Participants will create their own hand-painted scarves. A variety of painting techniques will be discussed before adding color with fabric paints to a blank white scarf. Participants will carve their own stamp designs to add pattern and/or accents to their scarf. Participants will walk away with a unique wearable piece of art.
Age and ability: 16yrs and older, beginners welcome!
This class takes place Sat, May 1, from 10am–4pm
(Rescheduled from the original workshop date of Apr 17, 2021)
About the instructor:
Boise artist, Lisa Flowers Ross, creates abstract textile art that reduces core elements into basic shapes and organic forms. Her hand dyed colors and distinct edges create a graphic quality, while added stitching enhances the tactile nature of the fabric. In her body of work, nature and daily observation are her main inspirations. Flowers Ross’ artwork has been exhibited in solo, group and juried exhibitions nationally and internationally, and are included in private, public and corporate collections. The artist has created several public artworks, received grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and Alexa Rose Foundation and has been an artist-in-residence in Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming. Flowers Ross holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art (drawing), as well as a degree in Business. She is a juried artist member of the professional groups, Northwest Designer Craftsmen and Boise Open Studio Collective Organization.
