Jazzturtle is coming!
Making a quick post today to share some news. And if youre in the Netherlands, or hailing distance of, you might just want to jump at an opportunity here! June this year sees the return of Esther Rodgers (Jazzturtle) to our flat lands for more amazing workshops! Extra special for me this year because I will also be there to assist her during the FOUR DAY fiber extravaganza! The lovely Alet has been busy organising an amazing stay for us at a wonderful location of Mennorode in the middle of the Veluwe natural park area (which is gorgeous), and the cost includes full board during the workshop duration (OMG and materials too!), so the fun doesnt have to stop at the end of the workshop day (YAY!). Esther is a wonderfully talented fiber artist from the US, she is especially known for her amazing extreme tailspun yarns, and I know first hand just how awesome her fantastically textured batt making is. Like me, Esther has also been caught by the weaving bug too, and is producing some incredible constructions with handspuns. During her stay here we will be covering two workshops, the first at the beginning of the week is designed for beginning art yarn spinners, people who are ready to expand their spin horizons, try out lots of new techniques, create their own very expressive yarns and learn some principles of art yarn design. Esther has a great program and I will also be there to assist during class so you can be really sure of loads of personal attention, this is a great opportunity to really get to grips (ok maybe not literally!) with your fibers and start experimenting with sculpting them to your will! The second set of workshop days are designed for more advanced art yarn spinners, more technique sharing, trouble shooting, and a move into weaving too! (YES I am excited about this!) Esther is incredibly creative and innovative, I think its fabulous that we can share time and some of that creativity with her in such fabulous way! Ok, details: Here’s the program! Workshop 1 (Friday 28th of June : 17.00 to Sunday 30 June 15.00) 18.00 Dinner Buffet 19.30 Programme and start workshops till 21.30 hours Saturday 29 and Sunday 30: carding techniques on several types of carders and blending boards, lots of spinning techniques like core spinning, tail spinning etc. We will work till 15.00 on Sunday, show and tell. Workshop 2 is for the advanced art yarn spinner. Sunday 30th of June: 17.00 to Tuesday 2 July 15.000 (or maybe even a day longer if people want!) After the welome at 17.00 the program is the same as from workshop 1. There...
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