Feb 12
Create your own large scale rubber stamp for clay and paper! Stamps will be hand cut and can be used for ENDLESS art projects!
Saturday June 2nd: 12pm – 4pm
Students will create clay projects and stamp prints on handmade papers. This process can be used at home and in the clay studio. Stamping can bring a new artistic twist for artists of all skill levels.
Explore the possibilities of felt-making and learn various techniques to create one of the oldest forms of textile using natural fibers – wool.
Saturday May 19th
10am – 4pm Ages 15+ – $130 + $20 material fee to instructor
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Morning: Basic felting techniques – students will leave with a “flat” felt scarf
Afternoon: Nuno felting – a combination of fabric with fabric to create light weight felt
Space is limited to 7 Students – Please bring lunch.
Nelly Kouzmina is a Fiber Artist and instructor based in Princeton, NJ. She received many awards for her work – Best in the show award,New Hope Arts Festival, Best in Fiber Art – Trenton City Museum,Artist of the Year (2017), Plainsboro, NJ, and many more. She taught and continues teaching beginners to advanced classes and summer camps at West Windsor Art Council, NJ, Artists of Yardley,PA, Lawrenceville and Plainsboro Twps, NJ.
Pysanky: Ukrainian Egg Workshops
Explore the art, symbolism and joy in creating Pysanky.
June 9th (11-3pm) – Limit 8 students
Ages 12 & up – 40$ + $10 material fee to instructor
Each workshop participant will create a unique and beautiful egg ornament!
You will be guided through all the steps of transforming a plain egg into a work of art. Adult and/or teen students will learn the age old Ukrainian method of Pysanky, decorating eggshells. We will apply a series of melted beeswax and dyes to create traditional star patterns. When complete, the wax is melted off, revealing the vivid colors. Students will have the option of turning their Pysanky into a unique Seasonal ornaments.
Materials (eggs, stylus, dyes, wax…) and instruction will be provided to make one or two Pysanky.
Kits will also be available for purchase, so that students can continue to make Pysanky and wax-resist batik-style eggs at home, for all seasons and occasions.
Basia has been writing Pysanky for over four decades, gathering in the kitchen during Lent to carry on the Ukrainian tradition.
She finds the creation process very soothing and meditative, and look forward to the moment of melting off the wax to reveal the design.
She writes pysanky with traditional patterns, but also enjoys creating egg art with fresh interpretations and original designs (like my beach-inspired seashell patterns).
They make great gifts, especially to commemorate a birthday, anniversary, new home, or just to share with someone special.
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