Workshops, Seminars and Retreats
Complete listing of fiber related events which are shorter and more informal than conferences. These events are often limited to a single topic, ranging from a gathering of fiber friends to a more formal class with a leader from outside the area.
Harrisville Designs 2025 Workshops
April 22, 2025 through October 25, 2025
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The workshops cover in-person lessons on spinning, knitting and weaving at the Harrisville Designs facility in Harrisville, New Hampshire USA. Boarding is not included with registration but is available nearby.
Sensing Place Through Fiber Paper Collage
May 29, 2025 through June 1, 2025
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4-Day workshop with Jacqueline Mallegni at WillowPondSLO, a 14-acre art retreat in California. Explore the nature of textured paper combined with foraged materials, thread, ink, and dye. Permeate your collage panels with a sense of place from the natural environs or from an idea or story that is ready to be told. More info at www.WillowPondSLO.com
Slow Stitch Textile Collage With Andrea Varga
June 9, 2025 through June 13, 2025
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Focusing on slow stitch practice, Sashiko style embroidery, and visible mending, students will learn to repurpose or repair beloved, un-used, worn-out or simply interesting textiles and small found objects into artwork. Topics will additionally include incorporating photographs and text into textiles and understanding fibers. Slow stitch collage is a mindful, simple practice that engages hands, heart and memory into a tactile experience creating dynamic, beautiful, personal artwork.
Creating Visual Archetypes Through Mixed Media With Susan Fecho
June 16, 2025 through June 20, 2025
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Through non-linear and improv approaches, emphasis will be on artistic growth. Daily prompts will assist in exploring creativity, push pieces past comfort zones, change directions – to articulate narratives. Shared techniques will include creative strategies in starting mixed media pieces, to prepare papers, to recycle, use found objects, and use the ephemeral. While creating several luscious pieces, there will be plenty of guidance and informal critiques.
Cold Connections: Textile Techniques in Wire With Heather Hietala
July 7, 2025 through July 11, 2025
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Explore the artistic and practical uses of wire and create three-dimensional forms. Using your hands, pliers, and cold connections you will discover the wonderful immediacy of wire working. Basic tinkering and fiber construction techniques, including coiling, sewing, lashing, wrapping, shaping and twining will be covered. Wire is a very versatile material and can be incorporated or combined with other materials. We will begin by making small studies and then explore larger forms.
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