I spent the last two days at a workshop sponsored by our West Michigan Quilt Guild. We bring in a teacher every two months and this month we had the real treat of hosting Lyric Kinard. I remember mentioning this in my last post and someone commented that Lyric is just lovely and that is exactly how I would describe her.
I took the first class which was Surface Design sampler platter: thermofax printing, using textile paints with carved erasers , citrosolve photo transfers onto fabric, using grey gel and foil, wonder under and foil, wonder under and ….many techniques to create a small journal cover.
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| Lyric Kinard and surface design |
Lyric starting out the day with a carved eraser stamping demonstration. It definitely was a taste of the various techniques and I made lots of little samples to remember them. The next day was the” Bead It Like You Mean It “class. She has a new DVD out about various beading techniques which I purchased but didn’t watch yet.
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| Lyric Kinard -beading demonstration |
I really appreciated how she uses a small camera to display the beading demonstrations.
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| Lyric using the overhead screen |
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| Lyric’s box of cabuchons |
She had a beautiful box of cabochons to attach with beading. Oh so pretty .
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| Lyric Kinard’s beading sampler |
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| Lyric Kinard’s work displayed for class |
She also gave a marvelous lecture on the elements of art and it passed by so quickly with all the beautiful quilts she used to illustrate her lecture.
I really appreciated her calm professionalism and her absolutely wonderful teaching demeanor. I walked away calm and confident to try new things and use all of her beading techniques. So it was a treat and a privilege. Lyric was lovely and no wonder she was awarded 2011 Teacher of the Year by the Professional Quilter Magazine.
