Red Deer College Summer Series - Lyn Pflueger

Red Deer College’s Series of summer art and fine craft workshops always provide a wide array of classes and talented instructors such as .....

Lyn Pflueger

Lyn Pflueger was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She received a science degree from Sydney University, and worked for a number of years as a biochemist. After moving to Calgary with her husband and children then settled in Bragg Creek. In 1995 Lyn graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design with a BFA. Lyn taught in the Fibre department as a part-time sessional instructor and she continues to teach textile techniques through Extension Services. Lyn’s particular interests include feltmaking, the structure of surfaces, the properties of textile materials, and shibori dyeing and texture techniques.

Transforming Cloth
July 08, 2013 - July 12, 2013
Create exciting fabrics through understanding and exploiting the properties of fibres and fabrics. Techniques will include devore (the etching out of wool or of cotton), cloque (the shrinking of cotton or of silk), fulling and felting (wool), and heat setting texture in silk and in polyester. Instruction in the use of mechanical resists (tying, pastes, etc.), printing, dyeing, and dye discharge will be covered. These tools, in conjunction with an experimental approach to combining fabrics and ideas, will allow you to pursue your own unique areas of interest. Weavers, felters, quilters, sewers will all find new ways of looking at the patterning of cloth. All can expect to sample many processes, and to create a substantial piece. This may be a dyed and etched velvet scarf, a layered wall-hanging with many fabrics, or even a length of unique fabric to make into clothing. Sign up!

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