Register Online Now through October 8.
Join us for Mixed Media Fabric + Paper Alchemy with Liz Train.
This class will explore the possibilities for combining fabric and paper to create serendipitous mixed media art works. Painting, printing, stamping, stitching, embroidering and other techniques may all be utilized to color and transform images on the paper cloth.
There will be an additional $25 supply fee payable to the instructor on the first day of class, which includes: 1 yard of fabric, paints, dyes, fabric pastels, printing supplies, glue, yarn or thread, a variety of papers
What to Bring:
- $25 supply fee
- Apron (or wear old clothes)
- A variety of fabrics, papers, and embellishments to incorporate into your work
- (To take work home) Bring a cardboard box with wax or freezer paper to keep layers separate.
Schedule:
- Class #1 – Create some paper collage random combinations on white cotton/poly or muslin
- Class #2 – Coloring samples from 1st class and printing, stamping, coloring fabric for future designs
- Class #3 – More collage paper on colored, printed fabric and embellishing of previous paper fabrics
- Class #4 – Stitching pieces together, adding textures, layering
- Class #5 – Continue experimenting or start planning finished pieces: greeting cards, art hangings, stitch paper quilts, book covers, journals, dolls etc.
- Class #6 – Work on individual finished projects, consider mounting or hanging options.
Instructor Bio
Liz Train has an MFA in Fiber Arts from the University of Hawaiʻi where she taught fiber arts 1980-1987. She was a museum educator for the Contemporary Museum 1998-2005; and taught weaving and fiber arts 2006-2020 at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. She also worked with the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum's Art Bento outreach program to elementary schools, and taught after-school classes at Noelani Elementary School.
In addition to fiber art Liz enjoys working with ceramics, fused glass, printmaking and mixed media. Her work has been included in many juried and group exhibits, and is in the collection of the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.
This class is open to adults from age 18. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.
We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.
MAP Downtown Art Center - Parking, Enter the Chinatown Gateway Garage from Bethel Street. Weekday rate: $3.00 for two hours, $1.50 for each additional 30 minutes. All-day weekday pass: $10.00 (park in the garage between 6:30 and 8:30 AM, and exit by 6 PM). Weekend rate: $.50 for 30 minutes, with a maximum fee of $3.00. All transactions by credit card.
MAP to HHH Classroom
How do I get to the Studio? From the Chinatown Gateway Garage, take the elevator to the 2nd floor and walk to the large double doors on the left. Enter the gallery and turn left; we are the last door on the left, past the kitchen. If you are parked elsewhere, walk up the steps to the DAC gift shop, go past it to find the elevator, and follow the instructions above to access the studio. There is a handicap ramp if you cannot walk up the stairs for the DAC building on the Nu'uanu entrance side. Walk towards the street lights, and you will see the ramp; you will need to walk through the courtyard to the elevator.
For more information contact: classes@hawaiihandweavers.org
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