Aquitaine gite - some summer places available

There are still some places available in both July and August for some of the most reasonable prices in the south of France for upto six people.

Aquitaine gite, vall�e du lot - holiday rental

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Summer Occurances

Batik workshop at Dolmayrac village school
A two hour batik afterschool workshop with 20 children aged 6-9yrs was held last week in my local village of Dolmayrac.
The children wanted to make something for Mother's day which in France is at the end of May.
Each child used hot wax and dyes to produce a fabric piece for their mum.
Lots of excited children created some super fabric works.

Barn
Now the weather is better Summer courses are starting up in theTex'Atelier Barn.
Indigo dyeing with shibori resist, 20th June
Feltmaking, ( flat, nuno and 3D felting) 26th & 27th June
Natural dyeing 4th July, all courses run from 10.30 am – 5pm and include a light lunch and cost 65 euros per person per day.
Booking for more than one day will allow a 10% discount

Workshops at the Southampton City Art Gallery
'Painterly printmaking' courses are running in the UK on 22nd, 23rd and 24th July, this will include mono print, monotype and collography. An experimental course where students will be encouraged to push boundaries.

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Southampton City Art Gallery textile week

I have just got back from England although getting there was hard due to volcanic ash, consequently my plane was cancelled and I was so very lucky to be able to get a lift up to Calais and go through the tunnel with Jim and Sue Lindop who had already booked ages before the volcano errupted.
The first day was using procion dyes and  manutex thickener to produce experimental printed and painted fabric samples on natural fabrics.

Day 2 was indigo dyeing and shibori, where folk created sensitive and beautiful samples using this ancient Japanese method of resist dyeing with deep indigo blue.

Days 3 and 4 were a 2 day workshop called 'Memories are made of this'. Participants created textile wall pieces using collage, photo transfer and stitch. Special fabrics, old letters, photos and other souvenirs were incorporated into the pieces that were highly individual and significant to the maker.


A Felt-making improptu at Pelham House Gallery on the Isle of White - with Carol Ann