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Scholarships Available - download form or contact Sandra at cbweavenet@gmail.com.
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Revelations in Rep With Kelly Marshall
This workshop includes a lecture covering the unique characteristics of rep weave, color blending and designing, pattern block movement, selection of materials, and a demonstration of weaving technique. Each participant will be expected to bring a loom, warped according to instructions provided by the instructor. The instructions are for warping either a 4 or 8-shaft pattern, to create a 10” wide table runner. (for intermediate to advanced weavers).
Check out Kelly's website Custom Woven Interiors, Ltd. at kellymarshall.com for more pictures.
Two Workshops to Choose from:
The Gaelic College Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design
St. Ann's, NS Sydney, NS
November 8, 9 and 10th, 2019 November 12, 13 and 14th, 2019
Deadline for Registration: September 15th, 2019
To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at CBWeaveNet@gmail.com
Costs:
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design - Still spaces left in this workshop
Workshop only - $295.00
Gaelic College - This workshop is full.
Live-in Student: (includes accommodation for Friday and Saturday nights, workshop tuition, and all meals and breaks from Friday morning snack through Sunday afternoon snack)
Double room: $502.00 per person
Single room: $545.00
Day Student: (includes workshop tuition, lunches and breaks) $361.00
If you wish to arrive on Thursday the associated costs would be:
Thursday Night Dinner - $18.00
Thursday Night Accommodation and Friday Breakfast
Double room: $48.50 per person
Single room: $70.00
Kelly Marshall
Kelly Marshall founded Custom Woven Interiors, Ltd. in 1992. Marshall received her Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Design at the University of Minnesota, specializing in textiles. She continued studying weaving and design for one year in Sweden at Forsa Folkhogskola and in Belgium at the Belgian Lace School.
Kelly Marshall is recognized for combining rep weave’s rich texture and linear structure into extraordinary textiles inspired by the aesthetics of the Arts & Crafts movement, contemporary design, and traditional Scandinavian weaving.
Marshall shares her insight through lectures and workshops and believes interns are a valuable addition to her studio and to the continuation of the development of the fiber arts.
Check out Kelly's website Custom Woven Interiors, Ltd. at kellymarshall.com for more pictures.
Two Workshops to Choose from:
The Gaelic College Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design
St. Ann's, NS Sydney, NS
November 8, 9 and 10th, 2019 November 12, 13 and 14th, 2019
Deadline for Registration: September 15th, 2019
To register for this workshop, contact Sandra Gillis at CBWeaveNet@gmail.com
Costs:
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design - Still spaces left in this workshop
Workshop only - $295.00
Gaelic College - This workshop is full.
Live-in Student: (includes accommodation for Friday and Saturday nights, workshop tuition, and all meals and breaks from Friday morning snack through Sunday afternoon snack)
Double room: $502.00 per person
Single room: $545.00
Day Student: (includes workshop tuition, lunches and breaks) $361.00
If you wish to arrive on Thursday the associated costs would be:
Thursday Night Dinner - $18.00
Thursday Night Accommodation and Friday Breakfast
Double room: $48.50 per person
Single room: $70.00
Kelly Marshall
Kelly Marshall founded Custom Woven Interiors, Ltd. in 1992. Marshall received her Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Design at the University of Minnesota, specializing in textiles. She continued studying weaving and design for one year in Sweden at Forsa Folkhogskola and in Belgium at the Belgian Lace School.
Kelly Marshall is recognized for combining rep weave’s rich texture and linear structure into extraordinary textiles inspired by the aesthetics of the Arts & Crafts movement, contemporary design, and traditional Scandinavian weaving.
Marshall shares her insight through lectures and workshops and believes interns are a valuable addition to her studio and to the continuation of the development of the fiber arts.
