I am in this book! THE MASTERS: ART QUILTS. Click on pic to learn more.
I am in this book too! CREATING WITH FABRIC.  Click on pic to learn more.
PAM-ED
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2008


April 23 and 26th, Arnprior  and District quilter's Guild, Trunk show, then My Quilt, My Rules!
April 24th, Textile Traditions shop, Almonte, Fantastic Fabric Faces



May 5th-8th, QUILTER'S ESCAPE,Eureka, California, "Think Like an Artist"



May 31st-June1st, Austin Area Quilter's Guild, Texas,Think Like an Artist ( three days). Quilts by the Half Dozen ( 1 day) Plus lecture.



June 23-27  Art CenterTraverse City, MI , Think Like an Artist"



July 7-11   Algonquin College, Ottawa. Summer Academy of the Arts. Think Like an Artist


Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast Tour,  Quadra Island ( Oct 4-5), Hornby Island (Oct.7-8)  Victoria ( Oct. 1-2) and Sunshine Coast ( Oct 12-13)



October 17-19 Toronto CreativFestival, TBA
                                                         
                                2009

January 15-18, ROAD TO CALIFORNIA, Ontario, California TBA


April 19-24,   Asilomar Center, Pacific Grove, CA .  What Makes a Good Composition


May 18,  Etobicoke Quilter's Guild,  Trunk show- Quilting with Attitude!
Program chair, Arnprior & District Quilter's Guild
Quilter's Escape info
Austin Area Quilt Guild
Art Center Traverse City
Beth Cameron Coordinator
Summer Academy of the Arts
Algonquin College
613-727-4723 (Ext. 7218)
Road to California
Empty Spools Seminar, Asilomar
contact Sandra, Etobicoke Quilter's Guild
Fabric Art Workshops
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"MY QUILT-MY RULES!"
A one  day ( or more) class whose main emphasis is to venture beyond the conventional methods of quiltmaking into an open ended approach to ARTMAKING.
"It Always Rains on Moving Day" 2004, 13.5"x13.5"
"Fish and Chips" 2003, 16"x16"
Fantastic Fabric Faces



Here's a unique way to use those fabrics with large prints in small art quilts. Pamela will demonstrate a fabric collage technique that uses the shapes in large prints....such as those from sarong batiks or floral fantasy fabrics....as components of a portrait face.  A curling vine becomes an eye, a circle becomes a chin.  Pamela also provides fabrics that have been bubble jet printed with eyes, mouths etc to help in the creation. Emphasis in this class will be on the creative process with less fussing about sewing techniques and traditional quilting methods.
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"Small Hair" 2003, 24"x24"
""Big Hair" 2003, 24"x24"
Under the Influence
Description
Most artists look at and admire the work of others. Therein lies a dilemma however, in that how can one learn to appreciate, absorb and make use of our visual knowledge without appropriating that artist's vision and imagery?  How can one achieve a personal content to our work and avoid the dreaded label of "derivative"? In the genre of fabric collage/art quilt, Pamela will help the student to translate a work of art into an original and personal vision.  There will be discussion and critiquing of the nature of art history and how it can benefit the student by broadening her visual vocabulary. At the same time, there will be exciting hands on translation of that influence into a small art quilt with the emphasis being placed on a personal expression rather than copying.
"We Two Boys Together Clinging" by David Hockney
"Compassiopn Giving Comfort" shown in America from the Heart Houston 2001
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Quilts by the Half Dozen


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Is it possible to make 6 quilts in one day? A resounding YES as Pamela uses the small format and spontaneous creativity to bypass all the prethinking and go directly to the heart.  The class will be guided through 6 important design elements by creating a small quilt that concentrates on each. The class will be FAST and fun but  should nevertheless afford the student time to go beyond what can be acheived in one day on a bigger project. We will explore composition, colour, narrative, embellishment, and machine quilting in the course of the day.  Look at these 15 minute compositions some students have done! Now YOU can do it!
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.What Makes a GOOD Composition

This class is an ongoing exploration of ART QUILTING and all its trials and challenges . Many quilt artists come from the genre of more traditional work and are thus very skilled in the technical aspects of quilt making. However when crossing the line into art, other considerations come to the fore...such as style, content, formal elements, composition. These characteristics are more ephemeral and difficult to define. It requires time and practice to reach that confidence of knowing what is good and what is not so good. This workshop is devoted to the fundamental challenge of what makes a pleasing composition.  Exercises are designed to explore separate facets of composition over the weekend through small quilt designs done quickly and spontaneously.  The class will touch upon the formal elements of a composition, the expressive capabilities of colour, the narrative possibilities of an image.
Left to right..................Black and white composition........... limited palette composition.......... independant study .  Over the course of the weekend, students explore various elements of artmaking culminating in a freeform expression of their own.
.THINK LIKE AN ARTIST

Have you made the transition from traditionally designed quilts to ART quilts? Would you like to?  Then this is the class for you.

There are two parts to every art quilt....one is the technical expertise of stitching, applique, quilting, blocking, binding. And we all continue to improve in this category simply by making work .  The other side ... the ART part....is more ephemeral and esoteric perhaps, as it requires many years of questioning, risk taking and imagination to develop. Pamela has designed a three -five day program that will start the student along the road to that development. Students will hone in on the whole process of art making using a series of hands on exercises which focus on the important elements of creativity.  Each  morning and afternoon, the class will work on projects that address certain problems faced by every artist. 

Below are examples of student half day projects...Black and white Composition. Composition with line. Composition using complementary colour pallette. Independant study.
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