged to “play” by layering inks, dyes and wax onto fabric and paper, using simple woodblock prints and rubbings, brushes and traditional batik tools. Students will be inspired by discussions of the history of traditional batik techniques, patterns and color combinations as well as more contemporary ideas of color theory.
Level: Intermediate Students
Workshop Tuition: $420
Supply Fee: $61
Code: 4b7

Expanding The Digital Print

To Uncommon Surfaces
Kathyanne White
In this hands-on workshop, we will explore many aspects of printing quality digital images on a variety of textiles and papers on a standard inkjet printer. Using their laptops, students will learn how to create interesting patterns and prints from their own images. From there we will experiment with substrate preparation as well as printing on a variety of specialty surfaces, including Tyvec, Lutradur, vinyl, burlap, linen, canvas, lace paper, Airiel paper and watercolor paper.
Level: Intermediate Students
Workshop Tuition: $420
Supply Fee: $65
Post-Conference
Five-Day Workshops
Mon. June 1–Fri. June 5

Creating Layered Textures

And Patterns With Pigments
Gunnel Hag
Discover a thousand different paths to the
same goal: gorgeous, meaningful cloth. See and experience patterns in everyday objects and learn to turn them into exquisite designs using the application of textile pigments, which is a direct and surprisingly simple way of creating multilayered fabrics. Textile pigments allow color mixing, layering, pulling-back color, rubbing, mark-making and using “found objects” to create unique effects, so students can learn how to design on the fly directly on the fabric.
Level: All Level Students
Workshop Tuition: $525
Supply Fee: $72
Code: 5b9

Birdtail Berets
Jorie Johnson

Shifted Shapes:

Intricate Felt Forms Without Seams
Jorie Johnson
This workshop will explore Jorie’s innovative process of “shifting-shapes” to simultaneously create felted fabrics and complex forms with seamless construction, which is the signature technique of her Joi Rae Textiles studio. Students will be guided through the design process as they develop their skills by creating quality felted fabrics and durable items. They will be encouraged to further elaborate their ideas as they create larger and more complex forms, enhanced with fiber and color-blending techniques, as well as shaped resist-dyeing with acid dyes.
Level: All Level Students
Workshop Tuition: $525
Supply Fee: $50
Code: 5b10

Igniting The Creative Spark
Jason Pollen And Lisa Grey
This will be an intense investigation of recent groundbreaking discoveries in the use of disperse dyes to marble synthetic fabrics. The process is charged with intoxicating possibilities that can’t be attained with traditional techniques. The class will include group discussions, critiques, and drawing and composition exercises to integrate new ideas with what we already know. From beginning steps to finishing and presenting work, we will focus on experimental aspects of surface design while developing an inspired visual language.
Level: Intermediate To Advanced Students
Workshop Tuition: $525
Supply Fee: $65
Code: 5b11

Matisse Morning
Jason Pollen

Fast Line, Slow Line
Rebecca Ringquist
This workshop will focus on exploring issues of speed and materiality in drawing with pencils and thread. We will utilize the quick drawing techniques of blind contours, nondominant hand and feet drawing to generate a collection of ideas and references. These speedy drawings will be “translated” using a variety of transfer and hand-stitching methods. Sewing machines will be used to take these ideas further, offering a vigorous way of making continuous lines and textures.
Level: All Level Students
Workshop Tuition: $525
Supply Fee: $15
Code: 5b12

For More Information:

Conference Registration starts Jan. 5, 2009. For Registration Information and Registration Form Click here

You do not have to attend the conference to attend a workshop, however you will have an additional $50 "workshop only" fee.
You do not need to be a member of SDA to take a workshop.

Questions:

For all conference related questions, contact:
Kathy Dowell
2009 Conference Coordinator
Surface Design Association
816-471-2115

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For all registration questions, contact:
Gerrie Condgon
2812 SE Moreland Lane
Portland, OR 97202
503-788-3322

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For all SDA membership related questions, contact:
Joy Stocksdale
Surface Design Association
PO Box 360
Sebastopol CA 95473-0306
707-829-3110

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