Description
Royal College of Art trained Karina Thomas will start the workshop by showing you examples of the use of contemporary and historical tartan fabrics as inspiration. Tartan is a pattern that comprises two or more solid coloured stripes that repeat in a defined sequence. Tartan fabrics are a part of our cultural heritage from the people who wore it to the workshops and mills who wove it. You will be guided through the weave techniques and processes in order to come away with your own tartan sample. During the class you will learn how to: - Consider texture & composition. - Choose contrasting yarns from our collection of Shetland wool. - Warp up your frame loom with base stripes and start to introduce weft yarns to create your tartan using a plain weave. - Remove your weave from the frame learning knotting techniques for finishing neatly. This class is suitable for beginners.
What's included in the price?
- Materials are all included in this workshop. - Tea, coffee, and homemade cake are provided during the workshop. - You will come away with your own woven tartan and instruction sheets. Tapestry frames will be available for you to purchase after the workshop.
Duration
3 hours
Cancellation policy
Non-refundable - Refunds are not available
Maker
Black Swans Studio is a multi discipline art and design studio set in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Created by Karina Thomas and Lisa Vaughan, who met whilst studying textiles at The Royal College of Art, to share teaching skills and experience from their design backgrounds. Come and join the workshops here and enjoy this inspiring design space; a place of learning and retreat. Monthly classes are presently run in stitch and weave with other workshops planned from guest designers to offer a creative mix of craft and design courses. Our studio is based in the cow shed, one of a series of converted farm buildings at Culverton Farm. This area of Buckinghamshire has historically been linked to the crafts industry. Wood turners, bodgers and furniture makers, lace and needle makers. As you travel around the hills and valleys of the county, wardrobe lane and needle makers house are evidence of this past craft lineage. Our workshops reflect this rich cultural history and aim to keep people connected to these skillfull craft traditions.
Suitable for
- Adults
- Seniors
- Teenagers
- Wheelchair users
- Hearing impaired
- Limited mobility
- Learning difficulties (SEN)
- Hen dos
- Corporate days out & team building
- Public transport
- School holiday workshops & activities
- Parking provided
- Intermediate level
- Engagement, birthdays & anniversaries
FAQs
Yes we have a car park
We do not have a kitchen so if you are on a long workshop please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee and cake will be plentiful.
If you are travelling by car the nearest motorway is the M40. The barn is on the A4010 just outside Princes Risborough, watch out for signs to the Repair Barn, we are here.
We are 10 minutes walk from Princes Risborough station which is on the Chiltern Line from either London Marylebone or Oxford
All tools and materials are provided, for the Weave workshops you may like to bring a packed lunch as there will be a half hour break however tea, coffee and cake will be provided. You may want to bring a pen and notebook to make personal notes. If you have any tools or yarns you prefer to use do bring them along.
The studio is on the ground floor and the tiles are slightly uneven as it is an 18th Century Cow shed, There are 2 steps up to the toilet for which we can provide a ramp if requested in advance.
We host up to 10 people per workshop
