This past weekend I did some deconstructed screens (almost 3 full meters) and the response to the blog post was very favorable. I have decided to make the multiple uses of Silk Screens my technique-of-the-month on the Fire blog. Silk Screening and batiking are my two favorite surface design techniques.
AT THE SAME TIME, I received a call from one of the FIVE, Marcella, and she challenged me to get off my butt and start entertaining ideas for some classes we wanted to teach here on the coast of Maine. We got her blog up and running (very exciting) and then the collision occurred.
I decided I wanted to teach a three day workshop on the multiple uses of silk screens which would include the making of the silk screen and a portable printing surface. I taught this class last year as a one-day event at Fiber College and we barely had time to touch on and try some of the uses of silk screens. Three days would be perfect. I also want to do a two-day workshop on batiking.
Let me back up and tell you a bit about Marcella and her ArtIncubator in Rockland, Maine.
Her dream is to have a studio where people can come and learn various surface design techniques and other artisan skills like bookbinding. Marcella is a paper woman but is not averse to using these techniques on fabric. She is an art college graduate and lifelong art teacher for the public schools. She named her art studio The Art Incubator and has been discussing starting classes at her Rockland location as well as in Bayside, Northport, Maine. More about Bayside later.
I, too, have a wonderful studio as yet unnamed. I call it the little house. Between the two of us, we have studio space in three amazing, historical coastal towns in Maine within 45 minutes of each other.
Marcella and I have been discussing and starting planning for a fabulous season (June-early Oct) of all sorts of great classes. Our overarching principle for teaching students in our space is “We were not born knowing how to do this” Linda Kemshall, DMTV. We can all learn. We are all starting from where we are but the most important thing to do is START.
Enjoyed getting the tour!! Love the sitting area near your quilt and of course meeting your 'children'!! They look adorable and so loved! And not running 50 mph like another 'child' I know!!
ReplyDeleteWell, I did enjoy reading this post as well as your previous one! I just posted to the wrong post! Love deconstructed screen printing!! What a great spot/building for your art work. Lucky folks who get to take some classes from you!!
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