Workshop with Judith Dios now full - accepting names on waiting list

Terrific response to Judith Dios's workshop in March.
The class is now full.
If you would like your name to go on a waiting list please email me.  A lot can happen in a couple of months and I could be looking for folks to fill freed-up slots.

Also the workshop may run in Edmonton and Lethbridge so get in touch with me if you want more information.

Meanwhile if you are interested in joining a one day workshop with me on felting -  relaxed atmosphere, mixed ability class, especially if you are new to felting. Please add a comment to this blog entry or contact me via email.

Date of workshop Monday 13th January 2014
Cost of workshop $45 plus your materials.
Location of workshop - either karin's studio or larger space to be decided later.
Time 9:30 - 4pm

Get in touch for more information.

Nodule

Karin Millson, Nodule #1

This is not a finished piece. In fact it is a set-up so that I can put it up on the blog.

It reveals the geologist in me.
My current work is most certainly fed by the visuals associated with having my roots firmly planted in the Earth's rocky past.
And yet….
I am experimenting with a technique that reveals patterns and shapes that also take me back to beauties seen in New Zealand - photographed knowing that one day they would be a wonderful design source.

I do find it quite disturbing;  the shock is in seeing one's thoughts made real. - to see what is in my quietened mind, drawn out by my creativity.
It is all working at the subconscious level as I am not calling for this to happen, it just arrives like a gift before my eyes as I work.
Memories are reawakened.
Question: What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Answer: In this case, most definitely the Nodule.

Class with Judith Dios Almost Full

The response to the call for registration for the workshop 789 March, has been swift (overwhelming being such an over-used word).

Please contact me directly if you are interested in one of the last places on the workshop  with Judith Dios in Calgary, or to have your name added to the waiting list.
See previous blog post for more details.
Thanks

Kreative Momentum brings Judith Dios to Calgary

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have pleasure in sending this invitation on to  you.

I know I really should change the layout of my blog to fit larger images… but I haven't done it yet.

So please click on this image to enlarge it in another screen.

I was fortunate enough to meet Judith during the first Canadian Felt:Feutre conference earlier this year and saw her glorious work exhibited at the show there and knew she would be a wonderful teacher for a Kreative Momentum Workshops.

I hope you will take advantage of her visiting us in Calgary.

Do get in touch if you have questions or want more information.

This is a great opportunity for beginner and advanced felters to learn more about Nuno felting, acid dyes, creating felted, sculptural clothing or other beautifully decorated surfaces.  Also her method opens up the technique of felting to those with back and upper body aches - get in touch for more information, but I don't want to give the game away to everyone!

Judith says “The workshop will work for all levels of experience though some knowledge of the materials and basic method of felting is required for more complex clothing projects."

(I can arrange for a one day felt play class to get you started if you wish.  Get in touch if you want to take advantage of this.)

Happy Xmas Everyone

If the shops are full of Seasonal Greetings then why can't I be one of the first to fill my blog entry with seasonal colours.
Looks like I have inadvertently - or is that advently - created a Xmas card for my fibre friends.

Karin Millson 2013, Mithril

Metal, silk organza, monofilament, felt








Of course there are two sides to every story

Don't think I ever uploaded these images, which were gifted to me by The Invisible Man…

Thanks Matt, but where are you?

I enjoyed making this and more in the same vein. And see that this sort of thing is being sold at a very fashionable department store in Canada these days.

 Working on another… Narcissus ran away and fell in love with his reflection… Hmmm… is there a message?

Hey everyone, don't forget the next SDA meeting

Wednesday 20th November, at Atlantis to listen again to a Reith Lecture (courtesy of BBC) :-

Grayson Perry on "What makes good art"

See you there at 7pm.

$5 members of SDA, $10 non-members, refreshments will be served.

The award-winning artist Grayson Perry asks whether it is really true that anything can be art. We live in an age when many contemporary artists follow the example of Marcel Duchamp, who famously declared that a urinal was a work of art. It sometimes seems that anything qualifies, from a pile of sweets on a gallery floor to an Oscar-winning actress asleep in a box. How does the ordinary art lover decide?