SPIN - Silk Painters International

On the Street Where You Live M/T

All Levels with PJ Cobbs

Home is where the (he)art is whether in your back yard or local neighborhood streets, the red bricks of a tenement building, the colorful signage of a corner store or children playing in the park. Using non-traditional silk painting materials, students will take location photos and work directly from their tablets or phones in order to free up their techniques just a bit. Students may also bring photos from home if they prefer. This workshop is based on PJ's "New York Neighborhoods" series.

PJ Cobbs is a dynamic silk artist from New York City. She has teaching experience at the Textile Art Center in Brooklyn, NY, Newark Museum, New York Public Library, Art School of Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii and Hiui No'eau Visual Arts Center Maui, Hawaii.

Workshop Title	On the Street Where You Live M/T - All Levels
Workshop Dates	9/19/22-9/20/22
Workshop Description	Home is where the (he)art is whether in your back yard or local neighborhood streets, the red bricks of a tenement building, the colorful signage of a corner store or children playing in the park. Using nontraditional silk painting materials, students will take location photos and work directly from their tablets or phones in order to free up their techniques just a bit. Students may also bring photos from home if they prefer. This workshop is based on PJ's "New York Neighborhoods" series. We will be using heat set silk paints. Feel free to use silk dyes. We will not be steaming in class but I will show you how to prepare your silk for steaming if you use dyes.
Materials provided	Heat set silk paints (students who prefer to use silk dyes may bring them), 1 yard of habotai silk, one 34"x34" hand-rolled silk scarf, textile crayons, dimensional paint, acrylic paint, resist, applicators, palettes, small cups, large cups, thumb tacks, safety pins, rubber bands, iron, hairdryer.
Cost of materials provided	$40
What students are required to bring to workshop	brushes for both dyes and acrylic paints 40" stretcher bars with attachments* silk dyes if preferred paper towels hairdryer disposable gloves (optional) iron (optional) * You will have the option to order 40" stretcher bars collectively 30 days before the festival for an additional fee.