Virtual Jinsin & Silk Abaca Headpiece Demonstration with Jenny Roberts
This course is aimed at:
- Those who want to explore working with Jinsin , silk Abaca and crin
The course will involve:
- Exploring and experimenting with Jinsin, a material renowned for its sculptural quality. It creates incredible shapes when curved and flexed.
- How to edge jinsin an crin to create sculptural designs
- Exploring and experimenting with Silk Abaca, a material which is fine and smooth and can be free-shaped, blocked or used for draping. Because this material is interwoven with silk, it is pliable and creates amazing curves when twisted and shaped.
- Using crin to edge your design and create drama.
- Creating a felt cage to create your design on
You will leave with:
- Confidence in working with these inspiring new materials and inspiration to create many more design from them.
- A finished headpiece made of jinsin, silk abaca and crin
- Lots of design ideas for using these techniques in your work
- Information on suppliers and materials.
Course Timings
This course will take place over the 2 days in 2 x 2.5 hour blocks and run from 10am – 12.30pm (UK Time). Please note the recording will be available for you for 3 months after the course should you not be able to attend the live session or if you would like to re-visit the techniques.
