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Claire Nicol

Disciplines

Textiles

Workshops for Ages

Experience of working with wide range of groups including Pre-school, Primary, Secondary, further education, adult education and special needs education.

Workshops Offered

• General “sewing” - Happy to run groups making specifc items or teaching the basics so that individuals make their own items. Useful way to link in with the environment and reusing clothing to make new items.
• Spinning demonstrations and teaching about how fabrics are made.
• Simple cord making – by hand or using the sewing machine. Lots of uses for the finished product!
• Fabric printing (including stencils), a very useful way to include multicultural textiles!
• Transfer printing – a simple technique that gets excellent results in man-made fibres
• Making flowers out of fabric – a fun and simple way of using up scraps.
• Rag Rug Making – including hooking, prodding and latch hook. Individual or group projects undertaken.
• Food “technology”- healthy eating and fun to make treats, basic nutrition and safety in the kitchen.
• Tie-dye and fabric decoration – easily adapted to suit projects run in schools.
• Fabric painting on ready made items – a useful workshop for younger children to include design in the curriculum.

Artist Statement

A qualified “Design and Technology” teacher with years of experience teaching groups of all ages, Claire aims to provide workshops that can be taught with a limited amount of specialist equipment, and the ethos that the children should enjoy the work and realise that it is something they can also do at home.

Claire gains most enjoyment through the teaching of skills to others and enjoys learning from the children as they take on the challenge in their own individual way. The sense of achievement when completing a new task gives the children an experience to remember.