Art Quilt Claremont

Gerry is a resident of Nevada City, California. She and her husband moved from Seattle, Washington, where she was well known for her textile art. Gerry received her B.A. from Holy Names College in Oakland, California, has continued her studies at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts and the University of Washington. She has studied Book Arts with Tim Ely, Daniel Kelm and Bonnie Thompson Norman. Her work is shown nationally and is held in many private and corporate collections, including the University of Washington Medical Center and Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Vallejo. Her work has appeared in Fiberarts Magazine, American Craft, American Quilter, Surface Design Journal, Visions 1996, Contemporary Quilts: Quilt National ’97, The Art Quilt, and Beautiful Things. Gerry won the Juror’s Award of Merit, Quilt National ’97, the Juror’s Prize, Crafts national 28, Juror’s Choice Award, Tactile Architecture IV, Decatur House, Washington, D.C.

Workshop Description

THE NO-PLAN SPONTANEOUS QUILT…all skill levels

Have you ever wished you could work more spontaneously in this slow-motion process of quilting? In this workshop, you will learn how to let your quilts evolve, making things up as you go. To start, you will use a tjanting tool, brushes, acrylic paints, and serendipity to create the fabric which will become the inspiration for the steps that follow. You will work in the block format. I especially recommend any of the basic old standards such as 9-patch or one of the logcabin variations. You’ll even quilt-as-you-go. Armed with the simple techniques–and dare I say, the “attitude” you will learn in this workshop–you will find the confidence to work without a plan, and discover fabulous quilts in your future.

Gerry’s Supply List for this Workshop

Terrie Mangat is an award-winning art quilt maker from New Mexico. Creating quilts since the early 1980′s, her work is found in private and corporate collections. Terrie’s quilts have been featured in many national publications and exhibited in both solo and group shows throughout the world. She earned her B.A. from the University of Kentucky and attended Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and the William Gebhardt School of Design in Cincinnati. Terrie sees quilt making as an avenue through which her spirit passes and is shared by others. A fabric collector since age 6, she continues to be intrigued by the possibilities of combining different materials in new ways to give form to ideas and feelings.

Workshop Description

SCRAPS, PAINT, THREAD, AND BEADS
Inspired by a combination of scrap bag quilting and crazy quilts, this mixed media approach WILL light your CREATIVE fire. The eclectic mix of fabrics found in traditional scrap bag quilts is set off by THE paint, embroidery and embellishments – THE TRADEMARKS of Victorian crazy quilt makers. The student can choose to express an idea or abstract image, and should come with several ideas to draw from. How to express an idea, composition, color , value,texture, and scale of imagery within the fabric and ingredients will be among the things discussed and emphasized. THE INSTRUCTOR WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND INSPIRATION FROM HER OWN EXPERIENCE IN CRAFTING AND DEVELOPING YOUR CONCEPT. Demonstrations will include hand reverse applique, strip piecing, hand embroidery, painting on canvas and sewing INTO quilt, painting directly on the quilt, beading, couching, curved piecing, and quilting with embroidery thread in larger stitches. A student can work in a simple or complicated manner here, but this class will present a new level of freedom in self expression.

Jane Dunnewold chaired the Design department at the Southwest School of Art and Craft in San Antonio, Texas, from 1990 until 2001. She is the author of Complex Cloth (1996; Fiber Studio Press) and Fifteen Beads (1998; Fiber Studio Press). Her work has been exhibited in numerous invitational and juried exhibitions including Quilt national (’01. ’97, ’95, and ’93), and Visions San Diego (1995/1997). A length of her cloth won the Gold prize at the Taegu International Fabric Competition (Korea) in 2000. Dunnewold produces more than one hundred one-of-a-kind lengths of fabric every year and is an advocate of art cloth

Visit Jane’s web site!

http://www.artclothstudios.com/

Workshop Description

Complex Cloth Intensive
The workshop introduces participants to the principles of Complex Cloth – white fabric which is layered through the use of multiple surface patterning techniques. This includes the use of dyes and discharging agents, textile paints and foils. The media are applied using tools generated in the workshop. There is an emphasis on tool making and each participant creates a series of stamps. stencils and silk-screens which are then used to produce the layered and patterned surface. The workshop goal is the mastery of technique and the creation of tools. Discussion on studio set-up, safety and design development round out the week.

Joan Colvin is the author of Quilts from Nature published by That Patchwork Place in 1993, and The Nature Of Design published by Fiber Studio Press in 1996. In 1997, her work was included in Fine Art Quilts by the same publisher. Her work appears in Quilting Masterclass, issued in 2000 by Quarto Publishing Company, London, England, and on the September 2000 cover of NeedleArts magazine. Nature’s Studio, her newest book, was published by C&T in June 2005.

Currently she divides her professional time between studio work and teaching. Her pieces have been juried into shows and galleries throughout the US and abroad. The La Conner Quilt Museum showcased 30 of her pieces and she has had a number of other one-woman shows. She has appeared on PBS’s “Quilts of the Northwest” and “American Quilts,” and she was named one of the 380 finalists for the 20th Century’s Best American quilts. Joan has installed a large wall piece for Providence Hospital’s Women’s and Childrens’ Pavilion in Everett, Washington. Her work was selected for display in Tokyo as part of the show and publication “The 30 Distinguished Quilt Artists of the World 2003″.

