Textiles – Spring Short Session
April 27 – May 2, 2025 (4 studio days)
Nick DeFord
Text(tiles): The Stitched Word
The words text and textile share the same origin in the Latin “textere” meaning “to weave.” In this workshop students will weave together textile techniques and text to create meaningful embroideries that celebrate the stitch and the written word. The workshop will cover basic and complex embroidery stitches that will be used for design, appliqué, collage, and embellishment on both fabric and paper. Exercises and projects will encourage students to consider meaning as they incorporate idioms, poetics, fiction, and the visual word. Students of all skill levels welcome, including writers who are interested in exploring visual art. Upper textiles studio.
Note: This workshop takes place in a third-floor walk-up studio that is made partially accessible by a stair lift.
Artist, educator, administrator; teaching: Arrowmont (TN), Penland, University of Tennessee; exhibitions: Knoxville Museum of Art (TN), Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Vanderbilt University (TN), Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (MD); Rauschenberg Residency (FL); juror: American Tapestry Biennial 13, Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort.
Regular enrollment begins October 15.
