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General Description
Explore creative and innovative processes with a range of fibres and textiles suited to a classroom environment. Using recycled fibres we will embroider, weave and dye with a focus on three- dimensional forms and experimenting with expressive ways of developing fine motor skills. These include stitching, eco-dying, knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, and weaving with hessian, calico, wool and other plant fibres from the garden and bushland. The materials will provide a wide range of sculptural and creative possibilities.
This course integrates principles for sustainability through using everyday and recycled materials in the construction soft sculptures, woven objects and dyed fabrics. This practical day offers sensory experiences and sharing of creative ideas in the classroom.
Sue is a sculptor and installation artist and teacher who has worked on large -scale textile based art projects in Japan and Australia. She has recently returned from a field trip to India, visiting dying, weaving, and printing workshops and museums in Gujarat, a major textile centre in India.
The workshop will include a presentation of images of the textile workshops and show contemporary artists who apply textile processes to conceptual art. Sue will focus on stimulating ideas and projects for making art specific to your classes. You will be provided with fabric, dyes, calico cotton, disposable gloves and items needed for basic affects.
Audience
Primary and Secondary Teachers in the arts.
Available Delivery Formats
Format Description
COVID-19 Event Information
All TTA venues continue to work with advice provided by the NSW Health Department in managing the risks associated with the current COVID-19 situation. While the current risk is low, TTA venues will be taking steps to help provide a safe environment for our courses. There will be increased cleaning and disinfecting of all areas, and venues will be providing ample hand sanitiser pumps. While venues will be taking all the care that they can, we also stress the need for course participants to take responsibility for their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of those around them. If you are not feeling well or showing symptoms of COVID-19, please don’t attend this event. Wash your hands regularly. Avoid shaking hands where possible. Practice cough etiquette, coughing into a tissue or your elbow and washing your hands afterwards. Thank you for your understanding.
If you enrolled to attend the course in person and we need to change to a remote only course, you will be given a $50 credit (valid for 12 months) .
Teaching Standards
1.2.2 Proficient Level – Understand how students learn
2.1.2 Proficient Level – Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
3.2.2 Proficient Level – Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
Are you in NSW? If so, this is relevant for you 
Completing this course will contribute 6 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered PD addressing 1.2.2, 2.1.2 & 3.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
This course contributes to 6.0 professional development hours.
Occurrences
There are no occurrences of 1. Face to Face in Australia (NSW) at this time.
Sessions
Introduction
15 minutes
Welcome and introduction: goals for the workshop. Current experience in using dying, sculpture and embroidery.
Dying
1 hour
Practical preparation of binding, knotting, folding, cotton.
Dying, including eco dying and drying fabric.
Applications of process and outcomes in your classroom.
Materials: calico, cotton t-shirts, recycled cotton or silk clothes, cooking string, binda twine fabric dyes (reds, blues and yellows) , string, rubber bands, paper clips, disposable gloves, line, pegs and plastic sheeting, buckets and brushes, white crayon, stirring sticks, boiling water, salt.
Artist Talk
30 minutes
The talk is on my textile based installation work made during residencies in Asia. I will show images of the art making processes, relevant to the Primary and Secondary visual arts lesson.
Morning Break
15 minutes
food and drink and informal discussion
Embroidery and Soft Sculpture
1 hour and 45 minutes
Practical session introducing simple Japanese satchigo embroidery techniques using wool, hessian and recycled fabrics.
Soft sculpture using embroidery and recycled fabrics.
Applications of process and outcomes in your classroom.
Materials: wool yarn and cotton threads, darning needles, scissors; calico/white cotton, muslin, hessian, recycled cotton/woollen fabrics (socks and sleeves), Dacron, newspaper
Lunch
30 minutes
Informal discussion
Weaving
1 hour and 45 minutes
Practical weaving demonstration using paper, textiles and plant fibre
Applications of process and outcomes in your classroom.
Materials: Palms, recycled textiles, strips of coloured card (different colours) newspaper, staples, masking tape, black ink/paper.
Farewells and Evaluation
15 minutes
Summary of the day and outcomes
What To Bring
Please bring protective clothing. Also fibre samples from your own teaching.
Optional material (only):
- Wool yarn and cotton threads;
- Darning needles;
- Scissors;
- recycled cotton/woollen fabrics (socks and sleeves)
- Dacron;
- Cotton t-shirts(Spotlight, Lincraft, Two Dollar Shop);
- Recycled cotton
- Palm leaves: collected from home
- Strips of coloured card (different colours);
- Masking tape;
- Black ink;
- Paper.
The presenter can bring some of these optional items to be shared (i.e. stapler, newspaper, masking tape). Remember, the more fibre materials that are available, the more varied and diverse the day’s outcomes will be.
View this INFO SHEET for more information on what to bring.
User Rating
4.8Latest Reviews
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Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process / Face to Face
by Catherine Miranda on
14/04/2019
Learnt some great skills that I will be able to take back into the classroom.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process / Face to Face
by Elizabeth Sarks on
14/04/2019
Lots of variety, suggestions for practical use in the classroom. Great introduction to fibre artists and their concepts.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process / Face to Face
by Mark Anderson on
14/04/2019
Creative opportunities which will transfer well to students
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process / Face to Face
14/04/2019
Very enjoyable and helpful for techniques in developing soft sculpture.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process / Face to Face
by Naomi Grooteman on
14/04/2019
Would have liked students more punctual to allow to start sooner. Loved the dyeing.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
by Courtney Chate on
12/01/2018
Excellent course. Learned a lot of useful things to take back to build programs.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
12/01/2018
Would have liked to do textile sculptures.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
by Kirsty Stringer on
12/01/2018
Loved the opportunity to trial techniques I have been curious about. Great opportunity to have multiple practical experiences in textile based work in one day.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
12/01/2018
Really inspiring! Learned many new techniques and have heaps of ideas for my own art making and for student projects/artoworks.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
by Donna Jones on
12/01/2018
Very interesting and relaxing.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
12/01/2018
Great!
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
12/01/2018
Very informative. Hands on which was great. Learned lots of new things.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
30/08/2016
Loved it! Very hands on. Got to learn some new techniques.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
by Marion Wheeler on
30/08/2016
Great hands on experience with wonderful techniques for the classroom.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
by Cecile Wise on
30/08/2016
A diverse variety of using fiber, fabric, organic materials and sound objects. Intuitive, thought-provoking and highly creative. Great ideas to take away to develop further. A stimulating course with many ideas to develop.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
30/08/2016
Good ideas that are practical for classroom use.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
by Melissa Bean on
16/05/2016
So many techniques covered. I could have done this as a two-day workshop.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
by tanya chaffey on
16/05/2016
Fantastic ideas. Lesson ideas were practical and simple. Loved every minute.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
16/05/2016
The resources provided were great. It could have been better organized though to save time.
Fibre Workshop for Pattern and Process
16/05/2016
Excellent range of techniques. Good coordination of theories and practices. Great to take work examples home.
About the team
Sue Pedley
Creator
Sue is an artist and a tutor who has conducted professional training courses for art teachers in primary and secondary school for 7 years. Sue teaches drawing at College of Fine Art, the Art Workshop at University of Sydney, the National Art School and visual communication at UTS. Sue exhibits regularly in Australia and overseas, most recently in Japan in the Setouchi Art Triennial (2010) and the Echigo Art Triennial (2006).