Melanie Olde: Post-festival Workshops
Wellington: 1–3 May 2023
Tauranga: 5–7 May 2023
The workshops will be limited to 10 participants per workshop.
Thinking Outside the Plane
Weaving often deals with effects to manipulate the single flat plane of a cloth, but what if you expanded, pushed and pulled that plane? Hand weaving offers many opportunities to explore and design the 3-dimensional plane, taking cloth to another level through specialised multi-layering techniques. Learn how to increase and reduce the surface area, merge different sequences for exciting effects, and create fabrics that pop out of the plane. Participants can expect to produce a range of samples and take new techniques with them to continue their explorations.
Participants need to have woven before and will need to understand multi-shaft weaving. Participants will need to have minimum of an 8+ shaft table loom – a double back beam would be a bonus, but not essential.
If you are interested in registering for these workshops please email Fiona Macrae cfnationalevents@gmail.com