Knit Anything : Not Clothing w/ Adrienne Sloane
Join us and fiber artist Adrienne Sloane for a one-day experimental knitting workshop:
Saturday, April 16, 10AM - 5PM
Develop a personal language of forms by experimenting with knitting fundamentals to uncover the enormous possibilities of a three dimensional knit. By manipulating stitches and solving knitting geometry, participants will learn to 'think knit'. The class will explore the use of non-traditional materials and cover a range of techniques to help create shape and stability when working in three dimensions. Your new knitting vocabulary can be applied to sculptural or wearable creations. This is a process-oriented workshop, with time devoted to making samples and experiments as you learn each technique or concept. Time will be set aside for the teacher to individually discuss with students their ideas for future projects. Participants must be proficient in basic knitting techniques; knowledge of crochet is also helpful.
Student Supply list:
Bring knitting needles in different sizes, including double pointed needles, crochet hooks, scissors, tapestry needle and a notebook. Students should bring unusual “linear elements” for experimental knitting which could include (but is in no way limited to) raffia, twine, fabric strips, plastic or wire. Students should also bring a reasonable amount of light colored, plain (not slubby) yarns in 2 colors for an ongoing sampler. If you have other materials that you would really like to explore, make sure to bring them with you.
Price: $100 -- students supply materials, but we will have some additional items!
Space is limited -- REGISTER
Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clothing geometry to sculpture, knitting becomes a medium with a link to a rich and complex fiber tradition that has the power of history behind it. To be able to turn a single strand of yarn into fiber building blocks with form and function, texture and color is also energizingly low tech.
Working in what has long been considered a traditional woman's medium, I aim to an artistic aesthetic informed by traditional craft, art and politics. My work aspires to dissolve the boundaries between craft and art, mindful of the historical context of the medium.
I knit to rejoin the frayed and unraveled places around me.
KNIT ANYTHING : NOT CLOTHING
REGISTERSaturday, April 16, 10AM - 5PM
Develop a personal language of forms by experimenting with knitting fundamentals to uncover the enormous possibilities of a three dimensional knit. By manipulating stitches and solving knitting geometry, participants will learn to 'think knit'. The class will explore the use of non-traditional materials and cover a range of techniques to help create shape and stability when working in three dimensions. Your new knitting vocabulary can be applied to sculptural or wearable creations. This is a process-oriented workshop, with time devoted to making samples and experiments as you learn each technique or concept. Time will be set aside for the teacher to individually discuss with students their ideas for future projects. Participants must be proficient in basic knitting techniques; knowledge of crochet is also helpful.
Student Supply list:
Bring knitting needles in different sizes, including double pointed needles, crochet hooks, scissors, tapestry needle and a notebook. Students should bring unusual “linear elements” for experimental knitting which could include (but is in no way limited to) raffia, twine, fabric strips, plastic or wire. Students should also bring a reasonable amount of light colored, plain (not slubby) yarns in 2 colors for an ongoing sampler. If you have other materials that you would really like to explore, make sure to bring them with you.
Price: $100 -- students supply materials, but we will have some additional items!
Space is limited -- REGISTER
About Adrienne:
Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clothing geometry to sculpture, knitting becomes a medium with a link to a rich and complex fiber tradition that has the power of history behind it. To be able to turn a single strand of yarn into fiber building blocks with form and function, texture and color is also energizingly low tech.
Working in what has long been considered a traditional woman's medium, I aim to an artistic aesthetic informed by traditional craft, art and politics. My work aspires to dissolve the boundaries between craft and art, mindful of the historical context of the medium.
I knit to rejoin the frayed and unraveled places around me.
