Tag: Textile Workshops

Education: Indigo Shibori Dyeing Workshop – Drogheda

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Sign up for an Indigo Dyeing Workshop with tutors (and guild members) Mel Bradley and Clodagh Mac Donagh this Saturday.

Learn the Japanese art of Shibori (creating patterns on fabrics) using techniques such as Kumo (tying and clamping), Arashi (using poles to resist the dye), and Itajime( folding and clamping). Immerse your fabrics in an Indigo Dye bath and be amazed as the magic of dye turns to a vivid indigo blue.

Workshop suitable for beginners and intermediate students.

Where: Gallery 13 Millmount Craft Quarter, Drogheda, Co Louth.

Date: Saturday 28th September 10 AM – 4 PM

Contact Mel Bradley to book: mel@melbradleysilks.ie or +353 86 371 2927

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Education: Textile Classes with Mel Bradley – Drogheda

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Feltmakers Ireland member Mel Bradley, a professional artist and teacher, will teach a series of five textile workshops this spring: silk painting, Nuno felting, indigo dyeing, and transfer printing. You can take one or multiple classes.

Classes are small and tailored to suit those attending.

When: Each session runs from 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM.

Where: Gallery 13, Millmount Craft Quarter, Drogheda, County Louth.

Note: The Silk Painting class on the 9th of March is already booked full.

For more information, contact Mel at 0863712927 or via Instagram at – https://www.instagram.com/mel.bradley.silks/

Education: Stitch Club at TextileArtist.org

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In the coming week, the TextileArtist.org website will reopen their Stitch Club.

What is Stitch Club?

  • Stitch Club is a members-only monthly subscription.
  • New online textile art workshops every month, plus access to an ever-growing library of archive classes from world-renowned textile artists.
  • Diverse and inspiring techniques for making beautiful artwork in your own unique voice.
  • Clear but flexible guidelines to help you embrace a playful, experimental process.
  • Live feedback and expertise from your workshop leaders to build creative confidence – stitch by stitch.
  • A supportive & stimulating community of stitchers worldwide so you can share your creative adventure.

{Editor’s note: While I have not registered for Stitch Club myself, I am continually impressed by TextileArtist.org’s informative articles.}

To sign up to be notified when the club opens, visit their website – https://training.textileartist.org/stitchclub-gbp/

Screenshot of their Instagram page – https://www.instagram.com/textileartsite/

Education: Dyeing and Silk Painting Classes

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Not feltmaking, but nevertheless, these textile classes should be of interest. Imagine how these techniques could be combined with felt!!!

Mel Bradley Silks is offering several dyeing and silk painting classes in her studio, Gallery 13, in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Her workshops are suitable for beginners and intermediate students. Master classes for experienced artists and designers are available on request.

Classes are small to allow for individual tuition, with a maximum of 6 per workshop.

A few spaces are left in the Indigo dyeing workshop on the 26th of August, which Mel is running with Feltmakers Ireland member Clodagh McDonagh.

For more information, please contact Mel – https://melbradleysilks.ie/contact/

Education: Aoife McNamara and Fibreshed Ireland – 3 Workshops

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Aoife McNamara and Fibreshed Ireland will offer three workshops in Adare, Co Limerick, in the Summer of 2023.

For more information, visit the website.

Note: Feltmakers Ireland is not affiliated but shares this information because it is textiles-related education.