Workshop Description

Nature’s Studio

Over the years I have taught a design class, and the titles and contents have evolved as my interests evolve. My current book deals with the elements of design that I have found important in establishing a personal style. It asks simple questions and gives examples from my work to guide students in their search for independence and a unique voice. Because we all have apprehensions as we try to work on our own, this book deals not only with some usable fabric techniques, but also touches on the ups and downs of the creative process. Exploring potential ideas, learning to look carefully, and understanding what interaction you are seeking with your fabric are important parts of the textile world as well as the art world.

THE NO-PLAN SPONTANEOUS QUILT

Instructor: Gerry Chase

There will be a $20.00 materials fee for a few basic tools and fabric prepared for painting.

In addition, you’ll want to bring…

• Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies, including a suitcase-size cutting mat.
• Plastic drop cloth and apron.
• Old cotton towel (kitchen type, not terry) for wiping brushes and spills.
• Roll of paper towels.
• 2 or 3 sheets of newsprint paper (even regular newspaper pages will do.
• One crayon (any color)
• 2 or 3 stiff paint brushes: e.g., a small or medium size “round”, and a 1/2” flat, and possibly a fan-shaped brush (These should be for acrylic paint, not watercolor.)
• Paints: Golden Fluid Acrylics, or Golden AirBrush Acrylics I suggest 1 oz. bottles, to include a yellow, red, blue, green, and black, plus a 4oz. white. If you don’t have a favorite color palette, I recommend Hansa Yellow Medium, Quinacridone Red, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green (yellow shade), Carbon Black, and Titanium white. (Note: My preference is Golden, but FW Acrylic Ink, and Marabu “Textil” Paint also work well. The main thing is to AVOID PAINTS THAT COME IN A TUBE.
• 2 containers for water (1-2 pint capacity. Regular canning jars are excellent.).
• 5 or 6 Clean plastic wide-mouth containers with lids for mixing paints. (Yogurt & small cottage cheese containers are ideal, as are small Glad containers.)
• 1 yard cotton terry cloth (washed, free of sizing)–color doesn’t matter. It is to be used to prepare a painting surface. (An old bath-size towel will work as well.)
• duct tape
• masking tape
• a small natural sea sponge and a sponge make-up applicator
• an old toothbrush
• anything else you can think of to make marks on fabric

Fabric:
• from your stash, choose around 15-20 pieces (1/8-1/4 yd) each of your favorite solids, and prints. Black is good! Don’t be afraid of black. Also bring 1-1/2 yds of something scrumptious for backing. (Don’t forget, of course, that there will be a wonderful fabric store just steps away.) (Note: If you like to work in the “quilt-as-you-go” method, bring 1-1/2 yds of a scrumptious print for a backing fabric, and some low loft batting.)
• Wear old clothes for painting.

Optional…
• Disposable rubber gloves (if you can’t stand to get paint on your hands)
• Pentel FabricFun Pastel Dye Sticks
• JellyRoll pens (waterproof and acid-free)
• Wonder Under (around 1/2 yard).
• India Ink Stamps (for printing on fabric)
• More odd bits…ribbon? wads of colorful threads? dress labels? Do you have a great old, unfinished workshop project which might be cannibalized?
• If you keep a visual journal, bring it.

If you would like to pre-purchase any item above and have it brought to Art Quilt Tahoe for you, please contact Sharona at New Pieces in Berkeley or email sharona@newpieces.com.

Workshop Description

Playing With Paint, Creating A Series – all skill levels
Using transparent and opaque textile paints, and already painted or dyed fabric from home and combining these with purchased fabric, we will create three small quilt tops (12″ x 12″ – 15″ x 15″ each) for a series. I will share how work evolves into a series for me, discuss how one piece leads to another. We will focus on experimenting, generally painting half the time and composing half the time, though each participant will work at her/his own pace. We will learn how to look at the finished results as a group, establishing a way to be objective about our own and others’ work in order to use constructive criticism as a positive tool for ourselves. Prepare to have fun and PRODUCE!

Elizabeth’s Supply List for this Workshop

Elizabeth Busch has been an artist all her life and has been making quilts since 1983. She has a BFA in Painting and Art Education from the Rhode Island School of Design, has taught workshops throughout the U.S. and in several other countries. In 2003 she won the Quilts Japan Award from Quilt National and in 1989 she received the Best In Show award from Quilt National for When We Were Young, which is now in the collection of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Elizabeth has been a juror for many shows, Quilt national among them; has had her work published in numerous books and magazines; and her work is in private and public collections throughout the USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan.

