Upcoming Workshops:

Upcoming Classes:

Scroll down to see all my public classes and workshops. These vary from short day to week-long residency workshops.  Continue to scroll to see a list of previous workshops taught.

I hope to see you in class soon.

See examples of student work here.

THE STITCHED DRAWING

JOETTA MAUE

JULY 12-15, 2019

This class will explore hand embroidery as a form of drawing. Through direct drawing, transfer and projection you will build technical skills and methodologies for idea development. Traditional drawing techniques such as contour, gesture and hatching will be addressed and considered in terms of application with embroidery. Participants will learn basic-to-advanced embroidery techniques, including various stitches, appliqué techniques, and three-dimensional building of textiles. We will look at the work of contemporary textile and mixed media artists and how they use the principles and legacy of drawing traditions to make dynamic embroidery and appliqué based works of art. Along with a focus on new techniques we will also consider the conceptual role of “thread” and how it relates to the content and form of one's artwork. Participants will begin a personal project and discuss the best way to make their stitch, technique, color and materials choices. Beginner and Beyond

More information and register here:

http://petersvalleyworkshops.bigcartel.com/product/the-stitched-drawing

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CYANOTYPE

AND STITCH

JOETTA MAUE

SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2019

Come discover the combination of the cyanotype process of alternative photography and embroidery techniques to create unique imagery and stitch work. Working from items with personal meaning, you will combine the art of the photogram, (a process of placing objects directly onto coated material and exposing it to light), the photograph and hand stitching to make striking one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Participants will discover the alternative process photo emulsion of cyanotype (an evocative blue tone) on fabric and rag paper and embellish their work with hand stitching and appliqué. You will learn the cyanotype technique and basic stitches to embellish your work with. The class includes slide presentations and critical discussion as well as plenty of experimentation. Beginner and Beyond

Register and info here: http://petersvalleyworkshops.bigcartel.com/product/cyanotype-and-stitch

                                      

Cyanotype & Stitch

June 21-24, 2019

SPECIAL PROGRAM:

This workshop is part of the Art Retreat for Educators. If you are not an educator, please check back in early May. If spaces are available, we will offer them for general registration at that time.

Learn multiple techniques that combine photography and embroidery to create unique imagery and stitched work. Working from items with personal meaning, students will combine the art of the photogram, the photograph, and hand stitching. Students will be introduced to the alternative photo emulsion process of cyanotype on fabric and rag paper and embellish their work with hand stitching and appliqué for exciting results.

Details and registration here:https://www.snowfarm.org/workshops/topics/cyanotype-stitch

I regularly teach classes with MASS ART in their continuing education. Check here for current classes. https://massart.edu/continuing-education

at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain, Boston.

Advanced Embroidery

Sunday, Apr 28, 1–5pm 

Expand your embroidery repertoire by learning more advanced and layered stitches. Explore uses of decorative and imaginative stitches. Students should have a basic understanding of embroidery and know some basic stitches, such as cross, chain, split, stem and back. Prerequisite: Basic Embroidery or equivalent skills

Register here: https://eliotschool.org/classes/advanced-embroidery

Stitching with Contrast & Value 

Sunday, May 19, 10am–2pm

Use basic embroidery strategies to introduce aspects of value and the illusion of 3-dimensional space. Practice techniques, such as hatching, and ways to improve how you see light and render gradations of light in your embroidered drawings. All levels welcome.

Register here: https://eliotschool.org/classes/stitching-contrast-value-0

 Eliot school classes tend to sell out so sign up early!  

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If you would like me to offer a workshop with you please contact me at joettamaue (at) gmail com

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Other locations that Joetta has taught:

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Previous Classes Taught:

Drawing with Thread

This class explores embroidery as drawing. The class will focus on techniques of taking drawings into a stitched work. Through direct drawing, transfer and projection students will build technical skills and methodologies for idea development. Traditional drawing techniques such as contour, gesture, hatching and pointillism are addressed and considered in terms of application to needlework pieces. Students will learn basic to advanced embroidery techniques, including various stitches, appliqué techniques, staining and 3-dimensional building of textiles. We will look at the work of contemporary textile and mixed media artists and how they use the principles and legacy of drawing traditions to make dynamic embroidery and appliqué based works of art. Along with a focus on new techniques we will also consider the conceptual role of “thread” in one’s work and how it relates to the content and form of our artwork. As the class develops we will begin a personal project and discuss the best way to make stitch, technique, color and materials choices.  There will be presentations on textile artists and the history of drawing techniques as well as critique of personal work. 

Alternative Process and Hand Embroidery

The focus of this course is to discover collage, photography and textiles techniques to create unique imagery and stitch work. Working from items with personal meaning, students will combine the art of the photogram, a process of placing objects directly onto coated material and exposing it to light, the photograph and hand stitching to make striking one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Participants will discover the alternative process photo emulsion of cyanotype (an evocative blue tone) and van dyke (a rich brown) on fabric and embellish their work with hand stitching and appliqué. The class includes slide presentations and critical discussion as well as plenty of experimentation. Open to all skill levels.

