INTERIOR DESIGN - workshops & classes
Introduction to NEST BUILDING - 6 to 8 sessions
This course, and the inspiration for my recent book: Nest Building - A Guide To Finding Your Inner Interior Designer, is part psychology, part design. Participants will explore the historic, environmental and cultural influences that have contributed to the appearance and function of their personal, domestic living spaces.
Students will delve inside to find their own, unique sense of home and place and use this knowledge to create better living and working environments tailor-made to reflect and support their needs.
From these sessions students will gain the confidence and ability to create a home environment that is an authentic, functional extension of themselves. Download Materials List
Weekend Workshop: Introduction to NEST BUILDING
This course is part psychology, part design. It is a course that will help participants discover the interior designer within by exploring the environmental, cultural and personal influences on the appearance and function of domestic living spaces. Students will delve inside to find their own, unique sense of home and use this knowledge to create better personal environments combining the theoretical with the practical wherever possible. Download Materials List
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FABRIC ART - workshops & classes
SHEER DELIGHT!
MIX, BLEND, HIGHLIGHT & SHADE using only layers of sheer fabrics to create abstract compositions and landscapes reminiscent of delicate watercolours. During this 2-day workshop, you will see how the application of layers of delicate materials subtley softens edges, transforms hues and alters perspectives.
This is a workshop for fabric lovers who are keen to let loose and experiment! Download Materials List
‘We were all so honored to have you share so freely your gift and spirit. There is a difference between a teacher and a spirit guide, you have been a blend of both to me…’
Cinda – Balfour, BC, 2009
FabricPLAY
Samples of FabricPLAY techniques: Collaged Pear; Woven Pear; Stippled Pear; Contoured Pear; Stained Glass Pear; & Scratched Pear.
This 2 or 3-day workshop introduces participants to a variety of techniques and is suitable for beginners and veterans alike. We will work with no specific project in mind so that you can focus of the process rather than worry about the end result. We will experiment with contouring, collage, shading and highlighting, employing a variety of fabric textures, weights and tones. I will demonstrate how to mix your own colours with threads and fabrics…just like a painter but without the mess!
From the methodologies sampled in this ‘smorgasbord’ workshop, hopefully you will return to your studio with at least one new technique or insight you are excited about and keen to practice, develop and make your own. Download Materials List
'Skitching' - Freestyle Machine Embroidery
Whether you are an artist, a quilter or a fabric embellisher, this workshop is for you! Once you learn to control your stitching, freestyle machine embroidery opens up a whole new world of design and enhancement for beginners and intermediates alike. During this workshop you will practice drawing - shading and highlighting; along with special effects such as stipling and lace-making. Freestyle embroidery can be very frustrating until you get into the rhythm. It requires hours of practice, but this workshop will show you some techniques you need to get you started. Download Materials List
Introduction of Fabric Collage & Freestyle Machine Embroidery
This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the basics of fabric collage and freestyle machine embroidery through a series of short demonstrations and exercises. Since this is a very basic introduction to a number of techniques, participants should not necessarily expect to complete a specific project and should view this workshop as a sampling of ideas that they can take away and develop further ... practice, practice, practice! Download Materials List
Fabric Art Project Workshop
These workshop sessions are designed for those who have a specific project in mind that they would like to undertake. After initial instruction in various fabric art techniques, participants will be invited to bring in their works-in-progress and work during class time using and drawing upon the wisdom and creativity of the group and the experience of the instructor/mentor for inspiration and guidance. Download Materials List
Earth, Wind, Fire & Water
This series of workshops introduces participants to freestyle machine embroidery and fabric collage.
Participants will be taught to SEE elements of the natural world around them and to translate them into fabric using a full palette of colours and textures to interpret and convey the essence of each element. Download Materials List
Birth Of A Fabricscape
During these sessions students will begin by experimenting with technique and practicing 'sketching' with their sewing machines. Later, students will learn how to apply colour and dimension to their compositions using fabrics and freestyle rendering. Download Materials List
If Artists Had Sewing Machines! Seeing It - Sewing It
This workshop introduces participants to fabric selection, application, composition and art appreciation.
By studying an artist of your choice, you will develop an added appreciation for their vision and technique as well as enhancing your own ability to visualize and project your creativity via the medium of fabric art. Download Materials List		 Learning to SEE sounds pretty simplistic but, because our vision is often distorted by input from other senses, or by our preconceived expectations, learning to SEE again is a very disciplined and specific challenge. This course aims to help students simplify a scene, or an object, by breaking it down into its fundamental shapes, contours, shadows and forms and, having done so, reassemble it in fabric. Download Materials List
‘I found the workshop "Seeing It, Sewing It" to be a great introduction to fabric art. As a lover of fabric, it was inspiring and opened up a new world of creative possibilities for me. Kate's various techniques were clearly demonstrated in the class. We were able to practice these under her guidance on suggested projects. Kate really changed how I "see" things with a new awareness of colour, shapes, contours, shadows. etc. and showed me how to transform what I saw into fabric art.’
Brenda – Calgary, AB, 2008
Abstractions
MIX, BLEND, HIGHLIGHT & SHADE using only layers of sheer fabrics to create abstract compositions and landscapes reminiscent of delicate watercolours. During this 2-day workshop, you will see how the application of layers of delicate materials subtley softens edges, transforms hues and alters perspectives.
This is a workshop for fabric lovers who are keen to let loose and experiment!
FOR YOUNGER CREATIVE SPIRITS
Young Authors & Illustrators' Club
This is a great opportunity for youngsters (ages 8 - 13) to participate in a series of creative classes or workshops. Emphasis is on creative writing, animation and illustration in an encouraging, fun, non-academic environment. A series of exercises have been prepared to inspire uninhibited expression and foster a love of words, art and communication. Some projects may be posted on this website!

Visit this year's 2011 YOUNG AUTHORS' page and see what they've been writing about!
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