FRAN SKILES
Fran has a BA in Clothing Design from West Virginia University. Her 22+ years in art quilt making have evolved into stitched hard surface paper and fabric collages. She currently teaches collage/painting workshops and works full-time at her studio in Fort Lauderdale.
In 1993 she was invited by the British Crafts council to participate in a year-long traveling American Art Quilt exhibition. In 2000 her work was included in Art Quilts: America of the Millennium, an invitational exhibition in Strasbourg, France. She has exhibited in Fiber Arts International, Visions-Quilt San Diego, and Quilt National, winning Quilt National Best of Show in 1997. She is represented by Thirteen Moons Gallery. Her work was featured in Fiberarts Magazine, Summer 2005.
Fran Skiles in her studio and one of her art works.
Image below: Fran's workshop at the Crow Timber Frame Barn.
PAPER ONLY: HARD SURFACE 
COLLAGE/PRINTING/PAINTING
• Dates: May 12-16, 2008
• Level: Beginning to Advanced
• Zig Zag Sewing Machine: Yes
• Tuition & Meal Plan: $750
• Materials Fee: $25
• Dye Facility Usage Fee: $25
> Accommodations and meal information
DESCRIPTION
This five-day workshop emphasizes the process involved in creating paper collages. Participants are encouraged to work intuitively using a sewing machine, hand-stitching and acrylic medium, to build shapes, structure and texture into paper canvases. Students will work with and have demonstrations in painting, mono-printing, resist dyeing, photo transfers, plus other techniques. These studies may become completed projects and/or works-in-progress. The class includes demonstrations, group discussions, and individual critiques.
SUPPLY LIST
• 3 yards Pellon "stitch and tear" interfacing
• Any personal papers that can be put into collages
• Sewing machine
• Embroidery threads and needles
• Acrylic inks
• Gloss medium
• 4-6 foam brushes (all sizes)
• Spray bottles
• Rulers
• Container for water
• Imagery on paper (This is to be in the form of copy paper printed on a copy machine. Fran recommends high contrast, 11 x 17 inch copies. The imagery could come from magazines, newspapers, photographs. Some copy with numbers and letters is a good idea.)
• Watercolor paper (15 sheets of 140 LB, approximately 14" x 20", hot or cold press, or rough)
MATERIALS FEE PROVIDES:
• All paint and printing inks
• Syringes
• Variety of Japanese papers
• "Yes" paste
• Golden Gloss Gel
• Wax paper
• Plastic cups and lids and spoons for paints
• Heat transfer paper
• Extra items on student supply list to cover shortages
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