April Fiber Art Classes
Join us for our Fiber Art classes all month long! Below are the April classes and the links to register.
Kindergarten/1st Grade Art Classes
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MEDIA: Fabric Art
ARTIST: Clare Burchell SKILL: Sewing, design Take your drawing and turn them into a pillow friend! Artists will learn to make their own sewing patterns from their drawings and then they'll follow those patterns to cut their fabric pieces. We'll be hand-stitching, stuffing, and then adding details using fabric paint and fabric markers. |
2nd/3rd Grade Art Classes
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MEDIA: Textile Art
ARTIST: Clare Burchell SKILL: Fabric dyeing, pattern, composition Learn different folding techniques used imprint pattern onto dyed fabrics. Artists will work in groups to create text patterns before creating their final project. Artists are invited to bring a pillowcase or t-shirt from home to dye |
4th/5th Grade Art Classes
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MEDIA: Textile Art
ARTIST: Clare Burchell SKILL: Screen Printing Straight off of our month of printmaking, we'll be learning how to make screenprints on fabric. Each artist will design a single color tshirt design and then make a screen of that design. Final projects will be ANYTHING that the students wish to print...tshirt, tote bags, pillow case, etc. |
Middle School / High School Art Class
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MEDIA: Textile Art
ARTIST: Clare Burchell SKILL: Batik Batik is a traditional technique of dyeing fabric that uses a combination of melted wax and fabric dyes. Artists will apply the wax in their design of choice using a tjanting tool and then use brushes to fill in the spaces with colored dye. The wax is then removed using heat. |
