Showing posts with label dyeing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dyeing. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Monday, April 17, 2006

Take Weaving Classes this Summer!

SummerArts 2006
Bronx Community College, Continuing & Professional Studies

Summer Weaving Classes Taught by Betty Vera



Beginning Weaving
Hand woven textiles are lovely to look at and delightful to touch. This weaving workshop is for any beginner who wants to learn about fibers, yarns, & weave structures. You’ll finish a weaving project on your own lap loom.

Adults & Children 8 +
Section 1 July 11, 12 13 , 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Tuition: $100 , $20 supply fee
Instructor: Betty Vera


Dye-Painting & Weaving on Harness Looms
Using pre-threaded table looms, you will hand-paint a colorful design on your warp yarns with easy-to-use, water-based Procion MX fiber-reactive dyes after the yarns are rinsed and dried, you will weave their painted warp into an eye-catching scarf or fashion accessory. No previous weaving or dyeing experience is necessary. The looms, dyes, & yarns will be provided, just come prepared to be amazed at how quickly & beautifully you can learn to dye and weave
Adults & Children 12 +
Section 1 July 10, 11, 12, 13, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Tuition: $100, $20 supply fee
Instructor: Betty Vera


Betty Vera’s woven images, integrating color and structure, have been featured in American Craft, Fiberarts, and Surface Design. A fibers instructor at Montclair State University and the Fashion Institute of Technology, she has received awards from the Empire State Crafts Alliance and the Ruth Chenven Foundation.

Friday, March 3, 2006

Weaving & Fiber Dyeing are BACK, along with a New Drop Spindle Workshop for Summer '06

SummerArts 2006
Fiber Arts coming to The Bronx

We're excited! We have Betty Vera returning to teach both her beginner's weaving class AND a fiber dyeing class using Procion MX fiber-reactive dyes. Participants will get to paint warps on harness looms. A great start to SummerArts 2006.
Betty will be joined by Angela Ferber who has a great beginning spinner's class using a drop spindle and Angela has agreed to host a Kool-Aid dyeing workshop. So if you ever thought you wanted to learn to weave, to spin or to dye fiber or fabric now's the time.
We'll keep you posted on our other instructors and their courses, and don't forget to email us so we can send you the SummerArts 2006 brochure when it's hot off the press.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

The Teachers Have Been Assigned...

Teaching Faculty have Signed Up for SummerArts 2006!

The Continuing & Professional Studies Arts & Culture program at Bronx Community College has signed up the teaching faculty for SummerArts 2006. Most of our visual and performance artists as well as writers and mixed media artists and artisans live in The Bronx, or other boroughs of New York City. So if you are looking for a weekend or evening class or workshop in drawing, painting, poetry , creative writing, weaving or even French style wine and cooking classes, stay tuned. We'll be posting classes and schedules soon.