Introduction to Proggy Rug Making

with Sally Light

Monday 10th February 1.30 – 4.30pm

£40.00

Introduction to Proggy Rug Making with Sally Light – Monday 10th February 1.30 – 4.30pm

In this short Introduction to Proggy Rug Making, explore the creative and fun rag rag technique known as ‘proggy’, ‘peggy’, ‘clippy’. ‘or ‘clootie’, depending on where you come from!

Working on small sample piece you will go home with lots of ideas and techniques under your belt to enable you to complete larger projects. Historically the proggy technique was used to create shaggy, textural rag rugs in homes up and down the country before the days of fitted carpets! It is done by prodding short clippings of waste fabric (often from old worn garments) through a hessian base using a simple tool made from a whittled down wooden dolly peg.

Come and find out why there is mini revival of this fun traditional thrift craft. Come with a design in mind – or none! For Sally will share with you easy ways of coming up with lovely designs of your own – even if you think you can’t draw!

Sally will provide all materials and tools to use on the day – though you are welcome to bring along your own fabrics as well if they wish (stiff materials not recommended though).

Sally Light is the textile artist and maker behind Bodkin Beak. She has a degree in Creative writing and a rich experience of working in textile trades.Since being awarded a Somerset Art Works Creative Pathways Bursary in 2023, she has been developing her textile practice. With sustainability in mind, and a compulsion to create from the waste cloth and yarns she had access to through her previous paid employment as a mender in a weaving mill, Sally has rediscovered her love for rag rug making. She relishes using her hands to create new work from materials that were bound for shoddy mills or landfill.

Feedback from recent workshops:

‘Great teaching, relaxed atmosphere and large variety of materials to work with’
‘Please arrange more workshops it was so enjoyable’
‘Sally is a knowledgeable, enthusiastic teacher’

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Cloudscape Reduction Print Workshop

With Steve Manning

Saturday 15^th February 10:30am – 4pm

£80 pp

The reduction printmaking process, unlike multi-block printing, uses only one block of lino to produce a finished image. It can be a challenging discipline as the block is destroyed with each stage of the process. But with careful planning the end results can be very satisfying.

 

This workshop aims to demystify reduction printing by enabling participants to create a simple image using a limited colour palette and is suitable for entry-level printmakers or those with more experience wishing to understand the basics of reduction printmaking.

 

By the end of the day, you will understand how to: use lino gouges, cut a design from a lino block, use the reduction printmaking process, overlay inks, effectively roll ink onto a block, transfer an image to lino, register an image to paper using Ternes Burton registration method and apply the image to paper using hand burnishing.

You will have created one or more small cloudscape prints using the lino reduction printmaking process.

 

Using a selection of pre-designed templates and a restricted colour palette participants will transfer, cut and print a cloudscape from designs provided by Steve Manning.

 

Participants will need to bring:

• an apron or similar

• pencils (HB)

Steve will provide:

• examples of reduction prints and visual aids illustrating the stages of the process

• pre-designed cloudscapes for participants to transfer to lino

• tools and materials

• lino and paper for the production of one cloudscape print

• additional lino and paper for a second cloudscape will be chargeable on the day.

 

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