I’ve been working on my very first online class, “Tyvek Explorations,” which I plan to launch this spring. I’m hosting it on the Ruzuku platform, which I’ve taken classes on before, and find very flexible and intuitive to use. It allows you to post photos of your work, and get feedback, suggestions and support from me and your fellow students. I’ll provide weekly lessons in the format of videos, photos, and detailed information in PDF format that you can print out and save, so you can go back and do the lessons even after the online portion of the class has closed.
The class will include six lessons covering:
- basic information about different kinds of Tyvek
- safety precautions for melting Tyvek
- melting with an iron and heat gun
- creating beads
- making pins and embellishments
- stitching through Tyvek before and after melting
- manipulating Tyvek before melting to achieve special effects
- creating a “November Leaves” art quilt
- creating a “Cairn” art quilt
- making Tyvek bracelets
Here are photos of some of the things we will be doing in class:
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| “Cairn” quilt |
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| “Cairn” quilt (detail) |
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| Tyvek beads |
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| Tyvek beads |
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| Tyvek beads |
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| Necklace with glass and Tyvek beads |
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| Stitched and melted Tyvek |
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| Tyvek embellishments and pins |
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| “November Leaves” |
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| “Celtic Crown” (detail) |
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| “Celtic Crown” |
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| bracelet |
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| bracelet |
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