Events
Workshops and other events still to come through 2012:
Saturday April 14 & Sunday April 15, 2012
Two-day workshop, held at the CONTEXTART FORUM in the Blue Mountains (west of Sydney). This inaugural event is the latest version of the famous TAFTA FORUMS (most recently held in Orange in NSW).
“Bead the Surface: create texture and dimension with beadwork”
The techniques covered in this workshop are:
- bead couching
- beaded backstitch
- regular fringing
- branched fringing
- bead stacks
- ladder stitch – and how it can be used with textiles
- brick stitch – and how it can be used with textiles
- maintaining appropriate tension in the beadwork
- general info on beads, needles, threads, suitable fabrics, etc.
The 2-day workshop costs $190 (or $170 if taking advantage of the early bird price – last day for early bird price is December 1, 2011).
Some additional information is available on my blog – see entry for November 15, 2011. For bookings, go to the TAFTA website: www.tafta.org.au and click on the link to the CONTEXTART FORUM.
Tuesday April 24 to Saturday May 5, 2012
Official opening on Tuesday April 24, between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm.
The special guest to officially open Textile Trio is Valerie Kirk (Head of Textiles at the ANU Art School, Canberra. Valerie will speak at about 6 pm, and the first showing of the fashion parade will follow at about 6:30 pm.
Exhibition at The Q Exhibition Space (part of The Q Performing Arts Centre) in Queanbeyan, NSW (next to Canberra):
Textile Trio
This joint exhibition will feature textile artworks made by friends Fiona Hammond, Wilma Cawley and Sandra Fisher. Many artworks will be for sale, and a cash-and-carry shop will be incorporated into the exhibition space.
Artist talks and demonstrations, plus a fashion parade, will be featured during the exhibition.
Gallery opening times during Textile Trio:
Monday – Friday 10 am – 4 pm
Saturday 10 am – 3 pm
Sunday 11 am – 3 pm
Closed ANZAC Day (April 25)
Fashion Parade times:
Opening night – 6:30 pm Tuesday April 24
11 am Saturday April 28
Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19, 2012
Stand at the Macarthur Textile Expo, Camden (just south of Sydney)
Fiona Hammond will have a stand at this expo, selling beading supplies and beading kits (original designs), stick weaving supplies and kits (original designs), and kumihimo braiding supplies and kits (original designs).
Many activities are planned for this textile expo, including a diverse merchants’ mall (where Fiona will have her stand).
Thursday June 28 & Friday June 29, 2012
Two-day workshop: Bead-Embellishment Explorations: Encrustations
To be held in Mollymook (NSW south coast) for the Mollymook Embroiderers Group.
Friday July 20 – Sunday July 22, 2012
The Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show, Bendigo VIC
I will have a stall at this show again this year. My main items for sale will be weaving sticks (come and see how ridiculously easy this age-old craft is!), kumihimo braiding (another easy and delightful traditional craft), and sundry other items.
I will have some stick weaving kits and kumihimo braiding kits for sale too.
For more information about this annual show (which attracts traders and exhibitors from around the country), go to their website: www.sheepshow.com
Saturday September 29 to Wednesday October 3, 2012
The Rocky Retreat, a quilting retreat held in Rockhampton, QLD, run by the Patchwork, Quilting and Needlecraft Regional Association, Inc.
Two-day workshop: Curvaceous Squares Quilt
One-day workshop: Bead-dazzling Bits and Pieces
Two-day workshop: Celtic Inspirations Quilt
For bookings and further information, contact the association via email: rockyretreat@gmail.com
Saturday November 3 and Sunday November 4, 2012
Two-day workshop: Silk Shards Wall-hanging Quilt
For Queanbeyan Quilters group
Friday November 9, 2012
half-day workshop (afternoon): Double Delight Pendant
This workshop will be run as part of the workshop program for the annual Bead Expo, run by the Bead Society of Victoria, which runs from Friday 9 – Sunday 11 November.
The workshop covers how to create a pendant using ladder stitch and herringbone stitch to create a beaded bezel around a double-sided fabric-covered badge, giving a double-sided pendant – two great looks in the one piece of jewellery!
For more details, see the BSV’s website (details of Expo activities will be online shortly): www.beadsociety.com.au
Saturday November 17, 2012
Beading workshop for ATASDA, Sydney:
“Capturing Fragments with Freeform Right Angle Weave Beadweaving”
Learn how enjoyable Freeform Right Angle Weave Beadweaving is – for all kinds of applications, including jewellery.
This one-day workshop is open to ATASDA members and non-members alike, but non-members pay an additional premium to attend. For more information about bookings, see the ATASDA website, under NSW workshops and Textile Tasters: www.atasda.org.au