Make and Take
a Monstera Leaf in a traditional hoop
All skill levels are very welcome to book for this hands-on event, offering shared experience and discovery with Maxine McCarthy of d-n-a (Developing Natural Arts).
Maxine aims to de-mystify this trending textile technique
Her relaxed, tactile and inspiring class, offers the essential skills you will need to get started, producing original pieces to gift or sell.
The 2.5 - 3 hour session will cover:
Tool Box Talk
Health and Safety in the Classroom
What tools we are using and why
Preparation
Identifying the correct backing cloth
Assessing yarns
‘Making Do’
Design
Transferring the leaf image onto cloth
Choosing yarn colours
Starting!
Preparing the backing cloth
Tightening the fabric
Best ways to manage the yarn
Making the first stitches
Getting used to the tools
Changing colour easily
Problem Solving
What can go wrong
How do we deal with it?
Changing the design
Finishing Off
Tidying up the work
Changing the frame
Finishing neatly
Mounting your work
Moving Forward
Upcycling and using oddments
Re-purposed items that can be used as frames
How to go large on a small budget
Traditional techniques
Future classes!
You will be using a traditional colour palette of Devon (Axminster) carpet yarns and ergonomic (safe and efficient) Amy Oxford hand tools, to produce your own piece.
No need to bring anything along (perhaps a notebook, if you want to squirrel down all of the useful tidbits)- all materials, yarns and tools to make the wall hanging will be supplied.
With practise
these techniques can be scaled up to create much larger pieces of work, such as rugs and wall hangings.
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