Come celebrate the art and the craft of textile arts at this Saturday’s Fort Point Channel Fiber and Fabric Arts Fair hosted by the Friends of the Fort Point Channel. Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress St., Boston from noon to 4pm. Cristina Hajosy will feature her marbled fabrics, pocket squares, ribbons and more!
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It’s that time of year again. Art market, craft fairs, and holiday shows! Get an early start to your holiday and gift shopping. Find the perfect artwork for your home. Or treat yourself to some handmade art supplies to create your own treasures. I’ll be inside the Eliot School with my fellow faculty artists. Drop by for a visit! Saturday and Sunday, September 23 and 24 from 11am to 6pm in Jamaica Plain, Boston.
Read the rest of this post...Fabric Marbling Workshop – Saturday, November 4th at Hajosy Arts
Marbling on fabrics! Come join Cristina in her studio for a dull day of Marbling. Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 10am to 4pm. Includes all the materials, technique handouts, and lunch! Pre-made silk scarves in several sizes, silk handkerchiefs, placemats, ribbons, and a wide variety of cut yardage in cotton, linen, rayon, polyester and blends. Explore the process with both traditional and contemporary approaches to this fascinating art form.
Read the rest of this post...Paste Paper Workshop – The Eliot School – Sunday, November 12, 2017
Paste Paper – Adult One-Day Workshop The Eliot School, 24 Eliot St., Boston (Jamaica Plain, off Centre St.), MA 02130 Sunday, November 12, 2017 10am to 2pm Paste paper is traditionally used for endpapers and book covers, offering a textural and colorful alternative to marbling. See some historical and contemporary approaches, then create your own. […]
Read the rest of this post...Marbling on Fabric – The Eliot School – Sunday, October 29, 2017
Marbling on Fabrics is a one-day Sunday workshop at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, Boston with marbler Cristina Hajosy. Explore Turkish-style marbling on textiles such as ribbon, cotton, linen and silk. Combine beautiful swirls and mottling colors to create lovely, unique designs on pre-sewn scarves or on a fabric you can then use for clothing or other projects. October 29, 2017.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling Workshop – Hajosy Arts studio – Saturday, October 14
A day experimenting with paper marbling. We’ll focus on Turkish-style marbling. This method, “Ebru”, can produce lovely figurative designs of fish, flowers, birds. and abstract shapes or go with the traditional combed patterns. Your floating designs may be free-form, combed, or even blown. Saturday, October 14, 2017 from 10am to 4pm with Cristina Hajosy at Hajosy Arts, Canton, Mass.
Read the rest of this post...Fuller Craft Museum workshop – Paper Marbling – Saturday, October 7, 2017
Come join Cristina at the Fuller Craft Museum for a day of Paper Marbling. Saturday, October 7, 2017 from 10am to 4:30pm.
Read the rest of this post...Paste Papers – Studio Workshop – Wednesday, August 30
Come join Cristina in her studio for this workshop – Paste Papers. Experience a full day of creativity while learning this popular art technique. Introduced in the Middle Ages in Northern Europe, Paste Paper is a decorative paper technique that produces highly textured surface design. In our contemporary context, we can jump past it’s initial uses in bookbinding to more varied ideas like stationary, gift wrap, packaging, home decor, as well as unlimited fine art areas like collage, assemblage, and mixed media. Perfectly suited to a one-day workshop, this fast-paced, hands-on art experience will be fun, messy, and you’ll leave with a mountain of beautiful papers.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling – The Eliot School – Fall 2017 Winter 2018
Paper Marbling workshops at the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts in Jamaica Plain, Boston with Cristina Hajosy. Create beautiful swirls and mottling colors on paper with marbling. Learn “ebru”, the Turkish-style of marbling, on water thickened with carrageenan (Irish moss). Experiment with a range of materials, colors and papers to create lovely, unique designs.
Read the rest of this post...Artist’s Books Intensive – MassArt Continuing Ed – August 2017
This 2-day intensive will introduce more than a dozen different binds from historical to modern, from streamlined to sculptural. We’ll explore the connections between content and structure, outside vs. inside, and layers of meaning for interesting, engaging visual books. Additional book projects will include: Flag books, star books, lotus books, scrolls, and boxes.
Read the rest of this post...Paper Marbling Intensive – MassArt Continuing Ed – August 2017
Spend 2 days learning several types of paper marbling. Make a mountain of unique paper designs for use in mixed media projects, collage, bookbinding, greeting cards, calligraphy, or printmaking. Tuesday, Aug 8 and Thursday, Aug 10 at Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA with Cristina Hajosy of Hajosy Arts.
Read the rest of this post...Fabric Marbling Workshop – Saturday, July 22 at Hajosy Arts
The exploration continues! Fabric marbling is a glorious way to spend a day. Both a delight in the making, as well as the having. You’ll be amazed at the process and the products. Join Cristina in her home studio for a full day of Fabric Marbling on Saturday, July 22 from 10am to 4pm.
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