Register for Torchon Design Made Easy

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Instructor: Jane Atkinson

Course Description: Anyone can design, but it helps to have some encouragement. Jane Atkinson’s stamp design method (for which see https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgHbltbhxlozZORL4hPVizQ) allows you to create patterns that fit easily into Diamond Mesh, and this class will help you

• Play without pressure
• Identify shapes with potential and edit the results
• Design lace with a variety of options
• Work methodically
• Make your own decisions on turning patterns into lace
• Enjoy the thrill of working on your own patterns (and who knows what else? Sell them?).

Class 1: Design and experiment with stamps
Class 2: Draw up a design on grid and play with options
Class 3: Draft a design that will work
Class 4: Perfect a design, consider practicalities
Class 5: Ink up a design, or take it onto the computer under your own steam
Class 6: Sample more complicated ideas or set up the completed pattern

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisite: An open mind, the ability to understand and work Torchon patterns on your own.

Dates: 6 Tuesdays - April 9, 16, 23, 30; May 7, 14, 2024

Time: 7:00 am – 9:00 am PDT

Students Must Provide: Supply List (pdf)

Second Camera: Required