Barbara Gail Blate With
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About the Instructor …
Barbara Gail Blate is a Tryon, North Carolina fabric artist and teacher. She holds a BA in Art Education and an MS in Special Education. Having taught art to blind children, she brings a unique way of "seeing" to her fabric art and classes, inspiring students to look beyond their usual fields of vision. Her recent completion of the Mandala:Holistic Reflection of the Self Certificate Program has added new insights and dimensions to her own fabric work and classes.
One of her greatest pleasures is helping others develop the confidence to reach beyond their inhibitions and perceived limitations to discover their own inner creativity. Her warm, flexible teaching style creates a class atmosphere of acceptance, encouragement and stimulation. And her workshops at quilt guilds and fabric art groups in the Southeast US and The Quilters of South Carolina Pieceable Retreats have been well received for many years. However, she is more than just an educator. Her explorations of watercolor painting, stained glass work and fabric design, including batik, silk-screen, fabric paints and quilting, provide a wealth of personal resources to share with her students and friends. |
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If one or more of these qualities sounds like you…
Then you're a perfect fit for these retreats and workshops.
- You LOVE all kinds of fabrics, fibers, threads, trims, buttons, beads, and other embellishments…
- You think a good time is getting down and dirty with fabric paints, dyes, inks, pens, etc…
- You enjoy experimenting with new concepts and techniques…
- You often feel like you march to a different drummer…
- You are more "process" than "project" oriented…
- You work best in low- to no-pressure situations…
- You feel that your fabric work is actually a kind of meditation-that your inner spirit is really at play when you "work"…
- You enjoy the fellowship of kindred spirits...
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Distinctive Features:
- Exciting and innovative workshop choices…
- Minimum class size for maximum individualized attention and instruction…
- An atmosphere of acceptance, encouragement and stimulation…
- Cutting edge techniques to shift your vision from merely looking at to really SEEING the world around you…
- Fun and interactive movement, music and other right-brain activities to help you relieve stress, stimulate your
imagination, and free your creativity…
- Introduction to "outside-the box" methods and new ways of using old ones…
- Time-proven design concepts taught in unique and innovative ways…
- Connection with - and inspiration from - new friends and kindred spirits…
- Time set aside just for you - a time for revitalization, relaxation, and reflection …
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Return home with:
- A better understanding of important design concepts and the ability to use them in innovative ways…
- A head and heart full of new ideas, techniques, and processes to transform your future work…
- Eyes newly opened to the miraculous lines, shapes, colors, textures, of your everyday world.
- A renewed enthusiasm for the endless possibilities for creative expression…
- A new group friends with whom to correspond, exchange ideas and lend support…
- An energized, stimulated and renewed spirit-revitalized and ready to take on the world again.
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