ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category
Arts & DIY
Event Overview
Frightful Fascinators
Create a Halloween-themed fascinator of your own or a headwear accessory to compliment your Halloween costume through this workshop. Learn advanced embellishment techniques, hand beading, and feather manipulation. Use hat-specific materials such as sinamay (a flat-woven straw fabric) and crin (a synthetic mesh-like material) to create adornments. Emphasis will be on "frightful" embellishments, such as fuzzy spiders, skeletons, ghouls, and pumpkins.
Workshop Schedule: This class meets once on Saturday
Prerequisite: This is a total beginner's class - no previous experience necessary
Minimum Suggested Age: 18 years old
Urban Threads Studio will Provide: All materials for this class will be provided
Participants Must Bring: Imagination
Name of Instructor: Angela Morano
Instructor Biography: Angela is a Chicago-based milliner, specializing in custom, one-of-a-kind hats and headwear. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied millinery and fiber art. Angela has been constructing headwear since 2007 and instructing millinery since 2010. She launched her line of handmade, couture hats in 2012. For her collections, she draws inspiration from plants, animals, minimalist art, bold colors, geometric shapes, vintage glamour, and architecture. Currently, Angela teaches hand and machine sewing to 6 year olds and up. Her designs can be viewed at www.angelamorano.com.
Directions to Studio: The Bridgeport Art Center is locat
What to Bring
Imagination and any special articles to be incorporated into the design
Minimum age
All ages welcome
What's Provided
All base materials will be provided
Cancellation PolicyLocation
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
We are a Not For Profit organization whose mission is "Textile Art for All". If it is textile based and you can make it by hand, we want to teach it in our studios at the beautiful Bridgeport Art Center! Our philosophy is to run contemporary, hands-on, project-based workshops, so that you can come along, learn something new and go home with a finished product or a new skill. Why? Because there is tremendous power in making something yourself. You will learn new skills or revisit old ones; you will discover the joy of working with your hands and you will find an outlet for your creativity. Along the way you will review your spirit and perhaps make a few new friends. All of our classes are taught by visiting artists and/or experts in the field. We offer adult workshops in beginning sewing, intermediate sewing, couture sewing and 45 different surface design techniques. For kids we offer Saturday programs and summer camps. We also offer textile art events for birthdays, bridal showers, girls night out etc. so ask Dabble about group pricing.
All of our classes are offered at a nominal fee and all proceeds are used to bring textile arts to urban youth in Chicago in form of after school programs, summer programs, apprenticeships and internships.
We look forward to welcoming you in our studios.
Your Urban Threads Studio Team
EXPERIENCE REVIEWS
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Shannon L.Reviewed on 05/13/15Angela was a great teacher and we all had so much fun. Seeing everyone's personalities come out in their hat creation was great. I love my fascinator and can't wait to wear it!
Angela was a great teacher and we all had so much fun. Seeing everyone's personalities come out in their hat creation was great. I love my fascinator and can't wait to wear it!
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