Textured Treasures
Italy Inspired
Dates: September 26 - October 2, 2010
Instructor/Leader: Lisa Walton
Cost - $2775
Trip Description
Join Lisa for a fascinating week of surface design possibilities, inspired by the ancient history and luscious colors of Orvieto. Gather inspiration from the textures of stones, designs from intricate mosaics and delicately wrought local lace. Combine these with the glorious colors of the Italian countryside to create a fabric art piece to treasure. This collected inspiration will be used to create a journal of resources for future works of textile art.
Students will experiment with the following surface design techniques:
• Fabric painting including the basics of mixing color.
• Obtaining rubbings in a variety of scale and dimension.
• Collage tips for combining texture.
• Fabric stamping for added design.
• Foiling secrets revealed.
• Bead embellishment for exciting dimension.
Lisa will gently guide you through these techniques, resulting in
stunning textile creations from your own hand. Play, experiment, mix and match techniques as you build a collection of fabrics filled with the colors and textures of Italy. Then cut and stitch together a fabric collage reflecting your magical week in Orvieto. Exquisite beaded embellishments bring your art piece to life. What a magnificent way to remember Italy.
This course is suitable for all levels including beginners.
Itinerary
Sept 26 - Arrive Orvieto, group dinner
Sept 27 - Studio: Fabric painting starting with the basics of mixing
color. Techniques to create images easily on fabric resulting
in a range of base fabrics for embellishing.
Italian culture and oil tasting, Orvieto walking tour.
Sept 28 - Studio: Further surface design techniques such as rubbings,
collage, and printing to create additional textures on your
fabrics.
Cooking class - learn to make pasta and other dishes, and
enjoy the fruits of your labors!
Sept 29 - Beading workshop to learn a range of beading stitches for
further embellishment.
Picnic lunch
Learn about the Eturscans through an Etruscan cave tour.
Optional wine tasting.
Sept 30 - Market Day: Exploration and inspiration with color & texture.
Studio: Combine all the techniques learned to start working
on your treasured memento of Orvieto.
Picnic lunch with food from the market.
Vineyard tour - visit a local vineyard to learn the vintner’s
passion for wine. Sample several wines, including Orvieto
Classico.
Oct 1 - Studio: Work on final touches of your masterpieces.
Group lunch at favorite pizzeria.
Show and share your week’s work.
Oct 2 - Depart Orvieto
Details
Cost - $2775. Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging and basic course materials. Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Because Italian cuisine is such fun, meals are not prearranged or included - we do give lots of advice! Travel costs are not included.
Click here for registrations and terms, or contact us by e-mail,
phone or writing at the contact information below.
Italy Inspired
Dates: September 26 - October 2, 2010
Instructor/Leader: Lisa Walton
Cost - $2775
Trip Description
Join Lisa for a fascinating week of surface design possibilities, inspired by the ancient history and luscious colors of Orvieto. Gather inspiration from the textures of stones, designs from intricate mosaics and delicately wrought local lace. Combine these with the glorious colors of the Italian countryside to create a fabric art piece to treasure. This collected inspiration will be used to create a journal of resources for future works of textile art.
Students will experiment with the following surface design techniques:
• Fabric painting including the basics of mixing color.
• Obtaining rubbings in a variety of scale and dimension.
• Collage tips for combining texture.
• Fabric stamping for added design.
• Foiling secrets revealed.
• Bead embellishment for exciting dimension.
Lisa will gently guide you through these techniques, resulting in
stunning textile creations from your own hand. Play, experiment, mix and match techniques as you build a collection of fabrics filled with the colors and textures of Italy. Then cut and stitch together a fabric collage reflecting your magical week in Orvieto. Exquisite beaded embellishments bring your art piece to life. What a magnificent way to remember Italy.
This course is suitable for all levels including beginners.
Itinerary
Sept 26 - Arrive Orvieto, group dinner
Sept 27 - Studio: Fabric painting starting with the basics of mixing
color. Techniques to create images easily on fabric resulting
in a range of base fabrics for embellishing.
Italian culture and oil tasting, Orvieto walking tour.
