Summer School in Cornwall July 28th - 1st August 2009
The summer school is being held near Penzance. The emphasis will be on dyeing silk chiffon, habotai and other qualities of fabric and wool fibres, using both dip dyeing and shibori [tied resist dyeing] techniques, to create, by piecing and layering, beautiful textured clothing and accessories. Lizzie will instruct and reveal her methods of creating garments and hats.
Midweek there will be a workshop led by Sue Dove, the renowned textile artist, [see her book Painting with Stitches] entitled Artwork for Textiles. Using collage, paint and oil pastels, a simple exercise will be explored, that produces exciting and surprising abstract images. These techniques will then be applied to your own source ideas, exploring and expanding ways to extend your textile work.
The course fee is £280 and will include some silk fabrics and fibres, lunches and an evening social buffet.
Please contact Lizzie for booking and further information.
Creative Felting published by:
Gaia - November 2007 - ISBN 978-1-85675-208-4
Lark Books - January 2008 - ISBN 978-1600592249
This is a book to inspire feltmakers with lots of ideas taken from nature.
It is full of colour, with beautiful photographs. There is clear and detailed
step-by-step instructions for 10 different felting techniques, to encourage
experimentation and embellishment in feltmaking.
For a signed copy send
a cheque for £12.99 Plus £2p.p to Lizzie Houghton, 90 Poppleton Rd, London,
E11 1LT. Please state who you would like the book dedicated to.
About Lizzie
Lizzie Houghton trained as a Fashion Designer, has a City and Guilds qualification in creative embroidery, and is a very enthusiastic felt maker. She is an adult education teacher of felt making and machine embroidery as well as running her own workshops in feltmaking and other textile subjects. Lizzie has a studio in Leytonstone, East London, on the edge of Epping Forest where she lives.
A love of colour, pattern, textures, and natural forms combined with luxury natural fabrics are Lizzie’s greatest inspiration. She creates ‘one off’ jackets, hats, scarves, cushions, silk painted and embroidered pictures and other decorative items, incorporating her printing, dyeing and machine embroidery skills. She is currently experimenting widely with hand rolled felt and Nuno felting techniques with the addition of silks and velvets.
