Durham Guild Programme 2012
First Thursdays
Jan. 5 Dinner - Bowburn Hotel. 7.30 - 8.00 pm pay on the night.
Feb 2 A.G.M. Followed by CIA giving a demonstration of hand tied flowers.
Mar 1 Hippy Lizard - Leanne Bain - Fabric Manipulation.
Http:www.hippylizard.com/viewcat.php? Catagory=31
Apr 5 Ellie Langley - Fleece with altitude.
She lives in the wilds of upper weardale and uses fleece
from her own sheep and other local farmers to make felted items from
hats to tents and coffins!
Http:www.slackhousefarm.com/Feltmaking.html
May 3 Dr Ann Walker - Weaving art form or economic opportunity.
She lives and works in Barnard Castle and has her own company
called Kisdon Originals.
Http:www.thetextiledirectory.com/listings/ artists Designers
Makers/textile-Artists Craftspeople/Kisdon-Originals.
Jun 7 Jon Naturalborndyers - Jon Booker - Catalysis emulsification,
big hammers and old tights. In 2010 Jon & his partner set up a small
indie-dyeing business to produce high quality yarns with dyes they extract
Jul 5 Lindsey Tyson - Nuno Felt, talk & demonstration Weaving & textile artist
HTTP://www.lindseytyson.co.uk Will be demonstrating a felting technique
Lindsey has her 1st Class Honours Degree, her specialism is in
Jacquard weaving.
Sep 6 Jan Bee Brown - Sculptural feltmaker textile artist, designer & curator.
(Scarborough Museums Trust). Http:www.janbeebrown.co.uk/
She tells stories through felt & fabric that are personal, public &
private-reflected in the eyes of generations of women.
Oct 5 Textile Techniques - Batik - the people behind the cloth.
PLEASE NOTE FRIDAY EVENING.
Http://textiletechnique.co.uk
Diane & Jim Gaffney travel the world buying, selling, & exhibiting hand made
textiles & learning & talking about the people who make them & the
techniques they use to make them.
Nov 1 Diana Barclay - Possums & Paua a sabbatical year in Dunedin New Zealand.
Dec 6 Christmas Party.
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WORKSHOPS10am - 4pm. At St Oswald's fees for workshops will vary.
Mar 17 - Nmirla Bankhead - Painting with fibres.
Jun 9 - Chrissie Morgan - Monoprinting on fabric.
Oct 6 - Textile Techniques - Batik (following the talk on Fri 5th).
All these evening meetings will be held at Redwood Lodge
Charges for First Thursdays Members & visitors £2.00. (Except Feb & Dec)
The Guild also meets at St Oswalds on the Third Thursday of the month (except Dec)
Drop in any time 10am to 3pm no charge.
