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For details or further information on any ESP course, contact Brad Cape, EGA Education Coordinator or Marie Campbell, ESP Chairman.
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Extended Study Program (ESP)
The Extended Study Program serves the educational, research, and leadership needs of all embroidery enthusiasts, giving everyone the opportunity to participate in intensive programs that encourage creative expression and personal growth. Extended Study Program faculty are experts in embroidery and textiles and are drawn from the academic and museum community.
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2008 Classes
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November 13-16, 2008
Contemporary Stumpwork (Marsha Papay Gomola)
This class answers the question, "How do I go from the flower, butterfly, or bug in my garden to the dimensional embroidery that I am designing?" First you will be inspired by examples from the EGA Collection and models provided by the tutor. The collection pieces will be studied in depth in the classroom. You will also have access to the Embroidery Museum and Resource Center.
Then you will be ready to concentrate on your own design. You will have the opportunity to select the individual elements that you wish to include in the design. If you are not interested in drawing a design, Marsha will provide several basic designs that can be used as a foundation for your individual elements.
You will be able to begin with this foundation and develop your own unique creation. The process that Marsha uses to translate a flower or butterfly from her garden into her embroidery will be studied in depth. Students will use this method to create the individual elements in their own designs. You will practice silk shading, manipulation of wire, and padding. You will be encouraged to experiment with various threads and stitches to enhance the dimensional effect. Time will also be spent on design transfer, ground fabric selection, and finishing. Join us for this unique opportunity to explore the design process of dimensional embroidery. (www.ladybug-creations.com)
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2009 Classes
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April 19-23, 2009
Behind the Scenes Santa Fe Textile Arts ESP
Santa Fe is a Mecca for textile artists working in diverse media and techniques. It is also a repository for textile artifacts representing thousands of years of artisans at work. The goal of this Extended Study Program is to experience textile arts of today and of centuries of yesterdays. We will go behind the scenes at museums, visit galleries and studios, and enjoy lectures by experts. We will learn about collections and exhibits from textile scholars and historians. Assisting us in our activities will be Lores Klingbeil of the Sandia Mountain Chapter, EGA.
At Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe church in Villanueva we will see a tapestry of several panels depicting the stories of New Mexico as created by local embroiderers. The Santa Fe Opera offers a tour of costumes and their embellishments and a lecture by Carole Rinard, an EGA member with years of costumes experience at the Opera. At the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, we will experience a close look at Southwestern textiles of Navajo, Pueblo and Hopi guided by the Curator of Textiles, Joyce Begay-Foss, who also serves on the national board of the Commission of Indian Arts and Culture. Ms. Begay-Foss will lecture on Southwestern textiles and on Pueblo embroidery technique. On Canyon Road we’ll visit galleries as the Jane Sauer Gallery. Ms Sauer will lecture on textile arts from the perspective of the gallery business. We’ll also visit textile artist studios to see weaving, embroidery, and quilt art.
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June 18-21
Needlework Maps (Catherine Jordan)
Come and explore the exciting world of needlework mapmaking as color, dyeing, and painting effects along with counted and surface embroidery techniques are all combined to produce an original old style needlework map. Each map will be designed with all the fine details found in antique maps: Classic style lettering (including script and flourish), a compass rose, meridian lines, wind symbols, cartouche inserts framing details of the map maker and map, mermaids, sea serpents, whales and any other motifs which would characterize the geographical and historical aspects of your selected region.
This class will introduce students to vintage and illusory coloring effects and palettes, layout options, and some of the key components of historically important and valuable needlework maps and pictures. The final detail of each map includes fabric painting of the shorelines as we explore contemporary techniques applied to old world inspiration!
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July 16-19
Solving Those Crewel Problems (Judy Jeroy)
Immerse yourself in four days studying crewel embroidery in Louisville, Kentucky, with full access to the Embroidery Museum and Resource Center the home of the EGA Collection! Study will begin with a PowerPoint presentation of museum pieces of Jacobean work from Scotland and the United States, as well as contemporary works. Students will then apply this foundation to the study of examples from the EGA Collection, the Crewel Study Box, and the tutor.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own designs and will receive intensive assistance from the tutor. They will be instructed on the correlation of function to form - that is, the stitches and threads best suited for a specific finished object. Students not interested in designing may stitch one of several distinct historical or contemporary designs. After design selections are made, students will review how to transfer designs to fabric make color and stitch choices. The remaining days will be filled with study and stitching, including planning stitches for difficult shapes. Judy will explain and demonstrate her method of realistic shading as it applies to animals, birds, and flowers. Essential technical information will be presented, such as controlling fabric puckers, washing, blocking, and conservation methods. Through a hands-on demonstration, we will stretch, wash, and reassemble a finished but wrinkled stitchery, restoring it to presentation standards.
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