Masterclasses
with Christine Benson
“Where each new venture is a new
beginning,
articulated in cloth, stitch, colour and texture.”
Master class is a course in embroidery and design, a unique
personal journey in stitched textiles, with the emphasis placed
on extending strengths and helping to overcome weak or problem
areas.
Students have the opportunity to develop their own skills and
style, through building a portfolio of ideas and concepts;
sketchbooks or journals; explore and experiment with stitched
samples to achieve finished works of art.
The focus is on each individual and their personal approach
to interpreting an emotive response to their chosen subject
matter.
With guaranteed maximum input through one-to-one tuition, and
discussion.
This course is suited to those who have gained a City & Guilds
qualification or similar, however qualifications are not an
essential prerequisite, but you should have a serious wish
to extend and progress your own work to a more proficient standard.
Master Class
Course Venues And Dates For 2006/07
| The Old School Rooms Congresbury [mondays] |
Oct 9th - Nov 6th - Jan 8th - Feb 5th - Mar 5th - Apr
16th - May 14th - Jun 4th - Jul 2nd. |
| Cost: £270 [may
be made in 3 payments] |
| The Bloomfield Centre, Narberth |
Fri, Nov 24th - Thur, Jan 25th - Thur, April 19th -
Thur, June 21st |
| Cost: £120 [may
be made in 2 payments] |
Community Centre,
Carmarthen [saturdays] |
Nov 25th - Jan 27th - Apr 21st - June
23rd |
| Cost: £120 [may
be made in 2 payments] |
Art Van Go,
Knebworth |
Please contact them for details - website
See general information and booking conditions for Workshops
and Courses on booking page. |
Please contact Christine for more information regarding
course content on
01934 516914
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Workshop
Programme at The Old School Rooms, Congresbury, Somerset
| Oct 2nd - From Fabulous Fibres to Fantastic
Fabric |
| Turn fantastic silk fibres into unique
and fabulous fabrics. Explore each fibre’s quality
and potential to create fabrics that are a delight in
their own right or inspirational surfaces for further
embellishment. |
| Oct. 30th - Fragile Fragments of Time & Place |
| Use places that are special to you
as your inspirational starting point. Fragments of time
are portrayed through architecture or artefact; while
the essence of the source is captured through fragile
layers of fibre, fabric and thread to create an abstract
study in hand and machine stitch. |
| Nov 20th - A Box of Delights |
| Construct a small box that will be
an absolute treasure, using silk fibres and rich embellishment.
This will make an ideal gift – if you can bring
yourself to give it away! |
| Dec 18th - Precious Parcels |
Pack, wrap and contain precious natural
items, pebbles, stones, seed heads, and shells – in
fragile formations influenced by the oriental tradition
of beautiful presentation.
These parcels will be constructed of natural fibres;
flax, linen, silk, kozo, papers, wires and hand stitching.
As with eastern art forms these may be presented as individual
pieces or placed in a group for a sculptural effect. |
| Jan 22nd - Versatile Vessels and Containers
for Tea! |
| Explore the possibilities of using
luxurious silk fibres in a three dimensional manner.
Incorporate fine wires and embellish with machine embroidery
to create forms that are fanciful, fun and far from functional. |
| Feb 12th - An Absence of Colour |
Think tone, texture, tactile!
Explore the possibilities of kozo combined with silk
and other fibres; hand stitched threads and wires to
create 2D and 3D fragile surfaces that intrigue and
inspire. Natural materials in natural colours result
in sumptuous subtle surfaces. |
| Mar12th - It’s Not Written in Stone |
Starting from an Egyptian inspirational
source.
Produce a small artefact from machine embroidery, soluble
fabric, silk fibres, and metals. |
| May 21st - The Rubbish Renaissance |
| Some packaging is just too lovely
to be discarded, create a really stylish surface that
will be a conversation piece. |
| Jun 11th - The Elizabethan Element |
| From this inspirational ere, create
a small bag with a gloriously rich surface, using silks,
sheers and pearls. Some Elizabethan stitches will be
used. |
| Jul 9th - More Elizabethan Elements |
| Another day using this inspirational
era, to create encrusted and enriched surfaces. |
The cost of each workshop is £38
Some materials are available at extra
cost
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This list of my current workshops is also available nationally for groups and Embroiderers’ Guilds. For more details please contact me, I will be happy to discuss and customise any of the above to suit the particular needs of your group.
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