A four day land Excursion in Barcelona and Cadaques Spain may be added to the Nine Day Cruise
From : heatherhorsfall1@gmail.com for Heather Horsfall and Susie Stephenson
Cruise November 4th- 13th, 2013
Day 1 Barcelona, Spain
Day 2 At Sea
Day 3 Casablanca, Morocco
Day 4 At Sea
Day 5 Funchal, Maderia, Portugal
Day 6 Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain
Day 7 At Sea
Day 8 Granada, Spain
Day 9 At Sea
Day 10 Barcelona, Spain
Cruise Prices start at $1087
Join Us in An Artist’s Process during your Four Days at Sea:
Dear Barcelona, Morocco and
Canary Island Hooking and Art Enthusiasts,
Imagine an adventure of creating colour and texture
with a group of hooking enthusiasts from all genres of this fibre art form.
Whether this will be your first venture into the world of rug hooking or you
are a master hooker, this week of optional workshops and sharing sessions will
offer opportunities for you to learn how artists become inspired and how
artists see and create personal meaning.
You can be certain that Susie and Heather are most
interested in YOUR work and will
support your artist’s process. We believe that how you hook and make your art
with fibre is as individual as we are human. They aim to make you giddy with
possibility.
You are invited to join us as we engage in the visual
explorations that deepen and challenge the artist’s process. We will share stories
and tricks of the craft that support the artist from the original inspiration
to the finished rug. You may join us for as many workshops as you like, hook
with others or simply bask in the scenery and culture.
What you can expect
Within the context of the daily morning workshops and the afternoon hook-ins and sharing sessions you will experience…
- Optional workshops in dynamic composition and tricks in design for those who are afraid to draw
- Show and tell sessions
- Exercises to support you in making the connection between your story and your art in order to deepen the meaning of your work
- Short sessions connecting our visual ideas with the principles and elements of design, particularly value, texture and colour
- One-on-one time with Susie and/or Heather
- An opportunity to learn the “Eaton Edge” (If you are interested, please bring binding, a needle and thread.)
- Demonstration of marrying colour and dying wool and recipes
- A balance of rejuvenation, humour, solitude and beauty
Workshop Sessions
Session 1: Making
the Ordinary Extraordinary: Creativity Boot Camp
In this introductory session we will get to know each other better. We will explore our inner artist and share some of our stories. We will look to nature for inspiration. We will share a question we would like support with and a trick or concept that would be helpful to others.
In this introductory session we will get to know each other better. We will explore our inner artist and share some of our stories. We will look to nature for inspiration. We will share a question we would like support with and a trick or concept that would be helpful to others.
Session 2: Symmetrical and
Repeat Images from Nature
Learn how to repeat images in an innovative way. Create a mandala from nature, adding personal meaning to tell your story.
Learn how to repeat images in an innovative way. Create a mandala from nature, adding personal meaning to tell your story.
Session 3: Tracks of Nature:
Composition and Pictorials
We will look for a pattern in nature and add an interesting texture and a close up view – almost so that the piece is abstract.
We will look for a pattern in nature and add an interesting texture and a close up view – almost so that the piece is abstract.
Session 4: Playful Folk Art
Add some colour from Barcelona and Morocco. Dyeing tips
and a few hot recipes.
Create a playful folk art design using a variety of approaches such as stacking or overlapping.
Create a playful folk art design using a variety of approaches such as stacking or overlapping.
Session 5: Reflected Designs
Explore innovative solutions to create dynamic and beautiful backgrounds using the ghost of the foreground image in the background, Susie’s antique black of many colours and more.
Explore innovative solutions to create dynamic and beautiful backgrounds using the ghost of the foreground image in the background, Susie’s antique black of many colours and more.
What to bring for Rug Hooking
· a collection
of fibre and fabric
· a small lap
frame with grippers and a stabilizer or a small hoop frame
· a project you
are excited about working on for a week
· your
sketchbook or visual journal
· photos or
images for inspiration or reference (examples of colour, texture etc.)