Art is Process

All too often we head into the process of making something burdened with expectations, pre-determined outcome or not knowing how to begin at all and other sorts of barriers. This class is going to help break us out of that approach to creative self-expression. By following where our process leads us, we find our answers, and not the other way around. We will explore some fun ways to get ideas surfaced and then how to flesh those ideas into a vision. We will do some writing, meditation and brain mapping exercises to identify what is most important to us as individuals in the process of making. From these ideas we will look at personal materials; textiles, photographs and words to start to develop a focus to how and what we make. This is not just a class about textiles, the textiles are in service to the process of creative exploration.

We are gonna go wide and deep.

EMBROIDERY: THE MARK OF THE NEEDLE

This class teaches a variety of embroidery, needle arts, and stitching techniques and how to apply them to contemporary art making. This involves going past the technique and exploring the conceptual layer of working with textiles and stitching while looking at the heritage and meaning of embroidery's history and how contemporary artists are reclaiming and evolving it. Diverse skills are introduced and studied, including basic-to-advanced hand embroidery techniques and its tools, applique (both raw and finished), working in 3 dimensions with textiles and a range of transfer techniques. The class also looks at the history of embroidery, how to diversify stitches and marks made by thread, how to work with text and photographs, creating value in textile drawings, and color choices and conceptual development. Skills are introduced in small-scale projects that are then applied to larger personal projects or a series. The class allows for the exploration of needle work in various ways -- as a form of art in itself, a new technique for mixed media practices, or as a skill set that can be applied to decorative work on wearables and household textiles.

Stitching with the hand...

Explore the wonderful versatility and beauty of hand

needlework. Learn basic stitches and techniques while looking

at contemporary artists and their interpretations of the

tradition for inspiration. Walk away with the tools to make your

own unique works of stitched art. We will have plenty of time

for group and individual stitching. No experience necessary. A

materials list will be sent to students prior to the first class. 

Cyanotype & Stitch

Combine photograms and stitching to make striking one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Bring items of personal meaning to work with; small objects and transparent or translucent items work well, e.g. lace, thin fabric, photocopies or drawings on acetate. Create a composition with your objects, then use light-sensitive photo emulsion to create a cyanotype - an evocative blue image - on fabric. Finally, embellish and personalize the work with stitching.

Exquisite Stitch

Squam Art Workshops Spring 2015

In this class we will slip into a gentle place and bring a meaningful moment forward.

Using color, text and image – we will layer stitches to create a piece that represents the heart of this experience. Students will be encouraged to think about what that moment could be. Is it a memory? Is it something you want to manifest in your life? Or, is it simply an exploration of the smaller, yet shimmering moments of the everyday?

The options are wide but what we all will be doing is looking at how each of us, as the artists of our day, draw upon key moments for inspiration. We will deepen our awareness of how we honor, explore, celebrate and heal the experiences of our life.

Four core stitches will be employed throughout this class: satin, split, stem, and French. We will also be using split or stem for applique. If you are not familiar with these techniques, Joetta will provide clear tutorials and examples of each.

The project will be stitched onto found linen. Joetta will share her knowledge of how working with found linens and materials affects the overall conceptual read of the work so that choices are not arbitrary, rather meaning and intention is behind each choice. She will also lead an open discussion on the role linens play in our lives, cultural and personal associations, imagery etc.

After this class, a pillowcase may never seem like just a pillowcase again . . .

Alternative Media Drawing, Adult                       

Students will be inspired by contemporary artists who

are pushing the boundaries of “drawing” with their

techniques and mediums. Discuss ways in which an artist can

approach alternative materials in drawing and problem solve.

Experiment with drawing with thread and wire on paper and fabric. Class

will work from a still life initially. As the class progresses artists can feel

free to experiment and push the boundaries of the project. Students should

bring materials that they may want to experiment with.

Applique Portraits 

Work from a photograph or drawing to create a textile portrait incorporating techniques of embroidery, applique & surface design. Learn how to apply these techniques to create work in a larger scale. In addition we will cover transfer techniques, learn appropriate stitches, stencil techniques and more.

Artisans’ Critique

It’s hard to find a place outside of art school to discuss your work in a critical dialog with other artisans. Come together to present recent work and enjoy constructive criticism and conversation in a small group with a seasoned curator/artist/educator. What are you working toward, both visually and conceptually? What will help move you forward? Open to all media including wood, fibers, paint, books, assemblage.

 

Embroidery Embellishments on Clothing

Inspired by the Hippie Chic fashion exhibition at the MFA, embroider directly onto clothing. We will offer some designs from that era for alteration, personalization and play. In the process, learn basic embroidery

Stitchery with Unexpected Materials

Sunday, May 19, 2013 – 10am–4pm – $70

Push the boundaries and explore alternatives to thread and fabric. Stitch with wire, raffia, rope on found materials, wood, paper and more. Great for mixed media artists, fiber artists and anyone interested in incorporating stitches into their art. Learn basic stitches and problem-solve quirks and challenges involved in using alternative materials.

