Sievers School of Fiber Arts

Surface Design/Creative Design

9 - One-Of-A-Kind Fabric (June 13-16) - Class Fee $ 285

Jeanne Pfister Create your own fabric for Art Quilts and gift or craft items, or apply the technique to make beautiful, wearable silk scarves. Using Setacolor fabric paints, it’s easy and fun to do! Working with cotton broadcloth and silk fabric and/or scarf blanks, some of the techniques you’ll learn and use will be how to manipulate the fabric to give the paint depth, sun printing, and painting skies and landscapes, to mention a few. Each piece you do will be a wonderful surprise and a work of art. A fabric/supply list will be sent to you prior to class. Additional fabrics and paints will also be available for purchase. No experience needed. For all levels.

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12 - Local Color: 'Landscape' Surface Design (June 20-25) - Class Fee $ 380

Donna Kallner “Once you have slept on an island . . .” you will want to create fiber art inspired by the colors you see, the textures you find, and the images you capture. This creativity retreat combines field trips and studio work to do just that. We’ll take digital photos, use them to produce inkjet fabrics, and combine those fabrics with image transfers, transfer printing, heliographic printing, solar dyeing and rubbings to create “landscape fabrics” that celebrate the local color found on picturesque Washington Island. We’ll embellish those pieces with hand stitching and beadwork. Materials fee of $45 includes fabrics, surface design and transfer media, beads and threads, use of inkjet printer/scanner/copier, and handouts. Bring a digital camera and your walking shoes! For all levels.

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22 - Beginning Silk Painting (July 18-21) - Class Fee $ 285

Darcy Love What could be more satisfying than taking a blank white piece of fabric and transforming it into a luxurious and vibrant piece of art? We’ll do just that, using a variety of silk painting techniques. Gutta resist gives great control for applying the fiber reactive dyes that become a part of the silk, while maintaining the hand, or drape, of the fabric. We’ll also explore more spontaneous techniques for creating various textures and effects. Fiber reactive dyes are easy to mix and enable you to produce an unlimited spectrum of color---from soft pastels to earthy hues and deep jewel tones. Hand-painted silk can take art quilts, wearable art and accessories to a new level, and everyone can achieve beautiful results with this fun and intriguing process. Materials fee of $50 includes sampler silk fabric, scarf blanks, dust masks and latex gloves, use of dyes, chemicals, tools, and handouts. Additional silk yardage and scarf blanks will be available for purchase. Expect to spend $70-95, including materials fee. Geared for beginners.

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27A - Batik: Ancient & Modern (August 1-6) - Class Fee $ 380

Mary Jo Scandin Learn the ancient art of batik in its traditional method, as well as new variations. If you admire those beautiful hand-dyed fabrics in the stores, fear not, you can create your own! Designs may be created for use in quilts, wearables or wall hangings; functional or decorative pieces; anything made from fabric. And, you need not know how to draw! Add another dimension to your knowledge, or incorporate batik into your other fiber art projects. It’s an adventure in color! Materials fee of $45 includes sampler cotton fabric and use of waxes, dyes, chemicals, wax pots, tjanting tools, and related equipment. Additional fabric and supplies will be available for purchase. Expect to spend $55-65, including materials fee. For all levels.

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27B - Batik: Extended Version (August 1-8) - Class Fee $ 495

Mary Jo Scandin This class offers a 7-Day version of Mary Jo’s weeklong (5-day) class. See Class No. 27A for description.

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31A - Making Your Mark: Continuing The Journey (August 8-13) - Class Fee $ 380

Stephanie Lewis Robertson As artists, we are record-keepers and mark makers. Our role is to make visible that which sometimes seems intangible, even to ourselves. In this class you are invited to explore your personal iconography and stories, using dyes and pigments to decorate cloth. Demonstrations of techniques will include (but not be limited to) simple silkscreen techniques, stamping, direct painting, over-printing dyed fabrics with texture, and more, to create a wonderful assortment of fabrics for use in future projects. You will be encouraged to work at your own pace, exploring methods and experimenting with ideas and all of the tools at your disposal. Although all of this may sound daunting, it is really just a great big week of exploring dyes and pigments with a tribe of like-minded individuals, who all love color and fabric and dyes and paint. Fabric information and supply list will be sent prior to class. Materials fee of approx. $45 for pigments, chemicals, transparency film, silk screen frame and related supplies. For all levels.

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31B - Making Your Mark: Extended Version (August 8-15) - Class Fee $ 495

Stephanie Lewis Robertson This class offers a 7-Day version of Stephanie’s weeklong (5-day) class. See Class No. 31A for description.

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35 - Paper Mosaics & Paste Painting (August 20-22) - Class Fee $ 210

Lorrie Grainger Abdo This exciting new class will definitely put both sides of your artistic brain to use. First, using a playful intuitive approach, you’ll use paint, paste and a variety of texturing tools to decorate sheets of paper. The technique gives great first-time results, and, with some practice your sheets will have an amazing depth and detail. By the time you’re done working “wet,” you’ll have a large assortment of paste-painted sheets to use for paper mosaics in class, as well as lots of extras to take home for use in collages, books, journals, greetings cards or as frameable works of art. Mid-weekend, we’ll switch sides of the brain and start assembling paper mosaics. While paper mosaics can be made by carefully placing one piece of paper at a time, in this class you’ll learn the trick of making sheets of paper tiles so that you can work faster and with better control. Possible projects are picture frames, mirror frames and other home décor items, as well as artistic works on wood supports. To see more examples visit Lorrie’s web site at: http://lorrieabdo.blogspot.com. Materials fee of approximately $45 for pigments, paste, paper, laminate film, support boards and related supplies. For all levels.

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52 - Beginning Rug Hooking (September 24-26) - Class Fee $ 210

Joyce Krueger Traditional rug hooking is an art form indigenous to America. Come and learn its basic techniques, of pulling wool strips through a pattern-printed backing to make a small mat or wall hanging. A kit with your choice of the “Tulip Cottage” or “Stars and Strips Home” design and all the materials needed will be provided. In addition to teaching you the basics of how to hook, Joyce will offer daily lectures on different aspects of rug hooking, such as use of color, wools used for hooking, pattern, and designs. This is a beginning class that will lead you to creating your own rugs in the future. Materials fee of approx. $70 includes your chosen pattern printed on Monks’ Cloth, hand-dyed wool, rug hook, and handouts. Although geared for beginners, this class is also open to students who have done rug hooking previously and want to improve their techniques, or use as a refresher.

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61 - Christmas At Sievers: Multi-Media (October 17-22) - Class Fee $ 380

Judith T. Yamamoto Come, join us as we play Santa’s elves for a week and have fun gearing up for the gift-giving season. And, what could be more special than gifts or ornaments you made yourself? A “stained glass” Christmas stocking sewn from recycled wool sweaters, polymer clay Santa figure, embroidered Temari Balls and needle-felted Angels—all these and more are featured in this potpourri of techniques designed to help you prepare for the holidays. Materials fee of $45 includes all materials such as wool and fleece for felting, yarn and needles for embroidery, and polymer clay for a 6-inch tall Santa, use of specialized equipment and supplies, and handouts. For all levels.

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