Millinery Courses
Millinery (Hat Making)
These courses given, by Aileen Keogan, a professional Milliner trained in the French tradition, introduce the technical skills needed for blocking and shaping felt, straw and fabric hats.
Techniques for felts or staws are dealt with in separate short courses - Autumn for felts and fabric hats, Spring for Straws and Fabric Hats.
Rules for good design including fittings and head sizes, felt stitching, wiring and binding, use of stiffening, preparing blocks, trimmings, accessories and finishing. If students wish to make a hat in a special fabric they may do so. All equipment may be purchased from the tutor.
As numbers are small, early booking is essential.
Millinery Course Application form and prices
New Summer Workshops 2012 |
Fascinator and Cocktail Hats Workshops
This 4 day course will introduce you to the skills and techniques involved in making your own unique and eye catching fascinators. Students will learn how to block basic fascinators with different edges and finishes, combine decorative mixed media and beading techniques to create your own one off piece to take home.
Equipment: Please bring the following items with you; beading and hand sewing needles, pins, thread, scissors and a tape measure. Some specialist millinery materials will be available to buy, such as sinamay, veiling, feathers, and crystals. You may like to bring some fabrics to incorporate into your fascinator. A selection of beads, sequins, ribbons, remnants of fabric, lace and anything you think would be interesting and inspiring.
Tutor: Janice Marr graduated from The Royal College of Art, London with a masters in Mixed Media Constructed Textiles. She is a textile artist and designer in the UK and has worked on a variety of projects from couture fashion to film, theatre and fine arts.
Dates:
18th - 21st June 2012
9th - 12th July 2012
30th - 2nd July 2012
20th - 23rd August 2012