This is the last chance to sign up for the Shibori dyed Kimono class at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond VA - Starts Jan 6 and runs for 8 mornings. 

https://www.visarts.org/classes/onsite-shibori-dyed-kimono-style-jacket/

The last of my workshop offerings at Visarts is The Magic of Discharge Printing. This class may have the wrong title on the main class page but the link below takes you to the right place.
Discharge is the removal of color from a dyed fabric. I call it magic because it is! Really it's just chemistry but where's the fun in that. The results are fast and uniquely evocative looking a bit like x-rays.
https://reg130.imperisoft.com/.../38393.../Registration.aspx

The second of my Visarts (in Richmond Virginia) winter workshops is Shibori. A popular 2 day class I try to teach each semester. This is the ancient Japanese art of tie-dye. We use fiber reactive dyes and the results are always stunning. A really fun workshop which doesn't require any previous experience.
https://reg130.imperisoft.com/.../38393.../Registration.aspx

 I have two pieces in this incredible show. Quilts=Art=Quilts in Auburn NY. Check out the virtual tour.

https://schweinfurthartcenter.org/quiltsartquilts-2021/

The first of my Visarts winter workshops I want to share is Indigo Vat Dyeing with Paste Resist, Jan 15 &16. It sounds a bit academic but it's a fun class with immediate results which is why I like dyeing with Indigo. We'll be using an organic Indigo vat and a "mud" paste resist along with some super simple printing and painting techniques. No dye or printing experience needed.  

Visual Arts Center of Richmond Virginia
https://reg130.imperisoft.com/.../38393.../Registration.aspx

The third of my classes for the winter session at the Visual Art Center (Richmond) is Dye Printing on Fabric. This is a super fun class that teaches lots of different printing techniques (no prior experience necessary) and aspects of how dyes work as a printing medium. Lot's of great designs have come out of this class in the past. Starts Wednesday Jan 5 in the afternoon.

https://reg130.imperisoft.com/visarts/ProgramDetail/3839353335/Registration.aspx

Here is another of my Visarts classes starting Jan 5, 2022. Tthe Shibori-Dyed, Kimono-Style Jacket. We will explore different shibori (tie-dye) patterns and fabric types and then make this simple jacket based on a Japanese Haori (a short kimono). The sewing is simple so beginners are welcome (I taught this at VCU to film, photo, and sculpture students with no sewing experience)
https://reg130.imperisoft.com/.../38393.../Registration.aspx

Classes are now open for all to register at Visarts in Richmond. I'm offering a number of different classes and workshops starting in January and I'm going to try to get them all to run. My Art Quilt Studio is Monday evenings and already has 3 registered. I can cover the basics of quilt making if you are a beginner or help you move into a more individual and creative way of working if that's what you are looking for.

https://reg130.imperisoft.com/visarts/ProgramDetail/3839353337/Registration.aspx

Just in time for the nicer weather - New t-shirts for sale from my Studio

Each one a unique artistic statement

#3 X Large $42 (back shown)
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#3 X Large $42 (front shown)
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#4 Large $42
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#5 XX Large $42
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#6 Large $42
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#7 X Large $42
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#8 Medium $42
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#9 X Large $42
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#10 Small $42
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#11 Medium $42
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#12 XX Large $22 -has flaw
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#13 Medium $42
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#14 Large $42
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#15 X Small $42
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#16 Medium $42
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#17 X Large $42
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#18 Medium $42
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#1 Medium $42
sizes run a little big