25 May Jan Clark: Free Motion Freedom
Jan Clark taught a great workshop on sewing machine techniques to make fabulous, lumpy and bumpy fabric samples to incorporate into whatever projects students wished....
09 Mar Rhonda Ellem: Repeat Handblock Printing
Rhonda Ellem's exciting workshop on repeat handblock printing went really quickly. Over the weekend Rhonda showed us how to draw up3 different types of printing blocks using lino. We all completed art prints, repeat printed fabric and a small concertina book showcasing the class work....
02 Feb Seraphina Martin: Solar Etching
Seraphina Martin joined us from Sydney for a weekend of solar plate etching on 21-22 January 2017. She took complete beginners and advanced printers right through the process of solar plate etching over the two days. Students were given three plates to use and beautiful...
14 Dec Sandal Making with Rachel Ayland
Rachel Ayland comes from Bangalow and has been making bespoke shoes for 30 years. She is happy to share her wealth of knowledge on all types of shoe making. In this workshop students had flexibility to choose their own type of sandals. Rachel then took...
15 Sep Lanny Mackenzie: Random Weaving using Natural Materials 10-11 September
In this workshop, participants will learn twining and cord making, some of the oldest craft techniques known. The versatile random weaving method can be used to make a variety of forms ranging from small delicate vessels to bigger baskets. ...
15 Sep Lanny Mckenzie: Coil Weaving Using Natural and Reclaimed Materials 12-15 September
In this workshop participants will learn the techniques of coiled basketry, where materials are stitched together. Plant materials were traditionally used for basket making, but we will also use recycled materials such as twining bale ropes, cables and recycled plastic bags using different styles of...
25 Aug Jan Clark: Colour my Textile World 20-21 Aug
Learn simple, but exciting ways to colour up fabric in this fun textile workshop. Over two days Jan will cover a multitude of techniques that can be easily recreated at home, including mono-printing, no rules screen-printing, using transfers, inks and acrylic paints....
08 Jul Terry Cooke: Creative Thinking for Photographers
With a full class for this workshop, Terry Cooke was kept on his toes! He set a number of tasks for his students including photographing objects in various scenes, taking photographs for a specific purpose - in this case he used Go Create as a...
28 Jun Kath Caddy: Shoe Making
We braved the elements for this workshop - winter has really set in to the New England now and our students worked hard to get their shoes done before dark on the second day. Students chose a variety of fabrics and leathers for their shoes....
08 Jun Eloisa Lytton-Hitchins: Shoe/Boot Making
This was an intense workshop. We had some past students working on boots and some beginner students working on shoes. Eloisa did amazingly well to get around everybody! The boot makers did not get through the whole process in the two and a half days,...