Date:
8-9 feb.
Price:
CHF 250.–
This course is aimed at artists and anyone interested in textile art. Over these two days, Jodie (bilingual EN/FR) will guide you through playful processes to explore various creative approaches to weaving. We will work on both looms and frames to achieve a variety of different results, using unconventional materials such as paper, plastic, and wire, and learning how to treat materials to create weft textures with different properties.
Day 1
Day 2
As this is a 2 day course we will not set up the weaving looms, but instead will use the looms which are already prepared for the Saori workshops. We will have a pause for lunch around midday and recommend that you bring something to eat.
2-day course
Materials available.
Open to all.
BA(Hons) Degree in textile Design Weave Specialism Chelsea College of Art, UAL
I am a weaver and textile artist whose work focuses on the reuse and recycling of waste materials to create intriguing and unusual pieces that play with form and colour. I enjoy the interplay between the saturated colours of discarded packaging materials like paper, plastic or foils and the sophisticated ones derived from working with plant-based dyes.
In 2011 I discovered my love of weaving whilst studying for a degree in Textile Design at Chelsea College of Art. Having never worked on a loom before, I quickly discovered the joy of creating cloth; optically mixing colours through different yarn combinations, rising to challenges presented by the loom and toying with the boundaries of what could be achieved within the given constraints.
My position as Textiles Technician at Bradford School of Art helped to cultivate my skills as an educator and enabled me to continue to professionally develop my creative skills, enhancing my technical weaving know-how and gaining skills in printed textiles and repeat design.
In my home studio practice I enjoy taking the time to nurture and evolve my artistic identity through exploratory and inquisitive sampling and experimentation, testing ideas on the loom and gathering inspiration from my surroundings.
