Teaching Workshops
The Mill Studio | West Sussex
DUE TO COVID-19 ALL OUR COURSES AT THE MILL STUDIO HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED, AND COURSES UNDERTAKEN AT INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR MOVED TO ANOTHER PROPOSED DATE. PLEASE CONTACT THE ORGANISER FOR MORE DETAILS.
Monday Tapestry Workshop
The Mill Studio | Ford, Arundel
An exciting and inclusive fortnightly tapestry weaving workshop is for beginners - advanced intermediate students. The classes are designed for maximum flexibility and inclusive learning. Students can bring current projects or start new ones. The tutor will also demonstrate techniques, run the occasional morning class on topics like colour theory, blending, overlays, hatching, shaping, text, creating lines and finishing techniques. Furthermore all members of the Monday workshops can put forward suggestions for future classes.
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Beginners & Improvers Tapestry Workshop
The Mill Studio | Ford, Arundel
TWO DAYS: SATURDAY & SUNDAY 27th & 28th June 2020 (Cancelled)
This is an exciting new tapestry workshop at the Mill Studio. It is perfect for beginners who have no experience of working in this medium but are excited by the possibility of a new skill. Or alternatively improvers who would like to concentrate on a new skill. All the equipment you require is provided and can be borrowed or bought from the tutor. Classes are supportive, with lots of demonstrations, and handouts to assist your learning. By the end of the workshop you will have a small tapestry to take home with you.
Lunch will be provided and lots of tea and coffee throughout the day.
Time: 10.00 - 4.00pm (lunch 1.00)
Tutor: Caron Penney
Fee: £229
Contact Caron Penney to book your place.
Free From Cartoons: Tapestry Weaving Workshop
The Mill Studio | Ford, Arundel
FOUR DAYS: TUESDAY - FRIDAY 21st - 24th July 2020 (Cancelled)
In this lively and varied workshop you will concentrate on weaving with no cartoon. Throughout history notable textile artists have embraced this way of working, where the weaver creates their work freely and without a guide.
A light lunch will be provided and lots of tea and coffee throughout the day.
Times: 10 - 4.30pm, lunch 1.00 - 2.00pm
Level: Beginners with a small amount of experience to intermediate.
Tutor: Caron Penney
Assisted by: Katharine Swailes
Fee: £425
Contact Caron Penney to book your place.
For more information and for Terms & Conditions.
Working with a cartoon: Tapestry Weaving Workshop
The Mill Studio | Ford, Arudnel
FOUR DAYS: WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY 12th - 15th August 2020 (Cancelled)
In this lively and varied workshop you will concentrate on weaving with
a cartoon. Using a guide to create tapestry is a traditional way of working in tapestry weaving, and many of the professional workshops in the World use this method of translating an image. This way of working is normally used with a flat weave technique but other ways of working are possible. We will start by considering the design process, the scale of the work, and interpretation.
Times: 10 - 4.30pm, lunch 12.30 - 1.30pm
Level: Beginners with a small amount of experience to intermediate.
Tutor: Caron Penney
Assisted by: Katharine Swailes
Fee: £425
Contact Caron Penney to book your place.
For more information and for Terms & Conditions.
Museums | Galleries | Colleges | Universities
Introduction to Tapestry Weaving
Fashion and Textile Museum
ONE DAY: Saturday 4th April 2020 (Cancelled)
ONE DAY: 14th June 2020 (Cancelled)
ONE DAY: Saturday 4th July 2020
ONE DAY: Saturday 5th September 2020
11.15am - 4.30pm
Led by master weaver Caron Penney this vibrant and lively one day tapestry weaving workshop will give you the confidence to develop basic weave techniques used to create a tapestry. These include plain weave, soft diagonals, hatching, blending and shaping. At the end of the workshop participants will take home a completed tapestry. Book through the Fashion and Textile Museum.
Weaving Colour: 2-Day Tapestry Workshop
Fashion and Textile Museum
TWO DAYS: Saturday and Sunday 16th - 17th May 2020 (Cancelled)
TWO DAYS: Saturday and Sunday 8th - 9th August 2020
Led by master weaver Caron Penney this colourful two day tapestry weaving workshop will develop an enquiry into colour theory and implement this learning via weaving. Participants will work with primary, secondary and tertiary colours and will be encouraged to use blending to achieve subtle transparent effects, seeing one colour appear through another. The group will learn how to warp a tapestry frame provided by the tutor and by the end of the workshop participants will take home a completed tapestry.
Book your place through the Fashion and Textile Museum.
Tapestry Art
Morley College
SIX SATURDAYS: 6th Feb - 13th March 2021
Time: 11.00 - 16.30
Course Code: VTX006A
Study the art of tapestry weaving through the interpretation of the artist's mark. Learn to design, make cartoons and use colour recognition through flat weave techniques of blending, hatching and shaping.
Book though Morley College.
Tapestry Weaving for Beginners
West Dean College
TWO DAYS 9th - 11th February 2021
If you have admired woven tapestry and have always wanted to give it a try this clearly structured course will enable you to gain confidence with the medium.
The course will start with a demonstration of the warping-up process. Once this has been achieved, you begin weaving a technical sample, which is designed to help at various stages of your development as a weaver. Some of the techniques covered are: plain weaving, stepped/soft diagonals, hatching, dovetailing, blending, shaping and more. You should expect to complete a finished woven sample over the two days.
Book through West Dean College
Creating Tapestry - Further Weaving Techniques
West Dean College
THREE DAYS 16th - 19th March 2021
This is a follow on course from the beginners' workshop or for those who have a basic knowledge of tapestry weaving. The clear structure to the course will enable you to gain confidence with the medium.
The course will start with a demonstration of the warping-up process and you will be able to explore different warp types and settings. You will learn and develop a number of existing and new techniques taking your knowledge of tapestry to a new level. Working from a design and cartoon provided by the tutor or a design developed by you in the class, you will interpret this image in your individual way with help and assistance from the tutor.
Book through West Dean College