Friday, October 6, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm $85/Members; $90/Non-Members
Conceptual Development in Image-Knitting - REGISTER
Saturday, October 7, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm $85/Members; $90/Non-Members
Exploring the Domestic Knitting Machine - REGISTER
Sunday, October 8, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm $150/Members; $165/Non-Members
Class details and supplies:
Introduction to Knit Art
RESCHEDULED - Please stay tuned for future dates. Questions? Email Kate Dugdale at kated@nordicmuseum.org. Thursday, October 5 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm $85/Members; $90/Non-Members
Join Allyce Wood for a lecture and conversation about the possibilities of knit art using handmade and machine-powered methods. Color, texture and materiality come together to tell stories of the moments that make up our lives. Explore examples from Scandinavian providence and the artists own recent artworks. Ask questions, tell stories, draw and connect!
Explore the potential of graph paper and yarns; these simple materials that can create evocative and graphic images when combined and translated into unique knit cloth. Learn how to draft a functional color chart for hand knitting as well as the ins and outs of tensioning and floats. Bring your knitting needles and two-colors of wool yarns to test your original patterns.
What does knit artwork look like? Examine the possibilities of artistic knit designs that expand from wearable garments into the abstract, the sculptural, or the avant. Explore the expanse offered by color work, texts, coded images and play with knit cloth as a drape, a tapestry, or a three-dimensional object. Let your expression guide your knitting needles.
Exploring the Domestic Knitting Machine
REGISTER Sunday, October 8 10:00 am - 5:00 pm $150/Members; $165/Non-Members
Pattern knitting is a beautiful system of codes and charts. In this class, take your artwork a step further with the help of the Knitting Machine! Artist Allyce Wood will share how to find, refurbish, and then use this intricate piece of technology; the class will share access to her own refurbished 1960’s domestic knitting machine, creating punchcards, knitting samples, and exploring various colorways.
About the Instructor
Allyce Wood
Allyce Wood lives and works in Seattle, WA. Through the use of digital and handmade processes, Wood makes installations, works on paper, and textiles with a focus on digital jacquard tapestries.
Allyce Wood lives and works in Seattle, WA. Through the use of digital and handmade processes, Wood makes installations, works on paper, and textiles with a focus on digital jacquard tapestries.
To her, the loom acts as a mediator between traditional and computerized technologies, offering a unique way to combine online and offline experiences into images in cotton and wool. Wood received her MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) in 2018 and her BFA from Cornish College of Art in 2010. She expanded her education by studying Digital Jacquard Tapestry KUNO at the University of Bergen in 2018.