Build a Blog

Build a blogger blog in this workshop. Learn the tricks and trades of a successful blog, how to build traffic, learn the ins and outs of the Blogger

software and begin to build your blog. We will work on inserting images, making a header, adding gadgets, links, etc. Students must

bring their own laptop to work on and have images on your computer to work from for headers and link images. You should have a blog fully built by the end of the class

 

Hand Appliqué

Appliqué, a process of cutting, layering and sewing cloth to create pictures, can serve as an illustrative device, a form of collage or even a pathway to three dimensions. Learn basic techniques to create appliquéd images and forms, then begin to explore how to go further, take risks and court the unexpected.

Hand EmbroideryExplore the beauty and versatility of hand needlework. Make your own personal sampler with traditional and modern embroidery stitches and experiment with creativity. Learn a variety of techniques and be exposed to contemporary interpretations of the tradition so you can make your own unique works of art.

'Til death do us part- 

Celebrate, investigate, or pine about the experience of marriage and romantic partnership. Work with fiber artist Joetta Maue -who's work is inspired by the most intimate relationships we have in life- to create a one of a kind piece of embroidery art. Come with an idea to make a work about marriage, love, love loss, desire for love- wherever your heart is. Discuss how one can make a hand made ketubah, the Jewish wedding contract, an image of the bridal bed or couple, or a creation inspired by wedding vows and how these make a meaningful heirloom or treasured gift. In conjunction we will talk about the role of dowry and embroidered wedding gifts in history.

PUSH: Embroidery: Learn basic embroidery stitches to utilize the process of applique and fiber collage to create 3 dimensional fiber pieces of art. Each class will be dedicated to a different technique each week. Each technique is inspired by artists in the book. -Illustrative applique-using simple applique techniques to create simple narrative illustrations.-Black work or Red work- learn to create detailed stitched drawings with just one color, using techniques like hatching, stippling, and shading.-Working with unexpected materials- use your needle and thread on found and appropriated objects and images.-Transparency- use traditional embroidery stitches on transparent fabrics and discuss what to consider and how this changes your working process.Participants are encouraged to bring text, paper pages, and found fibers that have meaning for them.

Playing With Fiber

Celebrate fiber and all of its wonderful facets through this class where instead of focusing on an end product we focus on how taking risks and giving ourselves the freedom to "just play" opens up possibilities in our creative practice.Each week we will focus on something a little different including:

-Needle point stitches and learning about how far we can push them or how we can combine them to make unique and fun textures or apply them to unexpected objects- these textures can become a signature look or a canvas to build with.

-Applique and how we can use found fabrics and objects to create dimensional collages through the most basic technique of attachment. Learn to take risks and do the unexpected. And how we can make anything work with fiber.

- Yarn and its many uses through crochet and knitting sculpturally

-Liquid- Play with painting fiber, watering it down, using stains like coffee and tea and combining this with other techniques to create truly layered pieces of art. Allow the natural tendency of the fabric to bleed to be a gift instead of a burden.

This class is all about having fun, pushing technique, and letting yourself think outside of the box. Students are strongly encouraged to bring materials to class such as found object, found fabrics, text, small items, buttons, whatever inspire you! Using a piece of fabric as a canvas add elements through traditional applique and sculptural applique to create a dimensional piece of work. We will discuss adding fabric and stuffing it, adding folded and sculpted fabric, applique techniques, and how to create more textural stitches. This class will open up your creativity in making needle work pieces and unique works of art. Participants are encouraged to bring text, paper pages, and found fibers that have meaning for them.

Embroidered Gift Cards

Join Joetta Maue for yet another great experiment in embroidery -- this time on paper! Draw with a needle and thread to create your own personal gift cards.

PHOTO EMBROIDERY CLASS

In this class, you will learn to use basic stitches to create a detailed embroidered drawing from an original photograph. Using a photograph of your own we will learn to transcribe the photo onto fabric through a variety of techniques, choose the best lines and approaches to turn the photograph into a drawing, and bring the image alive through embroidery stitches. Experienced or new embroiderers welcome.

Autobiographical Embroidery

Glean from your daily life to create a one of a kind portrait by creating a "sampler" of embroidery stitches. We will discuss the creative use of diaristic writing and daily life documentation to create your own art while looking at examples of contemporary fiber artists and learning traditional stitches and embroidery basics. Students are encouraged to work with found, inherited, or vintage linen as their base.

3 Dimensional Embroidery

Explore your personal creativity in this sculptural needlework class. This class will teach you to use basic embroidery stitches, applique and fiber collage to create 3-dimensional artworks in fiber and textiles. Using a piece of fabric as an artist canvas, students will add elements through traditional and structural applique techniques to create a dimensionality. We will discuss techniques for adding folded and sculpted fabric, shaping and stuffing, applique and how to create textural elements with stitches. Participants are encouraged to bring text, paper pages, and found fibers or textiles that have meaning for them.

The Embroidered Image

Learn to use basic stitches to create a detailed embroidered drawing from an original photograph of your choice. Using a variety of stitching styles and approaches, you will be introduced to various transfer techniques to turn your photo into a drawing and bring the image alive through embroidery. This is a non-traditional free-form approach to the medium of embroidery. Follow Joetta’s blog, www.littleyellowbirds.com, to read her musings on art, craft and the astounding beauty of everyday life.