SURFACE DESIGN + DIRECT TECHNIQUES

for Fabric, Paper, Clay Tiles and Wood
Textile and Fiber Arts at the Heifer Barn!

Adult 18+
(Teens are invited to register)

Date + Time:
August 4–27

Tuesday + Thursday 4–6:30 pm
Personal Projects: August 18–25

Instructors:
Kathy Kelm

Mae Blackwell

Avery Reinhold and Seamus Chandler
(NISDA Summer Interns, RISD Textile Majors)

Tuition for 4 weeks:
$425 + Lab Fee for 4 Weeks $65

  • class description

    Delve into your memories, personal motifs and ornamentation. Enjoy learning about design layout and repeating your patterns. Weekly sequential workshops within our class will explore your memory patterns, surface design layouts, direct painting, mono-printing, stenciling and stamping on paper and cloth. You will recognize the presence of nature and imagery in your life, allowing your innate designs to emerge. You will create beautiful, often surprising, designs for textiles and other surfaces. Your technique experiments may eclipse into decorative surfaces for cloth, paper, clay tiles, wood, interiors and beyond! Ultimately, you will apply this knowledge in studio the weeks of August 18th + 25th painting on a silk scarf, designing and creating a floor cloth or mandala, or a project of your choice.


    Please Bring to Class:

    Notebook & pen. Do bring ideas, clipping or images you may have! Wear comfy “studio” clothes!

2 DAY WORKSHOPS
INTEGRATED INTO SURFACE DESIGN:


Memory Patterns + Design Layout:
Tuesday + Thursday August 4 + 6, 4–6:30 pm

Tuition for the week: $125 + $20 Lab fee

Delve into your memories, personal motifs and ornamentation. Enjoy learning about design layout and repeating your patterns. You will recognize the presence of nature and imagery in your life, allowing your innate designs to emerge.


Mono Printing, Stenciling + Stamping

Tuesday + Thursday August 11 + 13, 4-6:30 pm

Tuition for the week: $125 + $20 Lab fee

Explore patterns, surface design layouts, direct painting, mono-printing, stenciling and stamping on paper and cloth. You will create beautiful, often surprising, designs for textiles and other surfaces. Your technique experiments may eclipse into decorative surfaces for cloth, paper, clay tiles, wood, interiors and beyond!



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September 9, 2026
September 14, 21, 28
Mondays 6-8:30 pm
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September 3, 2026
Saturday, September 19
10 am–3:30 pm
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September 3, 2026
Friday, September  25
Sunday, September 27 
August 31, 2026
September  10
September 14
September 17

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August 27, 2026
Fall Tutorial:
2.5 hours
$ 225 up to 2 students 
Materials included
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August 20, 2026
New schedule: Monday and Wednesday
September 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30
Registration open
June 24, 2026
Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays
at the Shala at NISDA House of the Moon
June 4, 2026
Upon request.
Please inquire 1-2 weeks in advance.
March 16, 2026
Open Studio Community Membership
June 1-October 31 2026
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