I love Christmas! Really I do...especially when it comes two months early! Let me explain. There is a wonderful place called Pacific Northwest Art School. http://www.pacificnorthwestartschool.org/ I have attended classes before. The instructors are top notch and the staff tremendously helpful. And on Tuesday this week they released their class registration for 2012. Today I got my verification that I am officially enrolled in two classes. Yea! So Merry Christmas to me...and happy birthday...happy anniversary....ground hog day... You get the picture. So read on and find who I will be working with this next year...
Jorie Johnson lives in Japan and will be here to teach us her art methods in making felt clothing. I have a book she co-authored with another great felter, Chad Alice Hagen, titled Fabulous Felted Scarves. Jorie has an exhibition of her work in Vancouver, BC, Canada which opened October 14 and goes through November 15th. http://www.maiwa.com/home/workshops/111213.html She is a part-time instructor in Japan's universities and also teaches in the USA, Europe and Asia. If your like me, and unlikely to make it to Vancouver to see her exhibit there, her works are in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, de Young Museum, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Bank of Boston, Nuno Corporation, and in tons of publications! For inspiration her website is http://www.joirae.com/ Check her out.
Sharon Costello was the first instructor I ever had in the world of felt and I enjoyed her teaching method a great deal. She only makes it over to the west coast from New York every other year or so. Next May she will be here to teach us how to make felt vessels. Sharon, like Jorie, has been in the world of felt for the past two to three decades. Sharon has studied in Turkey, Scandinavia and the USA and is now an expert who shares her knowledge with others. She is also the organizer of Felters' Fling, a week long fiber retreat and teaching school where she brings instructors from the world around to help American felters learn new techniques from other parts of the globe. She has published books, produced two teaching videos and had her work featured many times including on the Home and Garden Television Network. Her website is http://www.blacksheepdesigns.com/
So looking forward to working with these two wonderful people...can hardly wait!
Janet
I checked out Sharon Costello's web site and her vessels are fantastic! I'm especially taken with the ones with the cut out designs and small beads....gorgeous. You will be sooo inspired by her class!
ReplyDeleteI know! I have been wanting to learn how to do these vessels (especially like the one you described) for about two years now. She just had some of her vessels in a couple of new books out:
ReplyDelete500 Felt Objects ISBN 978-1-60059-705-3 and
1000 Artisan Textiles ISBN 1-59253-609-3 Can hardly wait!!!