Sew L.A. is located at 3153 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90039
Lisa's workshop will be from 2:30-4:30 Sunday April 14, 2013
Followed by a book signing party 4:40-6:00 pm
Join Lisa Solomon – author of
Knot Thread Stitch for this embroidery workshop where students will learn how to turn a photograph or a drawing of some sort [it can be a kid's drawing, or a drawing you've done yourself] into a fun textural keepsake.
-In this workshop we'll discuss how to transfer the image to your fabric, how to choose colors and thread weights that make sense, as well as go over some basic stitches to help you complete your project. There is a kit worth $35 included in your class price $85 which will provide you with a piece of fabric, embroidery floss and needle, a hoop, and a transfer pen – everything you need to get started. You could easily add your fabric piece to a pillow, or frame it for safe keeping.
-If you prefer to put your embroidery directly on a tote bag or T–shirt or anything else you can imagine, please bring that along to class with you.
-Please also bring photocopies of the drawing or photo you wish to utilize as you might be drawing on top of it. If you are unsure about what might make a good embroidery bring some options - Lisa will be more than happy to help you choose. It's recommended you bring more than one copy and think about adjusting the scale making it larger and smaller. A color copy - or the original – could also be helpful if you want reference to actual color.
-Please note that since this is only a 2 hour course it is unlikely that you will leave with a finished product, but you will be well on your way!
-Lisa Solomon is s a studio artist who moonlights as a college professor and graphic designer. Profoundly interested in the idea of hybridization (sparked from her Happa heritage), Solomon’s mixed-media works and installations revolve thematically around domesticity, craft, and triggers that may be construed as masculine and/or feminine. She is drawn to found objects, tending to alter them conceptually so their meanings and original uses or intents are repurposed. She often fuses “wrong” things together—recontextualizing their original purposes and incorporating materials that question the line between art and craft. She received her BA in art in 1995 from UC Berkeley and her MFA from Mills College in 2003. She has exhibited and works with galleries both nationally and internationally, is in numerous private and public collections, and is continually tweaking artworks in her backyard studio. She resides in Oakland, California, with her husband, daughter, two three-legged cats, a stumpy tail kitty, a deaf French bulldog, a pit-bull, and many, many spools of thread.
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Here is how to make a bunny ears Easter decoration:
I happen to have some fabric that was pre-printed with parts of a bunny that you would normally use to make a stuffed animal, but I simply wanted the ears so I just rough cut out the ears.
I then ironed on some Heat and Bond and cut them out nicely.
Then I placed them on my backing fabric with embroidery hoop to get placement and ironed them down.
I placed the fabric in the hoop and trimmed off the excess.
All that was left to do was glue two big white pom poms and a smaller pink one onto the fabric.
I like that the sewing instructions on the fabric still show.
And boy does using an embroidery hoop work great for fabric arts and crafts!
More about Lisa's book:
Knot Thread Stitch:
Exploring Creativity through Embroidery and Mixed Media
by
Knot Thread Stitch presents a modern, experimental, and creative approach to thread and embroidery projects. You'll find fun and surprising project ideas, a unique artistic approach, and unconventional mixed-media materials such as stamps, paint, sequins, paper, and shrinky dinks. With easy-to-follow steps and project variations, this book also includes project contributions and embroidery patterns from a long and stellar list of renowned artists and bloggers, including Lisa Congdon, Camilla Engman, Heather Smith Jones, and Amy Karol, just to name a few.
Profoundly interested in the idea of hybridization (sparked from her hapa heritage), Lisa Solomon’s mixed media works revolve thematically around domesticity, craft, and masculine and feminine triggers. She is drawn to found objects altering them conceptually so that their meanings and original uses or intents are re-purposed. She often fuses “wrong” things together – recontextualizing their original purposes, and incorporating materials that question the line between art and craft. Visit her online at http://www.lisasolomon.com.
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