ESSENTIAL INFO
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👥 Ages: Adults only 18+
📍 Venue: Bellingen High School
📈 Level: BEGINNER to INTERMEDIATE skill level
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9am – 4pm (5 Full-Days)
🏷️ Extra costs: This course has a cost of $?? for materials
Required skills & experience
Students must be open to: learning, all demonstrations and being taught skills & techniques with all hand tools & some machinery.
You may already know some of this training, but it is important for you to be safe & know what the teacher expectations are. A safe workshop is a happy workshop!
Students need to be able to stand, lift to <15kg, use of walking stick ok, hearing loss ok (though teachers do not have auslan), stools will be available to sit while marking out and having a rest.
Supplies that will be provided by your tutor
Cost of $?? includes:
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NOTE: Supply costs will be collected by the tutor before Camp Creative.
Supplies that you need to bring to class
Fabrics (please no synthetics, they don’t take to natural dyes):
Comfortable clothing, no skirts or dresses
Safety boots - definitely NOT runners.
Long hair tied back. Woodchix will have your prepaid bundle of all materials for your kitchen trolley.
Learning outcomes
Students will leave the course with a wealth of knowledge and skills of woodwork and their lovely and very useful Kitchen trolley from various species of Aussie hardwood with a wine rack, charcuterie board and wine glass rack which is on wheels and beautifully finished.
WEEK PLAN
DAY ONE
Introduction to natural dyes - discussion of samples
Preparation of fabrics for tomorrow’s printing
Essential knowledge before we begin
Creating sample prints using fabrics I have already prepared
Iron/tannin reaction, health and safety issues
Foraging and environmental issues
Recording information
DAY TWO
Finishing fabric prep from yesterday
Looking at yesterday’s samples to understand plant properties
Bundling
Printing
Making a weld dye pot
Tannin blankets
DAY THREE
More printing - different layout techniques
Demonstration of printing a garment
Making a cochineal dye pot
Under/overdyeing
Preparing and printing paper
DAY FOUR
Variations on intensity - more printing
DAY FIVE
Print, print, print!
Discussion on finishing/fabric care
Analysing everyone’s work
Final wrap
Examination and evaluation
COURSE TUTOR
Gill Enterkin
Gill is passionate about educating Teachers in Industrial Arts Timber and empowering women with hands-on skills in woodwork & joinery, building confidence, self esteem and preparing women to consider trade apprenticeships.
She has been a TAS (Technical Applied Studies) teacher specialising in woodwork for 20+ years in high schools. Gill is also a VET Cert IV Training and Assessment, Cert III Cabinet Making – Furniture and has a Certificate II Construction Pathways.
Before teaching, Gill worked in electrical repairs, Logistics and Transport, as a Jilleroo and in hospitality. “All of these experiences have led me to create Woodchix, in the hope that I can help teachers and women forge their paths and realise their hopes and dreams”.
“I participated in a fun workshop where I learned how to measure properly and use power tools safely.
I had so much fun I want to return and join a class.
Friendly teachers who made us feel welcome to ask all the questions.”
“I had an absolute blast at WoodChix!
Gill is excellent and has such a wealth of knowledge and experience.
I would definitely attend one of the other courses she offers.”
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