handpainting silk and felt
July 3-4-5, 2015 Heike Reul
make an unique design
Heike Reul from Germany has recently celebrated her 30 years anniversary of her profession as a designer. She will learn you in this workshop how to give colour to your work, not with wool but with painting on silk- it`s wonderful for nuno felt! You also will give structure in the colours and ornaments if you want too. At last you will learn to felt the silk with your hands or with an sander or with the washing- machine. Heike will also show how to crash silk.
what will we do
1st day - demonstration of the painting of silk. Choosing a simple sewingpattern and drawing the pattern on silk. Start to paint the fabric.
2nd day - the painting will go on and after Heike will fix the silk in her gear. Now you can paint other things until the fixation will be ready.
3rd day – demonstrating by Heike how she felt the silk. Then you will start to felt your separate pieces yourself. You will sewing and finish the garment at home.Who is Heike Reul
Heike Reul combines her love for painting with her passion for design garments. She paints on silk since 30 years. Later she learned nuno felting and give structure to her work. She loves the meditation of painting and the “body work” of nuno felt! In the book “Passion Felt” (Ellen Bakker/ Ricarda Assmann) you can read more about her. http://www.kunstgewand.de
1978-1981 Freestyle Theatrical Work “ Hundertfleck”; 1979-1984 academiestudies of Art and Textile Design at Bonn University; since 1984 free lance; 1994-2003 teacher at University of Cologne and Münster Since 2007 member of ADK Niederrhein
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Registration Atelier Fiberfusing
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