The Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ has made arrangements to fly Pierre Fouche from South Africa to teach. The first class, April 6 and 7, filled very quickly, within a week. So they have decided to hold a second class April 9 and 10. I am trying to see if we could take Pierre and other interested parties into NY on the intervening Monday for a visit to the Metropolitan Museum and a viewing at the Ratti. No promises on this since it involves some transport.
Pierre gave this class in England as part of Jane Atkinson's exhibit Ebb'n'Flow and people who took it said it was great. One person said "Pierre is a rock star". The class involves a fair amount of lecture as well as hands on work. The maximum class size is 20. Here is a description of the class: This program kicks off with an artist’s talk titled The Lacemaker and the Sailor, in which Fouché will give a behind-the-scenes look at his studio practice that spans more than a decade of art lacemaking, textiles, and work in traditional media. A design lecture on figurative lace follows the talk. It will cover more technical information while outlining the creative process from conception to completion. Students will be presented with a variety of options to consider in answering the question, “How can I make this in lace?” Students will then participate in a hands-on workshop, which Fouché calls “The Binche Algorithm,” learning how to interpret irregular lace shapes without having to draw and follow a thread diagram. Participants will undertake a progressively challenging series of exercises/lace puzzles, which aims to demystify free-styling lace. There will be a specific focus on the thread movements of Flanders and Binche techniques through a series of exercises that will give students the opportunity to “feel” their way through these styles as they incorporate them into contemporary lace pieces. This workshop is ideal for anyone with an intermediate knowledge of lacemaking, or for beginners with some experience in working linen stitch in either Torchon or Point-Ground. Fouché‘s art was included in the Hunterdon Art Museum’s recent groundbreaking exhibition Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques. Fouché’s production spans a number of distinctive media and approaches, including traditional craft techniques, recontextualised found objects, performances and interventions. In 2007 he was awarded one of South Africa’s most prestigious art prizes: the Absa L’Atelier award. He is represented by Whatiftheworld gallery in Cape Town, South Africa, where he lives. Details and sign-up information can be found on the Hunterdon Art Museum's site under Winter classes. Here is a link: TinyURL.com/yd7ctxq4 The lace show will be over by the time this class occurs. However the show on exhibit there is one of an artist who knits animal skins of endangered species, Ruth Marshall: Knitting the Endangered. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
