AMANDA CLAYTON
'Quietly Composed' Amanda Clayton
1st and 2nd April 2017
I am thrilled that Amanda is coming to teach at Moor Hall. I have known her for some time now and have worked beside her on Textile Study Group Courses. I have even had the privilege of having been taught be her on a couple of occasions. So I am speaking first hand when I say she is a fabulous thought provoking teacher.
She will be teaching a two day course called '
Quietly Composed' which is aimed at those artists; embroiderers in particular, who wish to explore observational starting points and develop ideas through cloth and stitch.
To quote Amanda
"I believe that stripping work down to bare formal elements can help us to understand ourselves, especially our likes and dislikes, and develop our individual visual language. Some embroiderers feel they have to draw but do not necessarily know why. This course will show you how to 'draw for a reason'. It will also open a dialogue of 'what is drawing?'
You will discover on this course her strong philosophies about linking paper and cloth qualities, also mark and stitch.
"From the feedback I have had after delivering a course I know that students have said how links and connections are made with their work and themselves"
This course is not about producing one piece of work but reinforcing a work process that you will revisit constantly afterwards.
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