Rug hooking masterclass with Jill Denton, fantastic flowers, fish and food

The Goodwin Gallery Petroc Masterclass

Saturday 18th February 2017 10am to 4pm £45 per learner

A rug hooking  masterclass with textile artist Jill Denton. £45 per learner to include all materials, just bring your lunch, some sharp dressmaking scissors and a 12-14″ quilting hoop.  This is a wonderful opportunity to work with Jill and create your own fabulous piece of textile art.  Jill is a very experienced, skillful tutor, and is looking forward to sharing her creative ideas and expertise with learners in this one off masterclass at the Goodwin Gallery.

to book online: click here with Petroc Recreation

This masterclass coincides with her collaborative exhibition with Sue Dove – Our Artful Selves – at the Goodwin Gallery Petroc Saturday 11 February to Saturday 4th March 2017

Suitable for any level of ability, come and spend a day exploring the wonderful possibilities of rug hooking, by creating your own unique piece.  The simple  technique is the same as our mothers and grandmothers used to make their rugs from rags, now we are creating wonderful, joyful and colourful textiles using recycled fabrics on a hessian base, working on a theme of food, fish or flowers, (or all 3!). Whether you want to make a small hooked piece or a larger mat, rug or wall hanging you will be guided through the processes and will leave the class with the confidence to finish your project at home.  You will be given lots of advice/ tips on techniques and equipment, and anyone just wanting to start rug hooking on a less adventurous project is welcome too. There will be plenty of ideas to help you along with your rug hook and no drawing experience is required.

Materials

Most materials will be supplied at the workshop

You will need to bring sharp dressmaking scissors and a 12” – 14” wooden quilting/hooking frame

complimentary tea. coffee and biscuits are served all day, just bring your own lunch, free car parking right next to the Gallery where the workshop will be held.

Rug hooks

Jill will bring some hooks for you to borrow or buy on the day at £10.00

If you want to buy your own before the workshop Jill recommends buying from

http://www.rugmaker.co.uk/rug-hooks.htm

 For fine work you will need an Exotic Wood Fine Steel End Hook, for general hooking you will need a Medium Steel  or brass End Hook.  These hooks will last you forever and you will never need anything else! They are around £15 plus p+p and can be ordered directly from the rugmaker website.

Useful links:

The following links are useful for examples of rug hooking and further info ..

https://www.facebook.com/doveanddenton/ ,  https://www.facebook.com/Ruby-rugs-358610117496774/

http://hookingrugs.com,  http://www.rugmaker.co.uk

Jill Denton

Being an obsessive maker. I am compelled to create art every day.  I have been making since I was little, but didn’t have the opportunity to study Art and Design until I was in my 40’s when I took an access course at North Devon College followed by a degree in Fashion and Textile Design.  I have recently been looking at paintings of women by women artists and many of the works in this exhibition at the Goodwin Gallery are my response to the paintings that touched me most.  Domesticity, family and everyday life are my other influences and inspiration.  An abundance of colour and texture are always present in y works which currently encompasses felt, stitch, collage and rug-hooking.  Jill is very experienced textile tutor running workshops both here and abroad and will be sharing her tips to help you create a really special and unique hooked rug artwork.

Developing a sketchbook using images, collage and textiles with textile artist Sue Dove.

The Goodwin Gallery Petroc Masterclass

Saturday 4th March 2017 10am to 4pm

Creative Textiles Sketchbook with textile artist Sue Dove £45 per person (just bring your own lunch – complimentary tea/coffee and biscuits served all day)

to book a place on this very special workshop with Sue click here for more information

This masterclass coincides with Sue’s collaborative exhibition with Jill Denton – Our Artful Selves – at the Goodwin Gallery Petroc Saturday 11 February to Saturday 4th March 2017

Working with textile artist Sue, this workshop begins with collage, and then goes on to explore ways to develop ideas in sketchbooks….making a sketchbook an art piece in its own right, but also using it as a source to take ideas into textile pieces.

The workshop is suitable for beginners to advanced and gives you the opportunity to play and explore images as you create your own sketchbooks, a really fun and relaxed workshop full of inspiration and creativity, come and enjoy a wonderful day with Sue.

Materials

All materials are  supplied at the workshop

You can bring along scissors, any art materials that you like, images that you like plus a sketchbook, as as well any interesting papers or bits of your own works to incorporate into a sketchbook.  You can bring your own sketchbook with you or buy a sketchbook from Sue for £5 on the day.(Sue sells them to raise money to repair the church in St Ives that is also home to the St Ives Society of Artists)

Complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits are available throughout the workshop, just bring your own lunch, free car parking right next to the Gallery where the workshop will be held.

Useful link:

https://www.facebook.com/doveanddenton/ ,

Sue Dove

I have created art for as far back as my memory goes, throughout my childhood and then on to Art School at 18.  I have always been driven by an insatiable need to work and create everyday. Painting, collaging, embroidery, sewing, rag rugging, felt making, mosaicing, gardening and filling sketchbooks, moving between whichever process motivates me that day.

I am drawn to painters, especially Outsider Artists, Naive and Primitive Art and I am excited and inspired by life, people (especially women), animals and the narratives they create.  Using my memory and imagination. I filter these narratives into images using collage, paint, colour and pattern before these materialise into textile pieces.

The Craft of Linocut with artist printmaker Luna North

At the Goodwin Gallery Petroc on

Saturday 25th February ’17 10am to 4pm

£45 per learner to include all materials, just bring your lunch…book online with Petroc Recreation:

for booking details please click here

Join Luna North a professional artist and printmaker to learn the skill of design, carving and printing your own linocut artwork.

The theme for this workshop will be ‘Homes and Gardens’.

William Mary copyright C. Brown used with permission

You can bring in photographs/images of your own home and garden, a dream house or even the outside of your favourite shop to inspire your print, or use one of the images supplied – there will be  lots to choose from. You don’t have to be great at drawing to produce a wonderful image There will be lots of ideas to help you create your individual  linocut.

The tutor, Luna runs the workshop in a warm and friendly style, encouraging you to pick up skills and tips to help you learn how to create a personal and hand-crafted print to take home at the end of the session.

Open to all abilities from beginner to advanced  to learn the craft of single colour linocut and printing. Exploring the unique style of lino cut mark making, you will be able to take all your work home including your linocut with instructions on how to continue printing at home without the use of specialist equipment.

All materials are supplied for you to design, create and print off 3 prints from your linocut.

Complimentary tea and coffee served throughout the day, free adjacent car parking next to the Gallery where the workshop will take place, just bring your own lunch.

Workshops at the Goodwin Gallery are very enjoyable  with lots of opportunities to try out new techniques and ideas in a relaxed setting.

take a look at Luna North’s webpage

and for more ideas there is a pinterest board here

We look forward to welcoming you to the Goodwin Gallery.

If you have any further questions please contact the recreation team at RecreationalTeam@Petroc.ac.uk or 01271 852356

The Goodwin Gallery, Petroc Brannams University Campus

Oakwood Close, Roundswell, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 3 NJ

email: goodwin.gallery@petroc.ac.uk

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