Location: Farfield Mill
Contact: Anna Sazcek
Website: https://www.farfieldmill.org/events/colour-texture-and-pattern-weaving-workshop-with-jan-beadle/
Email: recpetion@farfieldmill.org
Admission: £75 plus £5 for materials on the day
Come and enjoy a day of weaving on a 4-shaft table loom. Whether you’re a beginner or already a weaver this will be a lovely opportunity to experiment with colour and texture. I’ll even take the mystery out of pattern reading.
Looms will be set up and ready to go on the day
About Jan
Jan moved to Cumbria in the mid 80’s after completing her BA Hons in Textiles.
She has over 30 years’ experience in the textile field working in Higher Education running a Constructed Textile Resource at University of Cumbria, formally Cumbria Institute of the Arts until 2010, when she decided to concentrating fulltime making and exhibiting her own work.
Jan is a member of the Wool Clip, a co-operative of local craftspeople based at Caldbeck in North Cumbria and organisers of Woolfest in Cockermouth.
As well as selling her work in many galleries around the UK Jan runs specialist weave courses for a wide range of abilities.
Book online https://www.farfieldmill.org/events/colour-texture-and-pattern-weaving-workshop-with-jan-beadle
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