Fiber techniques and stuff.

[agoodwinsmith]

I started a short course today:
http://www.capilanou.ca/ce/july/#Introduction to Textile Arts

I suspect that link isn't going to work, so boo sucks to whoever, although if you copy and paste the whole line into a URL dooey, it works.

Anyhow.  I have never done anything like this.  I have always wanted to learn silk screen printing, but every course I have ever signed up for has been cancelled.  It turns out that the things in the list that interested me - silk screening and felting - are not going to be done, but instead a lot of block printing and dyeing.  At first I was disappointed, but even this one day playing with a badly cut stamp and black pigment stuff on white fabric was rather appealing.  I could have spent the whole day just farting around trying out things.

So, even though my long unrequited yearning for silk screening is again going to be thwarted, I think this will be a lot of fun, and a lot more useful than I thought it might be.

Comments

[pperiwinkle.livejournal.com]

I used to sign up for a beer brewing and appreciation class every semester, and every semester they returned my fee because the class was cancelled. I finally gave up, but now that craft beers are more news worthy, perhaps I should see if it is still being offered.

I'm glad you got a course you enjoy. Post some pictures of your creations. I am so totally not art-y or creative in that way that I love to see what other people can do.