Sampling the Landscape
Designing and Dyeing Wool and Fabric for Felt Garments.
Pam DeGroot
Before making a garment there are many decisions to be made.
Through experimentation and sampling we will explore techniques, including dyeing fibre, variegated wool tops, fabric and handmade prefelts.
Students will design individual colour palettes, intermixing dye and also investigate colour theory and techniques to combine these together, learning the skills to use dye to create complex felted fabrics for use later in their own garment making. Students will take away an array of ideas , skills and samples to pick and draw from in years to come.
Learn the principles of measuring for felt garments and create an individual pattern/template making a small scale example.
This workshop will suit those wanting to take their garment colouring and composition to the next level, and gain confidence in dyeing in the home studio. These dye skills can be taken across to accessories also. Some felting experience helpful.
Class Fee
$700
PLUS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Residential Shared Residential Single Non-residential
$800 $900 $350
*Please note all meals are included for residential participants.
Only lunch & morning/afternoon tea included for non-residential participants
All prices include access to talks, activities and dinner on Party Night*
Pam lives and works in the Blue Mountains area west of Sydney, an area renowned for its natural beauty and this inspires her daily.
Her main medium is wool, sometimes combined with silk or cotton. Using both natural and dyed colours depending on the piece.
More recent years have seen her work gravitate to sculptural pieces. She enjoys the challenge of working in a medium that begins amorphsc, where the planning is everything. The control of shrinkage, strength and form, and yet still never exactly sure of the outcome till the end. The innovations and techniques, using the qualities inherent in the wool, are a result of her 23 years working with this medium.
Pam tours and teaches internationally in Europe, Canada, USA and also online. She exhibits in many regional and other galleries, last year winning the Australian Contemporary Textile Award, “Seed Stitch” at the The Australian design Centre.
