Creative Fibre Auckland

It’s time for the Clevedon A&P Show!

Creative Fibre Auckland Area will have a booth, so if you’d like to volunteer, please contact the Area Delegate or email us.

How about entering the Adult Arts & Crafts classes in the Indoor Section? Visit the Clevedon Show website for location information and if you want to submit entries for the Indoor Section, here’s the link to the form you’ll need:
Download Forms.

For more details and entry fees, visit the website. See you there!

It’s PARTY TIME!

Oh wait, and AGM time too – better not forget that. This year the Auckland committee changes hands, so please do come along for that. After the business is dealt with (which we’re told will be right smartly!), it’s on to the fun of the day – our Christmas party and Spin In.

Date: Wednesday 25 November
Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Where: Silverdale Hall, Silverdale St, Silverdale (See Map)
Lunch: Shared lunch so please bring along a contribution for that
Entry Fee: $2 (Members) $5 (non-Members)

We will have a speaker and vendor stalls too, which will open after the AGM, around 11am:

• Jumbuck Carding
• Sue Blanchard
• Wild & Woolly
• Hilde Blank
• Silverdale Alpacas
• Coral Mylius (Ashford agent)

The Red Hill group held a dye day on Saturday 10 October – all done with food colouring.

Roving, top and yarn had been generously provided, along with a collection of food colourings you can purchase from any supermarket. The ones we mostly used were the Queen brand.

Fibre was pre-soaked in warm water with a dash of white vinegar, everything laid out, and then we were into it, experimenting with colours and intensities. Once the fibre was dyed, it was wrapped in plastic wrap (Gladwrap will do nicely), rolled up, put in a plastic grocery bag, and put in a pot to heat through and set the dye.

So easy to do, so much fun, and lots of fibre and yarn to play with at the end of it. Try it out yourself!

Monday 12th October
10.00am—3.00pm

Elim Church Centre
Thames
(by the Wharf—same as last year)
(view Google map)

Trade Stalls, Door Prizes, Refreshments available to purchase
Entry $2.00

Guest Speaker: Liz Clarke, National Co-ordinator of Operation Cover Up

Theme: Slippers, Socks & Legwarmers (bring along to model)

If you’re interested in the following seminar, please contact Alison Eades as soon as possible to register:

A One Day Colour Seminar with Leading Colour Specialist MICHAEL WILCOX

Michael is visiting from England to present this one day Seminar throughout New Zealand. He is the author of the book Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green, inventor of the Split Primary System and the Colour Bias Wheel, and Head of the School of Colour.

The Seminar will cover:

• All aspects of colour mixing and a full understanding of same
• The basics of colour harmony and contrast
• The selection of suitable materials and their use
• The mixing of greens
• The colours of shadows
• Mixing greys
• The colour of nature
• Making full use of the complimentary colours

The Seminar is for artists, craft workers, designers, interior decorators
and all who use colour in their work or leisure.

The Day of Colour Seminar will be held on the following dates:

Tuesday 29th September – AUT Akoranga Campus, Akoranga Drive, North Shore, Auckland

Friday 2nd October – The Learning Connexion, Taita Campus, Hutt City,
Wellington

Sunday 4th October – Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology,
Bridge Street, Nelson

Wednesday 7th October – Philip Carter Family Auditorium, Christchurch
Art Gallery, Worcester Boulevard Christchurch

The seminar runs from 10am to 4pm and costs $80 per person.
Download Registration Form

(TLC students wanting to attend Wellington seminar who cannot afford full
fee please contact Alison)

For more information, or to register please contact Alison Dawn Eades at adeades@hotmail.com or phone 03 539 4925. It is advised to register early as places are limited.

Please pass this information on to anyone who may be interested.

Check out Michael’s web site at www.schoolofcolor.com