WORKSHOP INFO

• Space is limited in our workshops, so please avoid disappointment and register in advance.  
• Call View at 369-6411, emai info@ViewArts.org, or stop by View at 3273 State Route 28, Old Forge, NY to register.
• Workshops are subject to change, please call to confirm dates and times.
• Some classes require students to purchase materials ahead of time.  Call to request a materials list for the workshop(s) you would like to attend.      

Fiber Arts

Felted Bowls CANCELED
Friday, May 18, 1-4pm
Instructor: Sandi Cirillo www.especially-for-ewe.com
Fee: $35/$30 members
Materials: $10 Paid Directly to Instructor
In this workshop students will learn how to make a felted bowl using a rubber ball as a form. This class will use pre-dyed merino wool roving. Various techniques for shaping and embellishing will be demonstrated. Imagine what can be created using a little wool and some soap and water. This is a “hands on” workshop so come prepared to have lots of felted fun.

Plant Imprinting on Fabric CANCELED
Saturday, May 19, 9-11:30am
Instructor:  Sandi Cirillowww.especially-for-ewe.com
Workshop Fee: $30/$25 members
Materials Fee:  $8 Paid Directly to Instructor
Celebrate the beauty of the world.Participants will begin by experimenting imprinting using various natural plant materials on various fabric surfaces to see how the colors reproduce. Then they will move on to createa finished product.   Participants are encouraged to bring favorite flowers or leaves from their own garden or yard. Just make sure they are kept in water until the workshop begins. You will learn this exciting process here……….after that, the possibilities are endless.
 

Uniquely You: Quilt Lecture & Luncheon
Saturday, October 13
Lecture 10am, Luncheon to Follow
Instructor:  Mary Knapp
$20/$15 members
An interactive presentation that will spark your creativity while providing you with insights into quilt design and technique. Mary will provide examples ranging from traditional to innovative; from hand work to machine work and she will blend all of it together so that the audience can develop it into their own, unique style.
Mary Knapp’s family consists of a supportive husband, two grown sons and their families and a huge Newfoundland dog.  All of them add to the qualities used in her quilts.  The men always have an opinion and new ideas to develop.  Mary’s dog forces her to take a break and go for a run in any weather.  Many of the tips she develops are put through the trouble-shooting process during those runs.  These breaks also include skiing, in the winter and swimming and boating in the summer in upstate New York.  She is a retired biology teacher that still likes to teach.  Mary has taught classes and had exhibits in a variety of venues.  One of her quilts was used as art for the cover of a college math text. She has earned numerous awards in a variety of quilt shows.  Mary enjoys both piecing and appliqué; machine piece because of the sharp precision it affords and hand appliqué because of the softness.  Many of her quilts that have won awards have been hand-quilted but she also machine quilts.  She has a new book, Silk Wood Blocks, which is due to be released by C & T Publishing in 2012.

Basketry

Adirondack Arrow Wall Basket
Saturday, May 5, 9am-4pm
Instructor:  Linda Allen, owner of Adirondack Basketry
www.adirondackbasketry.com
Fee: $40/$35 members
Materials: $20 Paid Directly to Instructor
Dimensions: 4” x 11” x 9 ½”H
This basket is one of Linda’s designs that you students can weave to compliment their home or camp. The basket is woven with a combination of flat and flat oval reed, and oak handle for hanging. The colors for the arrow are Adirondack colors.

Market Basket
Saturday, May 19 or Thursday, July 12, 10am-3pm
Instructor:  Barbara Green owner of Greenhouse Basketry
$45/$40
Material Fees: $20 Payable to Instructor
Weave a market basket with an oak handle and accents of dyed reed.  Choice of assorted accent colors and decorative wooden………Functional art for trips to the farmers market or grocery store.  Bring a lunch.  This workshop is suitable for high school age and up.  Maximum of 8 students.

Linda’s Clothespin Basket
Saturday, June 2, 9am-5pm
Instructor:  Linda Allen, owner of Adirondack Basketry
$45/$40 members
Materials: $20 Payable to Instructor
Dimensions: 7” x 7” x 8”H
Linda brings this basket to class full of clothespins and her students have asked to.   A plain weave base with flat reed topped with sides that are a continuous twill weave woven using flat oval reed. A half round rim will finish of the basket making it a very firm and sturdy basket.

Adirondack Bike Basket
Saturday, June 30 or Thursday, August 16, 10am-3pm
Instructor:  Barbara Green, Owner of Greenhouse Basketry
Fees: $45/$40 members
Material Fees:  $25 Payable to Instructor
Weave a bike basket with adjustable cotton straps, side lock buckles, and matching accent strip.  Choose from red, green, navy, or olive straps.  Bring a lunch.  This workshop is suitable for high school age and up.  Maximum of 8 students.

Bread Basket
Thursday, July 26, 10am-3pm
Instructor:  Barbara Green, Owner of Greenhouse Basketry
Fees: $45/$40 members
Material Fees:  $25 Payable to Instructor
Weave a bread basket with pottery handles and warming stone made locally by potter Melissa Macdonald.    Bring a lunch.  This workshop is suitable for high school age and up.  Maximum of 8 students.

Fishing Creel Baskets
Saturday, August 11, 9am-3pm
Instructor:  Mick Jarvis, Adirondack Baskets & Heritage Design
www.adkbaskets.com
Fee:  $100/$85 members
During the all-day workshop, participants will complete all steps required to make a traditional fishing creel.  The body will be woven from premium reedfollowed by the cutting, sanding and installation of a pine lid.  All participants will leave class with a completed creel, including a web carry strap anda leather shoulder pad.
Workshop fees include instruction and all materials. All necessary tools are also provided. Participants will also receive complete written instructions for applying a stain/preservative finish to their basket and lid.  There will be a lunch break; please bring a bag lunch and snacks for the day.
Class size is limited to 6 participants and preregistration is required.