4242 Gradient Dyeing

4242 Gradient Dyeing

Class | Available

349 W. Commercial St. Studio 1940 East Rochester, NY 14445 United States

2

Beginner to experienced

Sunday, June 30, 2024 (one day)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Sun

$74.00

$20.00

Registration Deadline: 6/26


Values from light to dark and nearly invisible transitions from color to color help make our textile work both more subtle and more exciting. This class is geared to weavers—especially tapestry weavers—cross stitchers, and knitters or crocheters who just can’t find in commercially dyed yarns the range of color they want and need to express themselves in their work. Students will bring their own pre-made skeins prepared according to directions sent by the instructor and work with the fiber of their choice—wool, silk, cotton, Tencel, embroidery floss—and use synthetic dyes to create their sets, or families, of yarns smoothly graded in value, or color, or both. Previous dyeing experience is not required.  

AGE: Teens & Adults 

**This Class has a special tuition rate for children. At the top of the page, select Youth Discount. At checkout, a child's tuition will be discounted to $20. The student must be registered as a child in your account profile to receive the discount.


  • MATERIALS FEE: $15.00 paid to instructor for handouts, all dyes and auxiliaries 


Robards, Joyce

After a career of more than ten years in fine arts and art education, I “discovered” fiber arts while on a sabbatical leave earning my MST in textiles at RIT. Following graduation, participation in the active and knowledgeable Weavers’ Guild of Rochester and volunteer work for HGA gave me different, but equally valuable, perspectives on the craft of handweaving. I began my professional weaving life on the local craft show circuit, but the joy of teaching continued to beckon. I now meld my drive to create and the irrepressible urge to work with fibers with teaching. I enjoy sharing both my professional knowledge and experience-honed skills and my unique perspectives on the fiber crafts in the classes, workshops and programs I offer. I am one of the “founding members” of the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, and in addition to a regular schedule of weaving and other textile technique classes there, I present programs and workshops for fiber-related Guilds and conferences, and produce a limited line of handwovens for sale.