Fran Skiles

www.FranSkiles.com

Paper and Fiber Collage

April 10 - 16, 2011

Medium: Mixed Media
Level: All Levels
5-Day Studio Class

This five-day workshop emphasizes the process involved in creating fabric and paper collages. Participants are encouraged to work intuitively to build shapes, structure and texture into constructed canvases using a sewing machine, hand-stitching and acrylic medium. Students will work with and have demonstrations in painting, mono-printing, silk-screen, copy paper  bonding, plus other techniques. These studies may become completed projects and/or works-in-progress. The class includes demonstrations, group discussions, and individual critiques.

Biography

Fran has a BA in Clothing Design from West Virginia University. Her 22+ years in fiber art / mixed media making have evolved into stitched hard surface paper and fabric collages. She currently teaches collage/painting workshops and works full-time at her studio in Fort Lauderdale.