· photos of your
previous work for show and tell
· a pencil,
pencil sharpener and eraser for messing around with ideas
· a collection
of markers or crayons to play with colour
· a permanent
black marker
· your favourite
scissors (Heather likes a big pair for fabric and a little pair
· for hooking)
· your favourite
hook (maybe a spare)
· a small
measuring tape
· your camera
· a memory stick
might be handy if you do one-on-one design and want to save a large image from
the computer
· several large
sheets of tracing paper and scotch tape for design PLAY
· a needle,
thread and binding if you want to learn how to do the "EATON EDGE"
·
your sense of curiosity and play
Heather
Horsfall
Always an artist first, Heather Horsfall had a
career as a teacher, consultant, and principal in the public school system.
She’s also worked as part time faculty at the Nova Scotia College of Art and
Design University (NSCAD). In 2009, Heather was the recipient of the Visual
Arts Nova Scotia Art Educator of the Year award.
Heather believes that
making art is an integral part of being human, and that we all have the
capacity to deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us
through art-making. She has found hooking to
be her favourite medium for connecting her spirit and passion for colour and
texture with her imagination and emotions, as she responds to the magic and
mysteries of the natural world.
Heather has worked as visiting
Artist at Halifax West High School creating “Halifax West Hooks for Unity and
Understanding” with a community of Hooking Artists from 50 different countries.
She is involved with organizing Hooking Exhibitions in Prince Edward Island and
Nova Scotia and feeds on the support of the well-established Maritime Rug
Hooking community. She also creates
hooking and other art adventures with anyone who will join her in the three communities
she calls home…Baja Mexico, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Susie
Stephenson
Susie is a primitive folk artist. Many of her rugs tell stories of beloved animals and pets or the many houses she has lived in. She loves experimenting with colour and texture for the sky and creating water that appears to be moving.
Susie is a primitive folk artist. Many of her rugs tell stories of beloved animals and pets or the many houses she has lived in. She loves experimenting with colour and texture for the sky and creating water that appears to be moving.
Each of her rugs is an original, unique in colour and design and hooked exclusively from recycled clothing. Susie says, “I’ve never worked from patterns or prints. I try to record my memories and bring the world around me into my designs and colours by hooking special times, places and animals.” As a rug hooker, Susie expresses, without inhibition, the world around her in a simple and real way.
Susie lived in Nova Scotia for fifteen years and now lives in Edgecomb, Maine. Maritime themes of ships, water, mermaids and the simple life of farming and fishing are evident in her work. Susie’s book, Designing and Hooking Primitive Rugs will unleash your creative side and encourages you to let imagination be your guide.
Susie Stephenson Heather Horsfall
The Optional Land Pre-cruise land excursion:
In Barcelona,
you will stay in a beautiful 4-star hotel in the Gothic Quarter near the
Old Town, where the stunning Cathedral is located, and the famous Boqueria
Market. Las Ramblas is within walking distance. Of course, we have included a
tour of Artistic Barcelona where you will see the masterful works of Antonio
Gaudi, such as La Sagrada Familia, La Pedrera and Casa Batllo. You will
also visit Parc Guell, a large garden park where this genius strove to achieve
the perfect integration of architectual elements in nature. It was declared an
artistic monument and a human heritage site by UNESCO. This tour ends near
The Picasso Museum, which displays works from his blue and pink periods.
In
Cadaques, you will stay in a small hotel (3-stars) on a beach, just a
5-minute stroll from the town centre. Salvador Dali's summer home was in
Cadaques and you can walk to his home-museum in just 20 minutes. Figueres, home
to Dali's theatre-museum is 45-minutes' drive away. Surrounded by the
beautifull Cap de Creus Nature Reserve, Cadaques is a 50-minute drive from the
French border.
Book your cruise with:
Melanie
Furlong, Group and Incentive Sales
Cruise
Holidays of Bedford
(902)
865-6992
1-800-870-0078
