Beautiful Silks Workshops presents:

Soomee Kim : Felt: Design, Layout, Wear Friday 16th March 2012

Soomee's work photo provided Soomee Kim

Soomee Kim teaches design and this shows in her student results. Link here to see pictures of her 2011 series of workshops at Beautiful Silks.

Doors open 9am for a 9.30 start, concluding at 4pm, 12 people maximum $132 plus materials. Total fee with materials $200

A materials kit is $67 and you can preselect your colour choices for this class. The kit includes prefelt, wool top, fabric, printed devore velvet - a pack of harmonious colours. Booking Code SMK05 If you want to continue on with the reversable long waistcoat following this workshop, link here

If you require sprayer, plastics, bubble wrap etc this can be provided as your Feltmaking hardware kit - $25.00 Please preorder!

 

Soomee supervising class work, note the garden sprayer very useful tool - Beautiful Silks, 2010

 

Workshop description:

Using prefelts, silk fabric wool tops, silk fibres and interesting textured fabrics, you will make a completely reversable felt wrap vest garment. A pattern is standard, you try the pattern on, recut to fit your body size if nescessary, this only takes 30 minutes maximum. See the requirements list - all is included in your fee, and the to bring list is what you need to bring along with you.

 

Tutor Profile

Soomee Kim was born in Korea and brings excellence into feltmaking design. SOOMEE KIM Artist / curator 1960 born in Seoul Korea

1986 Immigrate in Australia Education 1983 Ewaha Woman’s University, Korea, Bachelor of Applied Art(Textile) 1985 Ewha Woman’s University, Korea, Master of Applied Art(Textile)

2006 Box Hill Institute, Australia Diploma of Arts (Textile)

2006 Master course with Elizabeth Armstrong (Australia Felt artist)

2008 Master course with Alexander Plin (Russian Felt artist)

Award The 4th Korean Art Grand Exhibition,

Special Prize The 3rd Korea Modern Art Exhibition,

Special Prize The 11th College students Design Contest,

Special Prize The 13th Nationwide University Art Contest,

Gold Prize, Education Minister Prize Exhibitions 2008 Korean Artist Association Melbourne Inaugural Exhibition Glen Eira City Council Gallery 2008

Inchon Global Cities Arts Exchange Exhibition 2008

Exhibition at The Tesselaar Turkish Tulip Festival 2009 Inchon Arts Fair 2009 ‘ Connection ‘ – Korean &Turkish joint Exhibition 2009 Inchon International Arts Exchange Exhibition 2009 Invited Solo Exhibitions, Gana Art centre Seoul, Korea 2009 Invited Solo Exhibitions, Craft house Teaching Career 200

Currently works in Melbourne - visiting professor of textiles Ulaambataar University.

To enrol email: workshops@beautifulsilks.com or call (03) 9419 7745