Star Box Workshop- Saturday, February 11, 2012 Morning (time TBA)
Star Box
In this class you will construct a unique sculptural box covered in marbled paper. Lift the decorative bead off the top and the sides fold down to create a five pointed star. This box can hold a special gift or trinket for a loved one but you might just want to keep it for yourself. You will learn basic box making skills that can be applied to future projects. $30.00 pp Honeysuckle Fibre Studio, Sidney Please contact the guild prior to February 3rd for registration. Instructor: Trisha Klus
Unlimited Possibilities Workshop- Saturday, February 11, 2012 Afternoon (Time TBA.) Get ready to make your own Artist’s Book. Each page will be different and ready for your own special touch with pop-ups, pull outs, mini books, hidden panels and more. This book can be adapted in unlimited ways for a truly creative piece of art. Soft and hard cover options will be explored. $30.00 pp, Honeysuckle Fibre Studio, Sidney Please contact the guild prior to February 3rd for registration. Instructor: Trisha Klus
Artists Book
Instructor Trisha Klus has been involved in the book arts since 1995. She has participated in two solo and numerous group shows. Her work has been shown in book art exhibits across Canada as well as being published in Somerset Studio, Hand Craft Illustrated and Bound & Lettered. She looks forward to sharing her passion and ideas for making books.
8th Annual Victoria Spin-In, 2012 – Saturday, February 25th, 10am-4pm
St. Mary’s Church, 4125 Metchosin Road (located by the Witty’s Beach Park and opposite the Metchosin Golf and Country Club) $15.00 Registration, lunch and snacks included.
This year we are excited to have found a larger venue so that we can host more spinners. We will be able to accommodate at least 125 spinners with their wheels comfortably.
In addition we have the use of the secondary hall to house the vendors, so we can open the vendors’ area to the public from 11:00 to 3:00. If you have something that you would like to recycle for the fibre community please bring it and add to the array of draw prizes. There is plenty of parking, and the spinning hall is handicapped accessible. Unfortunately the hall with vendors is only accessible by stairs. The following vendors will be there:
Hummingbird Fibres Leola’s Studio
Knotty By Nature Pagan Creations
Humming bee Farm Qualicum Bay Wool
Aurelia Wool Knitopia
We will be available at the January 19th meeting for Spin-In Registration. Please make cheques payable to: VHW&S Guild, Spin-In Contact Wendy Mitchell for more details.
Printing on Fabric – March 10, 2012 9:30am – 12pm, held in Brentwood Bay. Start with a photo (digital or printed), or text that can be scanned, and print it on fabric. Use special fabric designed to be water resistant, or other untreated fabric for less permanent results, or Transfer Artist Paper prints. Leave the class with photo and/or text on fabric to complete your own project. Bring a digital photo on a memory stick or an old photo to be scanned, and fabric if you prefer untreated less permanent. $20.00 pp ($10 deposit required at February Guild meeting) Instructor: Mary Anne Jarvin
Annual Spinning Retreat – March 30 to April 1, 2012, Quality Inn, Parksville. Contact the Qualicum Weavers and Spinners for more information.
William Hodge workshop, Armure Studios – Saturday, April 21st, 2012, 9am-4pm. Gordon Head Lawn Bowling Club. Design symmetries, the keys to pattern, explorations. This hands-on workshop will explore the use of symmetry concepts for fibre arts. Techniques of design development will be explored on paper using cut and paste, colouring, sketching and other devices. We will also look at the use of contemporary technology to develop original designs for visual work. By extension we will also spend time developing knowledge and the skill of tessellations. $20.00 pp, to be collected at February Guild meeting.
