Hand Stitched Pocket Altar In-Store Class Oct 19
Hand Stitched Pocket Altar In-Store Class
Saturday, Oct 19, 11:30-4:30pm
Instructor: Fran Meneley
Limit: 6 students. All participants must be 15 years or older.
Class Details
Join local artist Fran Meneley in making a sweet, hand stitched pocket altar that requires only a few embroidery stitches. It’s a lovely project for experienced stitchers as well as an easy one for beginners. Fran was inspired to create hers by the plastic ones she picked up during her travels in Mexico and New Mexico. These small devotional altars easily fit in a pocket or travel bag as a private reminder to owners of their connection to the divine.
Fran’s interpretation is non-denominational, focusing as it does on images of the divine feminine in Mexican devotional retablos dating to the 18th century. All materials are provided: tea dyed wool felt, beautiful wool yarn for the embroidery, needles, and a button closure. Fran shares a special technique for hand coloring the small saint that’s sewn inside the pocket altar. Choose one from among the three images she provides.
You’ll likely finish your secret pocket altar by the end of class, but it’s easy to complete at home if not. Treat yourself to a wonderfully creative and relaxing afternoon of stitching and making with Fran!
An email will be sent to participants the Monday before the class. Classes with homework may receive pre-class info earlier. No email? Double check the email address you entered when you registered and your SPAM folder. Due to SPAM filters and inbox settings, we cannot guarantee you will see, read, or open these emails. Two Hands Paperie assumes no responsibility for non-attendance of a class. Contact twohandsclasses@gmail.com with any class questions and see our Class Policies page for more information.
Class Materials
Please bring the following materials:
- Optional: small scissors for cutting threads
- Optional: water bottle and a lunch for the short break
Class Materials Include:
- Tea dyed wool felt, wool yarn, needles, buttons, etc
- Materials, imagery, coloring agents, pens, markers etc for creating the saint decal
Class Refund/Cancellation Policy
Cancellations made up to 14 days prior to the first class meeting will be refunded or, at the participant's option, used to pay for another class. Two Hands Paperie will retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled by a participant. After 14 days, there is no refund or credit. In addition, the fee for a class cancelled within this 14-day timeframe by a participant cannot be transferred to pay for another class. These policies are to ensure that teachers are compensated for their investment in materials and in time spent preparing for the class. We reserve the right to cancel a class if fewer than 3 students enroll 48 hours prior to the scheduled class time. If for any reason Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, students will be called at the phone number on file and refunded the FULL class fee.
Instructor Bio
Fran Meneley is an explorer, journaler, painter, maker, teacher, and workshop facilitator for the Taos Studio Retreat in New Mexico. For 23 years she’s been journaling, writing, collaging, and painting in her studio and on the road. She loves to cook and eat (not in that order), travel and explore (always, anywhere), garden sporadically (and in small containers), museum hop, blog (exploring life, travel, and art – the good stuff), dance (with or without a partner), teach art (big and small humans), and scavenge and collect. Fran is inspired by the intricacies and divine beauty of nature, and is a lifelong learner and experimenter. In a former life she was Associate Publisher of a nationally circulated environmental magazine called Buzzworm.
You can find Fran’s work in 1,000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn DeVries Sokol, Beaded Embellishment by Amy Clarke, 500 Beaded Objects by Lark Books, and The Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project. She’s also in issues of the following magazines: Studios, Beadwork, and Cloth, Paper, Scissors. To read an interview on the Two Hands Paperie blog about Fran’s creative process and teaching, click HERE. Also visit Fran’s website: franmeneley.com and find her on Instagram: @athandstudio.
Fran lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband. She delights in the fact that her grown, adventurous children visit often!