Course Code: 26MTX101V
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Thursday, July 2nd, from 6:30PM to 8:30PM ET.
- Thursday, July 2nd, 6:30PM to 8:30PM ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on June 25th, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
About the Workshop:
This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Iviva Olenick.
Participants in this workshop will learn how to create an embroidery sampler, including how to use different stitches to create text, line, and volume on paper and fabric. Stitches will include running stitch, back stitch, split stitch, French knots, chain stitch and more. After instructor demonstrations, participants will practice using these stitches on paper and fabric. Participants will also learn how to pierce holes in paper for embroidery and how to begin to adapt textile materials for bookmaking, including using lightweight fusible interfacing under paper to help strengthen and stabilize it. Finally, the instructor will share video resources and instructions for creating different types of stitches, and will show the work of book artists who incorporate embroidery.
This workshop is part three in a four part series which also covers natural dyeing, kitchen printing, and fiber book forms.
Required Materials:
- Plain cotton muslin fabric
- Hand embroidery needles
- An embroidery hoop
- A variety of papers for experimentation
- Optional: lightweight fusible interfacing
About the Instructor
Iviva Olenick is a Brooklyn-based artist developing textiles from seed to fiber and dye and using textiles as texts. Her work has been exhibited all over the United States, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Design Atlanta; the Hunterdon Museum, NJ; Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, NYC; the Center for Book Arts, NYC; the Old Stone House, Brooklyn; Wyckoff House Museum, Brooklyn.
All images courtesy of the instructor.