Sept 28 - Studio: Further surface design techniques such as rubbings,
collage, and printing to create additional textures on your
fabrics.
Cooking class - learn to make pasta and other dishes, and
enjoy the fruits of your labors!
Sept 29 - Beading workshop to learn a range of beading stitches for
further embellishment.
Picnic lunch
Learn about the Eturscans through an Etruscan cave tour.
Optional wine tasting.
Sept 30 - Market Day: Exploration and inspiration with color & texture.
Studio: Combine all the techniques learned to start working
on your treasured memento of Orvieto.
Picnic lunch with food from the market.
Vineyard tour - visit a local vineyard to learn the vintner’s
passion for wine. Sample several wines, including Orvieto
Classico.
Oct 1 - Studio: Work on final touches of your masterpieces.
Group lunch at favorite pizzeria.
Show and share your week’s work.
Oct 2 - Depart Orvieto
Details
Cost - $2775. Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging and basic course materials. Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Because Italian cuisine is such fun, meals are not prearranged or included - we do give lots of advice! Travel costs are not included.
Click here for registrations and terms, or contact us by e-mail,
phone or writing at the contact information below.
Adventures in Italy, 1 Nob Hill, Columbia, SC 29210, 803.233.3164, info@AdventuresInItaly.net
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Meet Lisa
Australian
textile artist,
Lisa Walton,
has developed her unique style over the last sixteen years. The majority of her quilts are designed to be hung on walls and display a rich use of texture & color using hand dyed and painted fabrics and bead embellishments. She has studied quilting, dyeing and bead embellishment techniques in the United States. Lisa has recently been awarded 3rd Prize at the American Quilters Society Show in Paducah and 2nd Prize at the Festival
of Quilts in the
UK (Europe's
larges quilt show)
for her quilt
Bushfire Sunset.
It has just
appearied on the
latest cover of
the AQS Fall
Catalogue.
She has been
invited to teach at the prestigious Symposium in New Zealand in 2011 alongside the cream of the world's quilt tutors.
Lisa teaches in Australia, the UK and Europe, using her travels to gather inspiration for her work from the colors and textures around her. She and her husband share a passion for food and love visiting fresh food markets wherever they are traveling.
Her business, Dyed and Gone to Heaven, produces wonderful hand dyed and painted fabrics for textile artists all over the world.
Lisa has had two solo exhibitions and exhibits with other textile artists in traveling exhibitions worldwide. Her quilt projects are regularly published in major Australian quilting magazines and workshop projects on DVD. See more of Lisa's work at www.dyedheaven.com and www.fibreinspirations.blogspot.com.
Australian
textile artist,
Lisa Walton,
has developed her unique style over the last sixteen years. The majority of her quilts are designed to be hung on walls and display a rich use of texture & color using hand dyed and painted fabrics and bead embellishments. She has studied quilting, dyeing and bead embellishment techniques in the United States. Lisa has recently been awarded 3rd Prize at the American Quilters Society Show in Paducah and 2nd Prize at the Festival
of Quilts in the
UK (Europe's
larges quilt show)
for her quilt
Bushfire Sunset.
It has just
appearied on the
latest cover of
the AQS Fall
Catalogue.
She has been
invited to teach at the prestigious Symposium in New Zealand in 2011 alongside the cream of the world's quilt tutors.
Lisa teaches in Australia, the UK and Europe, using her travels to gather inspiration for her work from the colors and textures around her. She and her husband share a passion for food and love visiting fresh food markets wherever they are traveling.
Her business, Dyed and Gone to Heaven, produces wonderful hand dyed and painted fabrics for textile artists all over the world.
Lisa has had two solo exhibitions and exhibits with other textile artists in traveling exhibitions worldwide. Her quilt projects are regularly published in major Australian quilting magazines and workshop projects on DVD. See more of Lisa's work at www.dyedheaven.com and www.fibreinspirations.blogspot.com.
Have a friend or spouse who would like to join you but not this workshop? Check out Discover Orvieto. To explore other trips go to Trips. To learn more visit About Us. View Photos of Orvieto.
Want to see more of Lisa's work? We have a
gallery of her work.
gallery of her work.
