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Curves and trimmings

Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

Cecilia KOPPMANN

Workshop topic: Contemporary with machine

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Nb of students: 15

Sewing curves isn’t so complicated… And the most exciting part is seeing how our work transforms when we cut and reposition the pieces In this class, you will learn:

Sewing free hand cut curves facing the right sides of the fabrics
Preparing the background with appliques and embroideries
Cutting, repositioning and surprising yourself with the result.

Where: ancien lycée, 3 rue Osmont, 68160 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Room 1

List of supplies

neutral sewing thread
thread matched with fabrics
pins
rotary cutter
cutting mat

Required supplies

80 cm thermo-adhesive interlining
Strands of wool or thread
Zigzag ribbon

Fabrics to bring + lengh

6 or more fabrics with small prints or plain gradient ones (not necessarily the same color, but there should be VERY light, VERY dark and medium ones) The measurement will depend on the size of your cutting surface. 5cm narrower than your surface and 20cm high.
Two 10cm x 60cm strips of different multicolored fabrics that you like how they coordinate with the rest.

Kit
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Optional kit 30 €:

6 fabrics with small prints or plain gradient fabrics 50 cm x 20 cm high
Two 10cm x 60cm strips of different multicolored fabrics that you like how they coordinate with the rest.
80cm of thermo-adhesive interlining
Strands of wool or thread, cords, zigzag ribbon etc. to apply

The teacher

Cecilia KOPPMANN

The dyeing of fabrics is an initial and fundamental part of Cecilia Koppmann's creative process. It is the moment to unfold scales, ranges, shades.
Then she cuts, discards, arranges, gathers, opposes, separates, sews in an improvised and almost frantic way. She looks for the exact tone, so that the scraps are like the brushstrokes of a canvas.
From there the process slows down: she arranges, relocates, rotates, turns the pieces until she finds the result.
The themes of her works are related to moments in her life: interests and emerging situations. Many were inspired by mathematical or geometric logics: successions, movement, gradings, geometric modules and repetitions.
Others are related to the healing dimension of the work she does: diseases and pandemics set in motion powerful and inspiring processes for her and for others. It is a great joy to gather and share different paths and approaches to textile work.