I will be selling my embroidered textiles and vintage tresure

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Saturday 21st March 2012

10-4pm

 £60.00 per person including materials

Using various fabrics, acrylic paints, machine and hand stitch you will create a contemporary box canvas for your wall. During the day you will explore a range of techniques to enable you to produce a finished piece that is personal and will reflect your own ideas. Please note you will need to bring your own machine with a free machine embroidery stitch facility. If this is a problem let us know as one can be provided on request.

Tea & Coffee provided, please bring own lunch

Venue:

The Studio

Duddingston Edinburgh

for bookings please call: 01524 65197

or

email workshops@priscillajones.co.uk

I will be selling my embroidered textiles and vintage tresure

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Vintage on the Bay…..Spring Fair

a nostalgic-inspired vintage and handmade fair

Artside WI Hall

Orchard Road

Arnside

Cumbria

LA5 0DP

Sunday 12th February 2012

10-4pm

Entrance £1

Refreshments provided by…’Time for Tea’

Blog: Vintageonthebay.wordpress.com

Facebook/Twitter:Vintageonthebay

For further information and booking stalls email: priscilla@priscillajones.co.uk 

Ties That Bind

3^rd November 2011- 28^th January 2012

Unit Twelve Tixall Heath Farm Tixall Stafford ST18 0XX

www.unittwelve.co.uk

Saturday 28^th January 2012 10.00am-4.00pm

Unit Twelve Tixall Heath Farm Tixall Stafford ST18 0XX

£60 per person

Using and old apron or pinnie of your own, we will explore the possibilities of giving this item a new lease of life by making it into an art object by deconstructing the surface and then reconstructing it by using paint, machine and hand-stitch techniques. This is a very experimental workshop so be prepared to explore innovative possibilities, experiment with techniques and learn new skills!  

To book your place please contact Priscilla Jones: Tel No 01524 65197 or email workshops@priscillajones.co.uk

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 Mad Hatters Studio

 Longhouse Old Newham Farm Plympton Plymouth PL7 5BL

Saturday & Sunday 4^th & 5^th February 2012 10.00am-4.00pm

£120 per person 

If you would like to have a lovely homemade lunch provided you can pre order this at the time of booking by adding  £8.50 to the cost of the workshop.

 During this two-day workshop, Priscilla Jones will teach the creative processes and techniques developed through her art work and experimentation. Each student will make a textile piece that is both reflective and personal. Pieces will explore ideas of memory, nostalgia, and how one can recapture intimate moments and reclaim them through the process of making. Use of both hand and machine stitch will be explored along with techniques for painting fabrics and incorporating found materials and haberdashery.

No previous experience necessary, materials are provided but please bring an idea to work from, postcard, sketches or photos and your sewing machine with free facility. Feel free to bring   fabrics, found materials, threads, and haberdashery to create your piece using your own materials can make the outcome more personal. If you are unable to bring your own sewing machine please request one be reserved for you when booking

For bookings please contact Priscilla Jones on 01524 65197 or email her at workshops@priscillajones.co.uk

Sadly our lovely boat workshops must end for this year…. but exciting news we will be running more next year from Easter onwards dates to be confirmed very soon! If you have any enquiries about booking for next year please do contact Kirsten or myself at the contact details below, looking forward to seeing you next year! 

Two day workshop aboard a classic 1940′s boat!

Lunch and Refreshments included a unique experience not to be missed!

With Kirstin Jones and Priscilla Jones

 10.00am – 5.00pm

Meet 10am at Bushnells Marina, Wargrave for fresh coffee and croissants. Sketchbooks and materials given out, short trip upstream to moor on an island  on deck (sun possibly also provided!) sketching and collecting ideas on the island. 

11am Walk to the studio, discuss ideas. All materials are provided, collage sessions with Kirsten and Priscilla to create a hanging or painted canvas/ board over the course of the day.

1pm lunch, glass of wine.    

 2pm create artworks, sessions led by Kirsten and Priscilla

4.30pm review and home with final pieces

5pm depart with art works!

