Season 2 - Colour & Design

Season 2 - Colour & Design

Season 2 lays the foundations of Colour and Design workshop. We learn about colour theory, graphic, division of space and the architecture of design, all presented in a way that allows weavers to bring their ideas to reality.

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Season 2 - Colour & Design
  • Season 2 Episode 1 - Colour & Design

    6 items

    We offer all the sample kits to weave for purchase right here:
    https://weaving.link/season-2-school-of-weaving-kits

    Now we start our little escapade into the world of colour and design. It is a system that I have developed after years of production work and I have seen it empower hundreds of s...

  • Season 2 Episode 2 - Asymmetry & Division of Space

    7 items

    You can purchase the Asymmetry Sample Kit and weave along! https://weaving.link/asymmetry-sample-kit

    Make sure you have your sketchbook out and be ready to take notes. You might also like to review Season 1 Episode 6, where I introduce you to division of space as my second step in the design pro...

  • Season 2 Episode 3 - Colour... colour... more colour

    6 items

    Ookie Dokie Artichokies, it’s time to break open that new box of coloured pencils, aka pencil crayons in Canada. I know you have all been chomping at the bit to use them.

    In this episode we start looking for sources of inspiration, how to look deeper into an image or a flower and pull as much in...

  • Season 2 Episode 4 - The Colour & Weave Sample

    4 items

    You can purchase the Colour and Weave Gamp Kit and weave along:
    https://weaving.link/colour-weave-sample-kit

    This is the first of three gamps in this workshop. Gamps are great for getting a lot of information out of one warp. Colour & Weave is pure magic. How can all these little sequences of d...

  • Season 2 Episode 5 - Parrot & Fibonacci

    4 items

    Fibonacci with Gradation AKA Parrot Kit can be purchased right here:
    https://weaving.link/parrot-sample-kit

    The inspiration for Sample #3 was a parrot. It honestly had all these colours in it, it was just breathtaking. All my early inspiration comes from some external source and eventually it mo...

  • Season 2 Episode 6 - Designing Plaids

    4 items

    You can purchase the Plaid Sample Kit right here:
    https://weaving.link/plaid-sample-kit

    Plaids have been identified in archaeological digs dating back 3000 years. In Scotland a plaid is a length of woollen cloth slung over the shoulder that can be used as a blanket. It is usually called a tartan...

  • Season 2 Episode 7 - All About Stripes

    4 items

    You can purchase the Stripe Sample Kit right here:
    https://weaving.link/stripe-sample-kit

    Stripes, Stripes, Stripes! Zebras Have Stripes and Everyone Loves Zebras. I love stripes… fat ones, skinny ones… fat stripes with skinny stripes on them… there’s so much to do with stripes. The stripe has a...

  • Season 2 Episode 8 - Muted Colour Gamp on Natural Ground

    6 items

    You can purchase the Colour & Weave Kit here:
    https://weaving.link/muted-colour-gamp-sample-kit

    Things you will learn:

    -arranging muted versions of the primary and secondary colour wheel in a gradation from light to dark
    -laying them all on a natural background
    -weaving the colours solid on sol...

  • Season 2 Episode 9 - Basket Weaving

    4 items

    You can purchase the Garlic Basket right here:
    https://weaving.link/garlic-basket-kit

    We are in for a treat this month because our wonderful friend, neighbour and Tuesday Girl….Joan Carrigan is going to share a bit of her world with us.

    Joan is a full-time basket maker and basketry teacher who ...

  • Season 2 Episode 10 - Primaries & Secondaries on Black

    5 items

    You can purchase the Primaries Secondaries on Black kit right here:
    https://weaving.link/primaries-secondaries-gamp-sample-kit

    Things you will learn:

    -the power of a black background,
    -how black keeps other colours clear,
    -how the balance of colour changes in twills because we see more of each ...

  • Season 2 Episode 11 - Grand Finale

    3 items

    We’ve learned so much in Season 2 with Colour and Design!

    We’ve woven 7 samples filled with colours, graphics & architecture. We talked more about sett. We learned how to change our warp by taking out zingers and replacing them, opening our sett without re-beaming our warp to create different fa...