Tapestry Design

The following tapestry design workshops are being put on by the Toronto Weavining Network and will be held at the Mimico Adult Centre located at 255 Royal York, Toronto on the dates listed below. For more information contact tapestryline@sympatico.ca or call 905 836 1321. Each workshop is $25 to participate. Materials are an additional cost unless you have your own. Below, please find a list of materials that we will be using throughout the workshops, though there may be instances where you may have to purchase an additional item to complete the projects. You can pay a one time $20 fee for materials especially valuable if you sign up for more than one workshop.

April 6 2009 10am to 1pm Tapestry Design #1: Exploring the Element of Design: Line
April 20 2009 10am to 1pm Tapestry Design #2: Exploring the Element of Design: Shape
April 27 2009 10am to 1pm Tapestry Design #3: Exploring the Element of Design:
Texture
May 4 2009 10am to 1pm Tapestry Design #4: Exploring the Element of Design: Space
May 11 2009 10am to 1pm Tapestry Design #5a: Exploring the Element of Design:
Colour - part one
May 11 2009 1pm to 4pm Tapestry Design #5b: Exploring the Element of Design:
Colour - part two

List of Materials required:
glue stick
xacto knife
5 or 10 magazines of things you find pleasing
or photographs you have taken yourself
or paintings or pictures of paintings you like (5 or 10)
or all of the above or a mix of the above
scissors
acrylic paint
watercolour paper
cardstock
8 1/2 x 11 white paper
coloured papers preferably not construction paper. Obtainable from an art store.
Assorted yarns
2H pencil
white artist eraser
markers
black markers - different thicknesses
assorted paint brushes
pencil crayons