International Locations
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Archive for August, 2009
Osman Technique for felt Rug Workshop August 21,22,23 2009
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Roxbury Arts Group / Roxbury New York / officemgr@roxburyartsgroup.org
| Three day workshop with Theresa May O’Brien. This contemporary technique for highly detailed felt designs laminated with cottton fabric will offer students unlimited surface design possibilities. This technique is one which which May-O’Brien has been developing with Turkish Felt Master Mehmet Girgic. The style has allowed the artist to first work with traditional Turkish designs and then open up the possibilities to the numerous decorative patterns of the world.Students will work with a natural dye palette of merino wool which has been crafted by the artisans at Kececi. Students will be encouraged to expand this palette by mixing and blending to fit the students unique taste. Students will first organize their design and then apply hand crafted wool outlining to emphasize the detail of the design. This outlining will be followed by color inlay work and lastly the backing construction. After all layout is complete, students will practice varrious methods for felting and then fulling the goods into a durrable art piece. Finnished rug will measure aprox 2′x3′ $300 includes materials. Call 607-326-7908 to register. |
İKONİUM/ New Istanbul Location
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Mehmet Girgiç /Konya Rug producer, dye master and feltmaker has moved his beautiful collection of hand crafted halı, kilim and felt to a lovely location in the Eminönü district of Istanbul. The balcony of the new shop ovelooks the Küçük Ayasofya and the Golden Horn. Anyone interested in visiting the shop or taking a feltmaking workshop can contact us: thefeltmaker@yahoo.com or felter508@yahoo.com for more information.
The adress for the new shop is: #80 Küçük Ayasofya Caddessi/ #2 flat /Istanbul, Turkey
