WEAVING TECHNIQUES | TAPESTRY WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN
June 8 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
CAD$110.00Event Navigation
WEAVING TECHNIQUES |
TAPESTRY WITH DIANNE KENNEDY CRUTTENDEN
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2024 | 10 AM – 4 PM
AGES 14+ | MAX 10 | $110 + hst
2 more spots added!
Join textile artist Dianne Kennedy Cruttenden for a full day of learning a variety of tapestry techniques! This workshop is for those weavers who want a review and for new weavers to get started on your tapestry weaving adventure!
Dianne brings her wealth of knowledge and spirit of adventure to this immersive 6-hour workshop. In this playful class you will explore weaving through a variety of tapestry techniques such as: plain weave, rya knots, soumack, eccentric weave and irregular hatching. Participants will learn weaving techniques and some of Dianne’s favourite stitches and tips to create designs while exploring form, colour and texture. Dianne will have a variety of small looms to show you, so you may continue your adventure in weaving by building a small loom yourself or purchase from a number of companies a finished loom.
The joys of tapestry weaving awaits!
Please note there is a $30 kit fee, payable in cash to Dianne at the start of class.
Your kit will have a large selection of beautiful yarns to choose from and a simple frame loom, tapestry bobbins and everything you will need to continue/start your tapestry weaving adventure.
Meet Dianne!
Dianne has been creating woven art since the early 1970’s. Dianne first studied weaving at Sheridan School of Design, apprenticed with Robert L. Kidd in Michigan and in 2015 completed an internship with Master Tapestry artist Maximo Laura in his studio in Lima, Peru. A lifetime of weaving; Dianne’s work has been shown and collected throughout North America in venues such as The Detroit Institute of Art, Nuit Blanche in Ottawa, The Gore Bay Museum, the Textile Museum of Canada, The Queen Street Gallery in Niagara on the Lake, The Brick Room Gallery in St. Cathrines and the Sheepish Grin on Manitoulin Island, The Elora Fergus Studio Tour, and is a member of the Octarines Women’s Art Collective that has shown throughout the area. Dianne shows at the Craig Gallery in Meaford, Ontario and recently won an award for her piece in the recent ‘Insights’ show at the Wellington County Museum and will be participating in the Pelham Art Show in Fonthill over this coming Mothers Day Weekend.
