Louise Martin – Tapestry Weaving

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http://www.louisemartintapestry.com
  • acclaimed tapestry artist now living all the way up in Orkney
  • was senior weaver at Stirling Castle
  • provides tapestry frames so you can get started easily
  • be warned - once most people start, they find it hard to stop!
When the wonderful Louise comes to do her two end on end courses, we occasionally offer a DAY course with her before hand so that some might discover how accessible and wonderful Tapestry can be. Executed on simple frame looms, this age-old craft can be creative and therapeutic, and limited only by your own imagination.
With weaving, the choice is yours, right down to incorporating your own thread if you wish, so whatever you create can have more meaning to you, personally.
Our Weaving courses:
LOOM WEAVING with Jan Beadle (wider table loom)
WOVEN TAPESTRY with Louise Martin

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WOVEN TAPESTRY DAY (MATERIALS PROVIDED)

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Taster or refresher. Come with no experience or bring work you want help with. Looms will be ready-warped, and be shown how to weave simple shapes, mix colours and control your tension. Louise Martin (Orkney www.highamhall.com/louise-martin) £95 (incl. materials, lunch and refreshments) Louise (award-winning!) has two courses following.

FULLY BOOKED: WOVEN TAPESTRY: KENTE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

We shall be taking a look at Ghanaian Kente Cloths, shifting from weft to warp face, exploring symbolic colour and shape.   Louise Martin (Orkney www.highamhall.com/louise-martin) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190 Also see TAPESTRY DAY, preceding, and PRIMITIVE MARK MAKING, following

FULLY BOOKED: WOVEN TAPESTRY: PRIMITIVE MARK MAKING

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

We will be telling a story through pattern and line. Looking at symbols and marks on Bogolon mud cloth, Adinka printed fabric and Mbuti Bark cloth. Design your own tapestry inspired by these cultures.   Louise Martin (Orkney www.highamhall.com/louise-martin) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190 KENTE precedes

WOVEN TAPESTRY DAY (MATERIALS PROVIDED)

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Taster or refresher. Come with no experience or bring work you want help with. Looms will be ready-warped. Be shown how to weave simple shapes, mix colours and control your tension. Louise Martin (Orkney highamhall.com/louise-martin) £95 (incl. materials, lunch and refreshments) Louise (award-winning!) has two courses following.

FULLY BOOKED: WOVEN TAPESTRY: TRANSPARENCY

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

The workshop concentrates on weaving areas where two or more colours overlap. This can be achieved using solid or mixed threads. Louise Martin (Orkney highamhall.com/louise-martin) Residential: £275 Non-residential: £195 Also see TAPESTRY DAY, preceding, and OPTICAL ILLUSIONS, following

FULLY BOOKED: WOVEN TAPESTRY: OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This course will concentrate on weaving shapes, sometimes with repetition, often with precision, solid colour and a beautiful quality of line to produce a woven optical illusion. Louise Martin (Orkney highamhall.com/louise-martin) Residential: £275 Non-residential: £195 TRANSPARENCY with Louise precedes this course.

WOVEN TAPESTRY DAY (MATERIALS PROVIDED)

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This one-day course serves either as an introduction for those new to tapestry or as a refresher covering the fundamentals of tapestry weaving. Looms will be ready for you to start weaving an image of a tree. The first in a series of 3 courses led by international award-winning tapestry artist Louise during her spring 

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WOVEN TAPESTRY: LANDSCAPE TO WEAVE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Capture the essence of Higham's gardens and the surrounding landscape first in yarn and then directly into weave. The second in a series of 3 separate courses led by international award-winning tapestry artist Louise. See also TAPESTRY DAY (10 April) and WOVEN TAPESTRY: TREES, (12 to 14 April). Louise Martin (Orkney www.highamhall.com/louise-martin) Residential: £295 Non-residential: £215

WOVEN TAPESTRY: TREES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This course will focus on observing form and texture in the trees at Higham. We will look at how trees have been portrayed in tapestry and explore various weaverly possibilities. The last in a series of 3 separate courses led by international award-winning tapestry artist Louise. See also TAPESTRY DAY (10 April) and WOVEN TAPESTRY: LANDSCAPE 

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