Visit Elizabeth’s web site!

http://www.elizabethbusch.com/

Leslie’s skillfully combines various fabrics through an appliqué technique augmented by acrylic paint. During the span of his career, Leslie has completed numerous commissions, both private and commercial and has exhibited his work extensively in Europe and North America. Fiber is Leslie’s primary art medium. His affinity for fabrics grew at the Art Academy in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. While a student at the Academy, he was exposed to, and enthusiastically embraced, all possibilities, working in ceramics, textile design, graphic arts and painting. He found handling textiles very satisfying, partially because as a child he was surrounded by fabrics of all kinds and sewing machines as his mother was a fashion designer.

Leslie’s material is fabric although he considers himself a painter and draftsman; a painter in the manner he uses transparent materials as glazes combined with random pieces of fabric and acrylic paint; a draftsman in the manner he uses threads to create contour lines. A constant element in his work is the question of illusion of the medium.

Visit Leslie’s web site

http://gabrielse.com/

Workshop Description

Discover the range of possibilities and varieties of playing with positive and negative shapes and space. All the layers are in the game! We will explore layers of fabric flipping over and under each other as opposed to the more traditional: bottom, middle, and top layer approach. This method lets your imagination develop the full range of possibilities in creating your own quilt.

My goal is to let students achieve an understanding of working with layers of fabric and to demonstrate how each layer becomes an integral part of the composition. We will explore positive and negative space and shape from simple sketches you will make. Keep it simple. Shapes and textures can be refined with stencil technique. One morning will be devoted to stencil technique. The pieces will be sewn by hand with DMC pearl cotton #5 yarn. The hand stitching method can be an important technique that supports various elements of the composition.

Libby Lehman began quilt making 29 years ago when her mother signed them up for a basic class. Over the years, she has evolved from a traditional hand worker to one of the leaders of innovative machine stitching. Her studio art quilts have won top awards and appear in many private, corporate and museum collections including VISA International, Cogen Technology, Fairfield Processing and MAQS. Libby’s quilts have appeared in numerous publications, including 88-Liters in the Quilt World Today and her own best seller Threadplay with Libby Lehman. Her quilt Joy Ride was selected one of hundred best quilts of the twentieth century. When she is not packing or unpacking suitcases, Libby spends her time teaching, lecturing, judging or making quilts.

Visit Libby’s web site!

http://www.libbylehman.us/

Workshop Description

SIMPLY THE VEST

NEW! For the first time, Libby is opening her closet to show you how she makes her spectacular long vests. Each student will use the same pattern but will make a vest that is unique and individual. Come, sew, play and go home with a beautiful designer garment.

Laura is a working studio artist with an extensive international exhibition record and numerous awards. Her mixed media and fiber art work is held in public, private and corporate collections. After completing an M.F.A. in Painting (Ohio University, 1990) she began to integrate her love of fabric and thread with her approach to drawing and painting. Her images explore the textures and rhythms of details from the landscape, often interwoven with eccentric grids.

In addition to Public Art Projects, Percent For Art Commissions, and gallery exhibitions, Laura teaches nationally for conferences, guilds, shops and private groups. Nominated for Professional Quilter’s Teacher of the Year, 2004, she is known as a nurturing and inspiring facilitator who offers highly personalized instruction. She is also a Creativity Coach (trained by Eric Maisel, Ph.D.) and works with private clients: writers, musicians and visual artists. In 1998-99 she was honored with a Montana Arts Council Fellowship in Visual Arts, Mixed Media.
Visit Laura’s website

http://www.cater-woods.com/

Workshop Description

TEMPTING THE MUSE

Generating ideas for new personal imagery and giving those ideas form, is the focus of this guided creative process. Students may choose to work on a number of small pieces or to work on one larger piece. Size, scale, materials, construction techniques and surface design are topics that are discussed and demonstrated in the process of developing original and innovative new work. Instruction is highly personalized. Group discussion with focus on issues of creativity and professionalism including: nuturing the creative self, getting around an “artist’s block,” building a series and sending work out into the world.

Skill Level

Students should be comfortable with their technical skills: working independently; or ready to take the leap into self-directed work some some support and guidance.

Supply List for Laura’s Workshop

Art Quilt Tahoe Scholarship Fund

Mary Pavlovich, from Upland, California, was awarded our 2005 Art Quilt Tahoe Scholarship at the 2004 conference. We welcome Mary back for her fifth consecutive year at AQT.

Anyone is eligible to apply for a tuition scholarship to attend Art Quilt Tahoe. A panel, consisting of a representative from Art Quilt Tahoe and two Art Quilt Tahoe faculty members will review all applications and select a recipient.

The scholarship will be awarded this year for attendance at Art Quilt Tahoe 2006. The recipient will be awarded full tuition to attend Art Quilt Tahoe, including deluxe (shared room) accommodations, all meals and the workshop of choice. Travel expenses are not included in the award.

Please submit a short statement (300 words or less) as to why you are applying for a scholarship to attend Art Quilt Tahoe. Your statement should include the special circumstances that make you an ideal candidate. Include your name, address, phone number and email address. Please include four (4) photographs or slides of your quilt plus a brief artist’s statement regarding your artistic goals and aspirations for art quilting.

Send your completed statement to:

Art Quilt Tahoe,
c/o Dogwood Interiors,
922 Lincoln Way,
Auburn, California 95603.

The application deadline is October 1, 2005.