STURT SUMMER SCHOOL 2024
Wed, Jan 03
|Mittagong
Over 5 days of summer, at the legendary Sturt craft school in Southern Highlands NSW , make your own textiles then use them to create 2 shades, and take home a Sturt-made lampbase. A unique opportunity - available once each year - which sells out quickly. (image shows 2023 Summerschool students)
Time & Location
Jan 03, 2024, 9:00 AM – Jan 07, 2024, 4:00 PM
Mittagong, Range Rd & Waverley Parade, 2 Waverley Parade, Mittagong NSW 2575, Australia
About the event
What
a 5 day workshop at the famous Sturt Gallery & School, where the first 3 days you'll be working with renowned textile artist Sylvia Riley to create a number of fabrics using eco-dyeing. You'll learn how to prepare fabrics and yarns for dyeing, apply mordents and dye fabrics using foraged and prepared natural dyes. Then augment the dyed fabric using post-mordents and modifiers, using various techniqes including brushes, block prints, stencils and shibori, to create your own totally unique fabric.
During the final 2 days you'll work with me (Kate Malfroy) to create 2 lampshades using your fabrics. One of these is suitable for use with a table, pendant or floor lamp; and you can choose between making a drum or tapered shape for this shade.
The 2nd shade is a tall drum shape, which is designed to fit a beautiful Sturt-made wooden lampbase, which is yours to take…
Previous Events Gallery
These photos are from a variety of previous workshops and hopefully might inspire you for your upcoming creation.