Price including croissants coffee, lunch with wine !

Please contact Kirsten on 07976 298070 or email kirsten.jones@mac.com to book your place or contact: Priscilla Jones at workshop@priscillajones.co.uk

This is a wonderful piece created by Marysia during the workshop I ran for ‘Art Talks’ in the Netherlands in October last year!

1) What is your first memory of creating?

Sewing with my Grandad, he is a very creative person and taught me many skills including, embroidery, canvas work and French knitting, we worked together on many craft projects when I was growing up.

2) Who has influenced you along the way?

My great friend and mentor Sally Payne who is the most amazing artist and educator, Val Russell a much valued teaching colleague and friend and Michelle Holmes, another embroiderer who has been a huge inspiration to me.  We love to meet and discuss the wealth of creativity in our textile practice.

3) You have a gorgeous and unique style, as showcased on the cover of Sew Somerset’s latest edition.  How did this develop?

I started to use stitch as a drawing tool while studying at Manchester Metropolitan University.  We were encouraged to break all the boundaries using stitch in our practice to develop and explore new applications for traditional techniques.  I started to explore the use of mixed media in my work too - including wax, wire and paint - and this developed into working in a three dimensional way too. My work has evolved organically over the years as I have become a more experienced practitioner. I now use all these skills and techniques to produce my current pieces.

4) You often use a dreamy pastel colour palette.  What draws you to these colours?

I think I am very influenced by where I live on the North West Cost of England, the subtle seaside hues that surround me are a constant inspiration.

5) What do you love best about your life as an artist?

Having the freedom to make and create work every day.

6) You have many years’ experience teaching others.  What is your teaching philosophy and how do you connect with your students?

As a teacher I have always aimed to be intuitive to each individual’s needs and respond accordingly.  Students always develop a personal language during the course of a workshop.  We all have great potential to create even if we don’t engage in creative activities on a regular basis.  Many people have come on my courses thinking they have no skills at all – and sometimes they have never even enrolled in a class before.  When they arrive and see examples of work they are going to make they often say “I can’t make one of those”, but sure enough, by the end of the workshop they leave with beautiful pieces of work they have made entirely by themselves.  It is a very satisfying moment to see that, when they realise just what they are capable of.

7) Can you tell us a bit about your journey to becoming a gallery owner?

The gallery is very much a joint partnership with my husband Ian.  We decided to open it after his career changed. We wanted to create a space for exhibiting contemporary art that was accessible to everyone and to also create an environment that we could run workshops from, which would be inspiring for the participants. We have enjoyed the exhibitions enormously and the curation of the shows have been a very satisfying part of the process.  We have faced many challenges, including both the downsizing and upsizing of our retail spaces, and have had to consider the impact of retail decline in recent years. We have learned many things but the most important is to be flexible in your approach and create an environment that will show artists’ work at is very best. We are constantly thinking of new ways to show the work.  We are developing an online gallery and plan to organise more art events in the coming months.

8) What is your next big dream for your creative business?

I am focusing on selling and running workshops outside the UK and working with various companies developing new products, including limited edition prints and a range of rubber stamps that will retail in the USA.  (Note from Beth -  love that!  How fantastic to have your own range of stamps.  Ahh what a dream…)

To find out more about Priscilla, visit her website, connect on Facebook or sign up for her class at the Do What You Love retreat!

Saturday February 18th 9.30-4.00pm

Spend a fantastic day creating a fabulous range of machine stitched fabrics. You will learn a range of processes including how to free machine embroider, how to use water soluble fabric, and how to incorporate light weight wire to create 3D embroidery.

By the end of the day you will have a range of examples that explore the possibilities in creating surfaces and textures giving you the skills and techniques to develop your own sewing projects.

Venue: Ribchester Sports and Social Club

Church Street, Ribchester, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 3YE 

£40 per person including lunch

plus £5.00 towards materials payable on the day

Places limited, for bookings please call: Annie Lupton

Tel 01254 878234 evenings only or 07968 905607

or email workshops@priscillajones.co.uk