Class Title: WARP IKAT/ PAINTED WARP WORKSHOP
Instructor: Janice Sullivan
Tuition: $180/Members $200/Non-Members
Class Dates: July 19 – 20th
Times: 2 Days, 1:30-4:30 each day (Saturday/Sunday)
Day 1 Ikat: warp winding and wrapping resist areas, dying
Day 2 Painted Warp: warp winding then painting with Procyon dyes
Place: Pacific Textile Arts classroom
Number of Students: Minimum: 5 Max: 6
Materials fee: $15
Class Description: 2 Days, 1:30-4:30 each day (Saturday/Sunday)
Day 1 Ikat: warp winding and wrapping resist areas, dying
Day 2 Painted Warp: warp winding then painting with Procyon dyes
List of items students need to bring: Warp materials, 5/2, 10/2. or 8/2 cotton or tencel. Enough for a total warp 9″ wide by 3 yards long. Ikat tape or 2″ x 20″ plastic strips for ikat wrapping, dust mask, rubber gloves, apron, approx. 5 sponge brushes for painting, 5 small plastic containers for dyes,
5 plastic spoons, paper towels, 2 large quart containers, 2 gallon plastic bucket,
2 large sheets for plastic to paint your warp, one to cover it. masking tape, set of measuring spoons
BIO: Janice Sullivan graduated with a BA in Textiles from Boston University, 1979. She received a Masters in Art Education in 1982 from Massachusetts College or Art.
Teaching at City College of San Francisco from 1995-2019 in the Fashion Department, her subjects included ,weaving, dyeing, and tapestry. Other teaching opportunities included an adjunct assignment at San Francisco State University in the Art Department (2003-2005), as well as weaving and surface design at College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg, 2006-2012.
Her work has been exhibited both locally and nationally.
It is represented in many corporate and private collections across the country
including several Kaiser-Permanente Medical Centers,
Moody’s Investment Services, Quantum Corporation, Summit Medical Center &
Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital to name a few.
In her forty year study of loom manipulated, multi-tensioned double weave, she pioneered a new approach to sculptural textiles. Her work also incorporates painting, printing, stitching and dyeing techniques.
After living in San Francisco for 23 years, Janice Sullivan moved to Fort Bragg in
2005 where she maintains a weaving and dyeing studio and continues to teach workshops at Pacific Textile Arts. She was a member of Northcoast Artists Gallery in Fort Bragg, CA. She is currently represented by Highlight Gallery in Mendocino CA.
Questions: Email classes@pacifictextilearts.org