Working with commercial felt hoods, hand blocking techniques will be developed to design a piece to couture standards, looking at trimming options and how to finish a hat to a high standard.
Course tutor | Sharon Bainbridge | |
Course technician | TBC | |
Day & time | Level one: Level two: | Wednesday, 6.30 – 9.00pm Tuesday, 6.30 – 9.00pm (Places still available) |
Dates | Course one: | w/c 21 September – w/c 30 November 2009 |
Course two: | w/c 11 January – w/c 22 March 2010 | |
Course three: | w/c 12 April – w/c 21 June (Monday classes, w/c 28 June) | |
Course content | Level one: Course one – Autumn Millinery: Working with commercial felt hoods, hand blocking techniques will be developed to design a piece to couture standards, looking at trimming options and how to finish a hat to a high standard. Course two – Winter Millinery: Further development with felt and introducing other materials in millinery production to create hats that students wish to design and manufacture. Course three - Summer Hats and fascinators: Working with sinamay and straw to create pieces for any occasion. Level two: Course one – Feltmakers: Advanced felt techniques working with commercial felt creating innovative pieces from self designed briefs with an aim to looking to Feltmakers Guild competition. Course two - Innovative millinery: Working with traditional millinery materials in new ways, creating own brief to design and develop headwear. Course three – Innovative Millinery: Continued development of techniques and processes working towards exhibiting. | |
Teaching | Primarily by demonstration and both group and one to one work. | |
Location/ facilities | The class will be held in room 101C of the fashion department, at the Blenheim Walk Building. There is a library and cafeteria which evening class students are entitled to use. There is a College car park costing £1 for the evening. A permit should be bought from the car park attendant and displayed. | |
Equipment and materials costs | A basic sewing kit is required. Materials for each hat will vary but can be as little as £5.00 for a felt hat to £20 for a large sinamay piece. | |
College information | You will be issued with a swipe card which you will need to access the building. Evening class students will be able to access the College from 5.00-9.00pm on the evening of the class. | |
Fee | For 2009/2010, we are introducing loyalty fees for those students who return to study with us: · First ten week course - £150 · Second ten week course - £135 (10% discount) · Third ten week course - £120 (20% discount) Fees will be subject to change for 2010/2011 | |
Booking a place | We enrol for each course at the start of each term. However students who are already enrolled get priority for places on the next course – to give them the opportunity to develop their skills – with any places not taken up being offered to those who’ve left their details for our mailing list. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, or if you would like to enrol on the next course, please contact Neil Hedges on 0113 202 8165 or email at neil.hedges@leeds-art.ac.uk. | |
More information | For further information or a booking form to be sent out in the post, please contact: Neil Hedges on 0113 202 8165 Louisa Parker on 0113 202 8162 louisa.parker@leeds-art.ac.uk Marianne Springham on 0113 202 8162 | |