Workshop Calendar Deborah Fell
Join me for an inspiration outside of the box workshop in beautiful Monterey, California.
Friday to Wednesday, March 1–6, 2024
SESSION 2
Creating the illusion of Depth in Art Quilts
Discover a variety of ways to create the illusion of depth in a two-dimensional plane (in our case, a quilt.) Along with fabric, students will work in a collage style, using mixed media such as paints, papers and found objects to create a series of small studies. We will paint, sew, fuse and glue, concentrating on design principles such as overlapping, placement, size, value, and focus. In the end, you will leave with a better sense of command over how to create a feeling of three dimensions, depth and foreground within your two-dimensional art.
Join me in beautiful Sonoma wine country for an enriching workshop at the Sebastopol Art Center
Sebastopol, California
April 2024–More info coming—Perfectly Imperfect Mark Making
Boro Reboot: A Mindful Practice
This retreat-like workshop focuses on slowing down and relishing in process rather than product. Learning to celebrate imperfection is a prevailing theme. Small compositions will be created with an emphasis on how to use the hand stitch as a major design mark making element. So, grab a bag of fabric scraps and your favorite hand sewing tools, and jump on board. This is not a technique workshop where you learn how to hand stitch. The focus is on process and using the stitch line as a mark making design element. Other unconventional goals are to learn to color outside the lines and celebrate imperfection. The stitch marks are the brush strokes that make the composition complete. Students will explore personal mark making preferences, with the power of parallel play in groups.
June 16—June 20, 2024
Held at Connecticut River Valley Inn, Glastonbury, CT
Downsville, Wisconsin
September 10—14, 2024
Mindful Mixed Media
In creating an art quilt, our primary component is cloth. What about other beautiful elements like handmade art paper that are not traditionally incorporated with cloth? Learn to modify and stabilize unexpected materials that can be used alongside cloth in building an art quilt’s surface design. The goal of this workshop is to mindfully learn to incorporate mixed media materials with art quilting to increase texture and surface possibilities without compromising the surface stability of the quilt. Progressive mark making studies, using paint, gel medium, paper, and unconventional materials, will lay the foundation to create a more dimensional surface design on fabric, which can be incorporated into your work. This mixed media play workshop will allow you to step gently out of your comfort zone in a collaborative and supportive environment.
