November 2015
Jo Diggs - Landscape Artist
November 3 - Lecture and Trunk Show
November 4 - 2 half day workshops - details below
Jo Diggs - Landscape Artist
November 3 - Lecture and Trunk Show
November 4 - 2 half day workshops - details below
Tuesday, November 3 - Lecture/ Trunk Show
Jo Diggs has always cut, stitched and loved
fabric. She is best known for landscapes of
great depth, distance and light that express
feelings of quiet and serenity. Her work has
been exhibited nationally and internationally and was featured at the Vermont Quilt Festival in 2013 in an exhibit of 50+ works titled “Life’s Work: The Quilts of Jo Diggs”. Her wool quilt Snowscape is in the collection of the National Quilt Museum. Other notable works include a quilt series of the Four Seasons, an Audubon donation quilt and A Full Tank, a large, crowded, exciting fish quilt. Over the years she has been published in many books and magazines including Quilter’s Newsletter and American Quilter Magazine.. Two of her landscapes appear in Valerie Hearder’s book, Points of View: Landscape Quilts to Stitch and Embellish. A trained art teacher, Jo is dedicated to helping other stitchers achieve success and pleasure in their own work.
Jo Diggs has always cut, stitched and loved
fabric. She is best known for landscapes of
great depth, distance and light that express
feelings of quiet and serenity. Her work has
been exhibited nationally and internationally and was featured at the Vermont Quilt Festival in 2013 in an exhibit of 50+ works titled “Life’s Work: The Quilts of Jo Diggs”. Her wool quilt Snowscape is in the collection of the National Quilt Museum. Other notable works include a quilt series of the Four Seasons, an Audubon donation quilt and A Full Tank, a large, crowded, exciting fish quilt. Over the years she has been published in many books and magazines including Quilter’s Newsletter and American Quilter Magazine.. Two of her landscapes appear in Valerie Hearder’s book, Points of View: Landscape Quilts to Stitch and Embellish. A trained art teacher, Jo is dedicated to helping other stitchers achieve success and pleasure in their own work.
Wednesday November 4 Workshops
The Process of Landscape Design…
Landscapes in Cotton: Layering for Space (am)
Advanced Landscapes: A Design Class (pm)
Jo will offer two landscape workshops on the same day. In the morning workshop, learn to layer fabric to create landscapes from simple to complex. Instead of piecing with patterns, enjoy free-cutting and building simple shapes using theories of perspective to suggest landscapes with illusions of space and distance, light effects, and glowing color. The afternoon workshop will build on the morning workshop in demonstrating how to enhance or change a landscape. While the morning workshop will work with fabric, the
afternoon workshop will work with black and white and color copies of landscapes. The class will explore landscape enhancement, re-structuring, repeating, and morphing to make the basic landscape richer and more interesting. Paper exercises lead to expanded layouts with multiple views and shifting focus. This is a good class for a group with experience in creating landscapes. Students in the afternoon class are invited to bring a landscape they have completed or are working to complete. The last half hour of the class will be devoted to a group critique of these works. Jo’s work is based on free-hand cutting, direct designin,g and the combining of many layers of appliqué. Hand stitching is demonstrated in the morning class, but any student who wishes to bring a sewing machine is welcome to do surface stitching over the layers.
Time: 9:00am to noon (am class) / 1pm to 4 pm (pm class)
Cost: $30 for any one half day workshop ($35 non-members),
$45 for full day ($50 non-members)
Location: United Church of Colchester
Skill Level: The morning class is applicable to any skill level. Those taking the afternoon class should have prior experience in creating a fabric landscape, or have taken the morning class so they have an understanding of the process.
The Process of Landscape Design…
Landscapes in Cotton: Layering for Space (am)
Advanced Landscapes: A Design Class (pm)
Jo will offer two landscape workshops on the same day. In the morning workshop, learn to layer fabric to create landscapes from simple to complex. Instead of piecing with patterns, enjoy free-cutting and building simple shapes using theories of perspective to suggest landscapes with illusions of space and distance, light effects, and glowing color. The afternoon workshop will build on the morning workshop in demonstrating how to enhance or change a landscape. While the morning workshop will work with fabric, the
afternoon workshop will work with black and white and color copies of landscapes. The class will explore landscape enhancement, re-structuring, repeating, and morphing to make the basic landscape richer and more interesting. Paper exercises lead to expanded layouts with multiple views and shifting focus. This is a good class for a group with experience in creating landscapes. Students in the afternoon class are invited to bring a landscape they have completed or are working to complete. The last half hour of the class will be devoted to a group critique of these works. Jo’s work is based on free-hand cutting, direct designin,g and the combining of many layers of appliqué. Hand stitching is demonstrated in the morning class, but any student who wishes to bring a sewing machine is welcome to do surface stitching over the layers.
Time: 9:00am to noon (am class) / 1pm to 4 pm (pm class)
Cost: $30 for any one half day workshop ($35 non-members),
$45 for full day ($50 non-members)
Location: United Church of Colchester
Skill Level: The morning class is applicable to any skill level. Those taking the afternoon class should have prior experience in creating a fabric landscape, or have taken the morning class so they have an understanding of the process.
