Workshop Description
Bring in the light! Make a beautiful lantern using the natural form of local branches, for your home, or to give as a special gift. In this one-day workshop you will construct lanterns using willow and dogwood, covered with a wet-strength, translucent tissue paper.
You can work from your own design, or model yours on one of the samples created by Kathleen, as you create your own unique, natural lantern.
You will learn how to select the branches for the structure, how to construct a stable base that will display the beauty of the branches, to join them securely with tape, waxed thread or copper wire, and to cover them with tissue. LED flickering tea lights or votive candles, in glass holders, will be supplied to illuminate your work.
Date: Thurs 6th August
Time: 9:30am - 5pm (with break for lunch)
Tutor: Kathleen Doody
Level: All levels welcome, no prior experience needed
Materials: Materials will be supplied. There will be a selection of branches: willow, dogwood and bamboo, as well as duct and masking tape, copper wire, paste, tissue paper.
Participants are asked to please bring:
• A notebook/sketchbook and pen or pencil
• Wire cutters and/or secateurs or pruning shears
• Sharp scissors
• A work apron is always a good idea
• Your lunch!
Participants: Maximum 8
Venue: Venue in Listowel TBD
About the Artist:
Kathleen Doody is a two-time Olive Stack Gallery residency participant from Toronto Island, Canada. She works in pebble mosaics, linocuts, and rug hooking, but her first love is lanterns, both large scale for parades and outdoor spectacles, and smaller ones for homes and gardens. She began creating lanterns in 1982 for an outdoor production at a theatre festival in Japan. Since then, she has worked in Ireland, England, Italy, and across Canada creating lanterns for numerous parades and theatrical events.
For 25 years Kathleen organized the annual Toronto Island Fire Parade, which featured lanterns made in her workshops. She has also exhibited and taught workshops internationally.
You can see some of her lanterns at Kathleen Doody Design <<https://www.kathleendoodydesign.com/lighting->>
Registration Policy
Please note: Your payment secures your place in the workshop and is therefore non-refundable. A minimum number of participants is required for workshops to go ahead. If this number is not met, the workshop will be cancelled and a full refund will be issued.
