The Sewing Circle - Tapestry
February 19th 2007 05:36
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These classes are for all of those, beginners to advanced who have interests in the weaving and sewing of tapestries, using a variety of fabrics and threads, from wool to silks of the highest order.
Although the classes are mostly attended by women, there is one extremely artistic male who is already established and sought after commercially who attends, bringing with him a young, very much younger male from Africa or some similar area which has a mostly black population.
The older find boned male shares his expertise and the younger one just sits there, leaving most of us wondering.
So, let's start at the very beginning.......
Beginner's class
Intermediate class
Preparation for Advanced class
Advanced Class - Graduation
Registrations for all classes are now being accepted.
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If that is what you do in the Beginners Class I stand NO HOPE of progressing!!!! But because the Graduation is so beautiful I would have to enrol in these courses...
Africa has some incredible art....my uncle has an entire moving village made from wire and bits of plastic and other little things....
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Come to think of it, I don't know much, but I just do it.
katyzzz....I was invited to a painting class to-day, that was nice, but I'm not sure I shall have any time much longer, if I do I'll probably toddle over, it's quite a long way away, I seem to recall having one other art class in the community with Italian and Chess and Anthropology. I actually painted something much to mine and my kids surprise, it was quite a shock.
Of course, we did Art in primary school but I had three talented friends, that was enough. Besides my best efforts were pretty terrible. My mother was artistically very gifted, Dad a great photographer and Journalist amongst other things, my kids have varying degrees of talent in various areas, all are much better at Art than I. They certainly got no encouragement from me in that area, but I let them all do their own thing, silly me.
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Funny how artistic abilities are always the ones that parents try to subdue in a child hey? Well in the world over really...it used to be such an important part of life and now it is all about the moolah.
I was driving with my dad through some farmland the other day and we drove past a huge statue that someone had erected in their garden using all bits of junk. It was quite impressive - he just turned up his nose and said, 'That`s not art. I suppose all these people come to these places to try and find themselves'....makes me wonder.....
I think if a parent says no it makes something even more appealing to a child...
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It was rocks like a mountain, very boring subject.
I never attempted to suppress any of my children's abilities, it was that they were all gifted in 'brain power', they were given every opportunity you could imagine and complete freedom in the home to make a clutter etc.
Frankly, I don't think any of them would have followed through with any form of art if their education had not been disrupted by divorce, and although they had a certain amount of artistic talent, it was just that, a certain amount. I thought of those things as hobbies, I'd not make the same mistake again, I'd focus on their scholastic ability.
My son has an extraordinary brain, the girls much more intelligent than their brother would ever give due credit, although others did. As usual if you are given gifts in certain direction, you miss out somewhere else. I brought them all up to be independent. Boy, did I get more than my fair share there, altogether far too successful
But girl 2 did study Sciences and Maths, but is also qualified to teach piano,boy electronics - but that must have been tough , for a head of a gifted primary school, he said he could only do a page a day, it was so difficult, I'm sure he uses those skills now, and child 3 in whom I pereived a difference, I would have been happy with Architecture.
But they've been into everything, much to my regret, I think that is the hard way to do it.
Without family problems and the divorce I'm sure things would have been otherwise, but they had too many alternatives on which to draw and if they lost out one way they just turned to another.
Although a certain amount of giftedness in these other areas, was apparent, they were really well and truly behind others in these ways.
I think it's just the way things turned out, I didn't really try to direct them along any particular lines but I'm sure they knew I valued education, especially for children of their ability.
I'm sure if I'd had a slow child I would have encouraged the child. It was just the way things worked out.
Boy's big complaint with me was that it was my fault he wasn't any good at sport, but they're in the back of the bus as far as I'm concerned. Other than running and being superb at every type of theory imaginable, and a certain aptitude with sailing, I could draw up a very long list of the opportunities he had with sport, he just wasn't the type, I feel sure he was just impressed by the money.
But all of these things are a long time ago, there is a certain amount of giftedness in these other areas, but certainly nothing that distinguished them that way.
I really think it is only the boy who is unhappy with his lot, but he doesn't say so, and I've never been able to comment much as he hasn't been around.
So much for discord in the home. I guess every family has their fair share of problems.
This was really far too much information
I am aware of the excellence of schooling in South Africa, I go to a South African dentist, knew an exceptionally good South African Auditor and the strength of your background, with your own particular talents, shines through, like a beacon.
Is that enough?
This is Orble, musn't take things too seriously, at least I don't. Just show me where the money is!
katyzzz...enough to give you indigestion, I know, I'm experiencing a little myself. But I always value all of your comments, bring it out is what I say, I just wish mine would.
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