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Arts and Crafts The Arts and Crafts sub-committee organises Annual Days, Classes, Dabble Days and Competitions.
Art & Craft Annual Days are to be held on
Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th October 2010 at Ditton Community Centre.
Come and meet Diana Warnock, her talk and
slides on 'Changes in Fashion as Women's Role Changed in the 20th
Century' will delight and inform us.
Ann Shearn is coming to Ditton to show us
how to make and use Natural dyeing for wool and fabric, most
fascinating to learn about the many knowledgeable ideas given in her
talk.
We are pleased to say Dawn
Cameron-Dick is going to show us 'One Woman's Quilts', giving an
insight on how she creates many fantastic designs.
A chance for you to locate your Institute
Page, this was created by members and put into the Federation 75th
Anniversary Book, which is on loan for these two days.
Members craftwork, made at workshops
held recently, will also be on display for you to admire.
Lots of interesting ideas, things to see
and purchase if you wish, and many friends to meet. Do come along to
this event in October, we would like you to apply by sending the
application form, which can be found in the West Kent News, giving you
further information about our Annual event which we hope you enjoy.
These days will be for
Members Only
Annual Days 2009
Was held at Ditton Community Centre on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th May 2009.
We learned about Rag Rug Making
with guest speaker Debbie Siniska, who is primarily a textile artist.
Debbie also makes a small range of bead jewellery using glass seed beads
and shell buttons, and tiaras with Swarovski crystals.
Our second guest was Mike Jones, the title of his show 'Dissolvent Views' refers to the way each picture fades, or dissolves into the next. As a keen photographer Mike believes that the sound brings another dimension to the enjoyment of photograph images. We were shown some of the historic collection of images from the archives of Maidstone Museum. In the afternoon Billy Showell who graduated from St. Martin's School of Art with a B.A. in fashion design, but was irresistibly drawn to painting and illustration. She teaches Botanical Painting in Sevenoaks. Billy is fascinated by flowers and has long used their forms as her inspiration in her paintings. all in all, a very enjoyable day. Around the hall there were craft stalls:- Barbara Gray - of Clarity Stamp (new to us) with Stamps for you to purchase. She was demonstrating at her table with a good range of items for you to see; Sam Beresford brought her lovely silk threads; Sue Wood had hand made miniatures and beadwork; and fabric on the bring and buy tables where we bought our bargains. A return visit from the Scrapbook Sisters with their wonderful range of paper craft materials who also gave us a demonstration after the lunch break. There was lots to see and do. Thank you Art & Craft Sub-Committee members for another super Annual Day.
If you have never attended a Day School before
why not try one of our Art & Craft days? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forthcoming Events for Art and
Craft
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Stumpwork Embroidery
on 4th and 6th August,
members will create a Thistle design in this effective form of
embroidery, tutored by June Hanraham.
On September 6th and 20th members who wish to Learn to Knit are welcome to apply for a place. This workshop is purely for beginners to learn how to casts on, read a pattern, then cast off and sew up the item.
Members are asked to bring with them a
ball of Double Knitting wool and a pair of No 8 Knitting needles. Do
not worry if you haven't got these, as I am sure we can find some for
you to use on the day, also patterns will be available for use.
Application forms can
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Display Cabinet
North Downs District have their craftwork
on display at our headquarter at present. Previously on display we
had craft from Heath, Holmesdale, Hoo Peninsula, Kent Gate, Len
Valley, Malling, and Medway Valley districts.
We thank all members who contributed to
the Cabinet displays, and we look forward to seeing more lovely work
next year, the Districts selected will be asked shortly.
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photograph above shows the sort of Craft Work that can be seen in the
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