Penland Spring One-Week Session I







	Spring Registration Fees Scholarships Studio Assistantships Studios Housing Travel Info PDF Local Standby Spring Classes Spring One-Week Session I March 28 - April 3, 2010 Classes are open to serious students of all levels unless specified in course description; beginners welcome. Books Julie Leonard Julie Leonard - Stitches in Time: Historical Bindings/Contemporary Context “Inspiration springs from tradition.” –Gary Frost In this workshop we will look at historical binding structures dating back to the fourth century, with attention paid to ways these methods can be used in creative contemporary bookwork. Focusing on sewing styles, endbands, cover attachments and authentic materials, students will learn three historical bindings and several variants: a wooden boarded Ethiopian book and carrying case, a fifteenth century long and link stitch, a “limp” papercase, and variations on Byzantine and Greek sewing methods. Each of these bindings has great potential for artistic interpretation and for use in both craft trade work and artist book works. All levels. Studio artist, teacher of book arts and graphic design at the University of Iowa; collections: Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry (FL), Ringling School of Art and Design (FL), library collections of the University of Iowa, University of Delaware, University of Michigan; former Penland resident artist. Multimedia Mark Boyd Mark Boyd - Shoestring Digital Collaboratory Working fast, light, and loose in a collaborative environment, students will create at least six short videos (1–3 minutes long) from their own material. We will hack together a file sharing toaster net from found parts, collaborate on a final mashup production, and create a temporary theater to present the feature show to our adoring audience. All levels, but students must bring their own cameras and computers and be able to import files into their preferred video and photo editing software. Founder and impresario of Just Making Stuff, The Cacophony Circus, and Small Potatoes Productions; member of the Shoestring Artists Collective; blogger and producer of Web videos and local video happenings; photo studio and IT coordinator for Penland School. justmakingstuff.blogspot.com Mark offers a few words about his class--with video! Textiles Wendi Gratz Wendi Gratz - A-line Improvisations Make a skirt that fits your body and your personality. We will start by drafting an A-line skirt pattern for each student and then spend the rest of the week improvising around that pattern, changing both the silhouette and the fabric. We will add decorative seaming, kicky pleats, or twirly godets and customize the fabric with silkscreen, stamping, embroidery, piecing, appliqué, and more. The final garments will be as varied as the students in the class. All levels. Third-floor walk-up studio. Studio artist and sewer; work included in many contemporary sewing books; author of Absolutely A-line (Lark Books).