Lura Schwarz Smith, Quilt Artist (559) 683-6899, email lura@lura-art.com
DESIGNING ART QUILTS (6-hour workshop)
We are all artists, whether or not we have yet discovered it. As quilters, we have a wonderful medium in which to explore our artistic potentials, and the tools of our time allow us to produce exciting, original images in our quilts we may never have believed possible, regardless of our known drawing abilities (or "lack" of them).
In this workshop, you will learn some of the basic elements of design, do a few simple, fun drawing exercises, and become acquainted with some of the many easy tools and techniques available to us all to help design and produce original art quilts with images you choose. You will also produce a sample quilt label. Bring a photograph or simple drawing and learn to design your own art quilt pattern. All skill levels are welcome, and the words "I can’t draw" are outlawed! We will be using fabric pens and paints, so come dressed to play and have fun. A $10.00 kit fee per student, includes fabric pastels, paints, brush, etc.
WORKSHOP SUPPLY LIST
· An "I can do it!" attitude
· Photograph or simple drawing (your own, to avoid copyright issues) for use in producing a pattern
· 8 ½ inch black and white photocopy of above
· 8 ½ piece of muslin pressed to freezer paper
· lightbox if you have one
PROVIDED BY GUILD FOR WORKSHOP
· iron and board
· overhead projector
BIOGRAPHY
Lura Schwarz Smith, with a Bachelor of Arts in Art from San Francisco State University, has been making art quilts for over 20 years. Originally selling in galleries, over the past few years she has been showing quilts and receiving awards at regional, national, and international quilt shows. Her work may be seen in:
Quilters Newsletter Magazine, November 1998, June 1996
IMAGERY on Fabric, by Jean Ray Laury
FACES AND PLACES, by Charlotte Warr Andersen
CONTEMPORARY PICTORIAL QUILTS, by Wendy Lavit
GREAT AMERICAN QUILTS 2000 by Oxmoor House
100 BEST AMERICAN QUILTS of the 20th CENTURY, by Primedia