The Weaving Shed Project with Sally Hampson
29, High Street, Stroud
February - April 2013
Sally Hampson, an artist and weaver, took residence in an empty shop in Stroud High Street in early 2012. This residency supported by SVA, has enabled Sally to develop her practice and engage visitors in the weaving process. Now through lots of visitor interest and successful Awards For All funding Sally is offering free weaving workshops* and hosting some special weaving events.
Introduction to Weaving Workshops with Sally Hampson
If you have never woven before and have always wanted to have a go now is your chance. The looms will be set up for you so you can get weaving straight away. You will explore techniques to create different texture and surfaces. Learn how to set up a loom yourself and how the loom works. There are three different courses which will run for three Saturdays from 10am-3pm or three Thursday evenings 6-8pm. All participants are asked to attend all 3 sessions. Taster sessions will be offered at a later date.
Workshops will run from February – April over three Saturdays from 10am-3pm or three Thursday evenings 6-8pm
Rag Rug Weaving
a 3 week course starting Thursday 7/ Saturday 9 February
Weave your own samples for a potential rug, learn about the tradition from Finland, America and the north of England. Bring along some of those bits of fabric you have lovingly gathered and saved in the hope of ‘one day, now is your chance’.
Wool Weaving
a 3 week course starting Thursday 28 February/Saturday 2 March
Weave your own samples for a potential scarf, shawl or blanket, learn about our indigenous weavers from the Outer Hebrides and their tweed weaving tradition. If you have some weaving wool you would like to try do bring it along.
Experimental Weaving
a 3 week course starting Thursday 4/ Saturday 6 April
Weave your own collection of treasured, tickets postcards and precious, detritus gathered on a journey and have remained in that shoe box, liberate them into a woven diary.
A fee of £5 each session towards yarns*
This project is supported by Awards For All Lottery funding and SVA
For info and bookings contact SVA: 01453 751440 or office@sva.org.uk
Weaving Shed Special events
Weaving Shed gathering
Sunday 3 February 4 -7 pm
Come and join us in the Weaving Shed to warm it up for the start of the weaving workshops with film, music, a wee dram. We will give you soup and delicious bread to keep you going. Do come!
Specialist weaving talks
Weaving Communities around the world
Sunday 24 February 4pm
With Sally Hampson and Tim Parry Williams
Weaving expert talks
Sunday 7 April 4pm (tbc)
Sally Hampson biography
Sally Hampson, international artist has worked on projects in Egypt and Sinai with Bedouin women, which has taken her out into remote parts of the desert and more recently to Ethiopia and Kenya. The richness of these cultures continues to inspire and influence her work. Combining these journeys with research and collaboration with anthropologist and explorer Kitty Lake, the resulting collections have previously been shown at both the Pitt Rivers and Horniman Museums.
For info and bookings contact SVA: 01453 751440 or office@sva.org.uk
