Please e-mail me for
about rozome, batik or silk painting classes. Individual instruction
at my studio in Placitas, New Mexico, may be available by pre-arrangement.
July 14–20, 2008
Dyeing to Quilt
Fiber reactive dye and applique.
One week of joint class with Karena Koeberly Wells: dye your cotton
in low immersion with Procion MX dyes, then make an applique wall
hanging with your own fabric. More DTQ
Registration fee: $290 (includes $40 lab fee) +
housing & meals / Commuter fee: $290 (includes $40 lab fee—no
meals included)
After May 1: $390 + housing & meals / $390
Invitation to quilters who want to dye their own
fabric and to dyers who seek direction in using their fabric. Participants
can expect to dye 3 yards of cotton, using environmentally friendly
low immersion dyes and have a finished wall piece by the end of the
week.
Karena Koeberle-Wells, Papillion, NE Fiber artist
and graduate of the University of Colorado, Karena has sewn for as
long as she can remember. She has enhanced her knowledge of fiber
arts while traveling the world.
October 6–12, 2008
Silk Painting with Rozome option
Registration Fee: $290 (includes $40 materials fee) + housing &
meals / Commuter Fee $290 (no meals)
After August 15: $390 + housing & meals / $290
This unique class will cover basic silk painting
techniques as well as providing the opportunity to learn the more
meditative Japanese “Rozome” process. Basic course materials
fee of $40 covers silk dyes, gutta, soy wax and 8 scarves.
Some students may elect to purchase Japanese brushes,
shinshi stretchers, or kimono silk directly from the instructor or
another source if they wish to learn this highly specialized and wonderful
Japanese batik. Optional rozome materials (brushes, shinshi stretchers
and silk) may cost up to $60. Please contact the instructor (bunny@db-bowen.com)
upon registration if you wish to purchase these.
