Silk Abaca Creations Course

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Regular price $175.00 AUD

DESCRIPTION

Intrigue your customers by dyeing your millinery materials to create unique bespoke headwear. Your passionate tutor Amanda Macor takes you step by step through the dyeing process and safety essentials. Add colourful patterning to your Silk abaca to make an oversized “Flower Dreams” headpiece. Learn all Amanda’s hands on tips on how to transform your silk abaca into a shaped covered base or a sculpted draped masterpiece.

TUTOR

Award winning Amanda Macor was amongst the first to creatively embrace the luxurious Silk Abaca in millinery. This colourful straw reflected the vibrancy of her region in the Great Barrier Reef and inspired her innovative styling which she loves to share with all.

SUPPLIES

Suggested Supplies

Dyeing Millinery Materials
Tools
• Gloves
• Shave foam
• Fish poacher or rectangular basin
• Safety glasses
• Painter’s mask
• Electric jug
• Plastic bowl
• Plastic tablecloth / towel
• Window wiper
• Dropper
• Plastic basin
• Plastic spoon

Materials
• Silk abaca
• Feathers
• Dyes

Flower Dreams with Silk Abaca
Tools
• Iron
• Curling tongs and crimper
• Scissors
• Pinking shears
• Pliers
• Felt-tip pens
• Baking paper

Materials
• Silk abaca
• Interfacing
• Hair comb
• Cotton-covered millinery wire
• Metal headband
• Velvet ribbon

Covering and Draping with Silk Abaca
Tools
• Cocktail block
• Paint brush
• Scissors
• Blocking pins

Materials
• Plain and pre-coloured silk abaca
• Buckram
• Sinamay
• PVA glue
• Wire
• Petersham ribbon

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WHAT YOU GET • 3 creative online video lessons• Lesson access on any modern device• Learn to make complete headpieces and trims• 4+ hours of comprehensive video tuition Learn with Studio+Creative Skills Await LEARN MORE WHAT YOU GET • 3 creative online video lessons• Lesson access on any modern device• Learn to make complete headpieces and trims• 4+ hours of comprehensive video tuition LESSON PLAN DYEING MILLINERY MATERIALS Learn to dye Silk Abaca and other millinery materials in a colour of your choice. Add patterns and decoration to Silk Abaca to give a fresh vibrancy to your millinery style. Lesson Modules:• Dyeing Essentials • Dye Millinery Components • Pattern Silk Abaca • Colour Striping FLOWER DREAMS Create amazing large colourful flowers to adorn your millinery using your customised dyed and patterned silk abaca. Be inspired to venture into your unique flower creations.Lesson Modules:• Flower Petals • Shaping Petals • Flower Varieties • Support On Headwear COVERING AND DRAPING Covering a base with silk abaca can be a challenge but tutor Amanda Macor shares the most effective time saving methods including preparing a base, stiffening techniques and finishing.Lesson Modules:• Cover Base With Silk Abaca • Draping Silk Abaca• Hat And Headpiece Finishing LEARN IN YOUR OWN TIME Return to lesson modules if you need to review specific skills. VARIETY OF INSTRUCTION Be inspired by technical skills, creative techniques and industry knowledge. PASSIONATE TUTOR With professional experience, your tutor provides a deep understanding of millinery. LEARN IN YOUR OWN TIME Return to lesson modules if you need to review specific skills. VARIETY OF INSTRUCTION Be inspired by technical skills, creative techniques and industry knowledge. PASSIONATE TUTOR With professional experience, your tutor provides a deep understanding of millinery. RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES Millinery Dyes - Discounted specific materials for this course. Purchase Options: Standalone course only Learn with Studio+Unlock this course, 100+ lessons & more. Standalone course only Or Subscribe Learn with Studio+Unlock this course, 100+ lessons & more. RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES Millinery DyesMaterials for this course.

WHAT YOU GET

• 3 creative online video lessons

• Lesson access on any modern device

• Learn to make complete headpieces and trims

• 4+ hours of comprehensive video tuition

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WHAT YOU GET

• 3 creative online video lessons

• Lesson access on any modern device

• Learn to make complete headpieces and trims

• 4+ hours of comprehensive video tuition

LESSON PLAN

DYEING MILLINERY MATERIALS

Learn to dye Silk Abaca and other millinery materials in a colour of your choice. Add patterns and decoration to Silk Abaca to give a fresh vibrancy to your millinery style.

Lesson Modules:
• Dyeing Essentials • Dye Millinery Components
• Pattern Silk Abaca • Colour Striping

FLOWER DREAMS

Create amazing large colourful flowers to adorn your millinery using your customised dyed and patterned silk abaca. Be inspired to venture into your unique flower creations.

Lesson Modules:
• Flower Petals • Shaping Petals
• Flower Varieties • Support On Headwear

COVERING AND DRAPING

Covering a base with silk abaca can be a challenge but tutor Amanda Macor shares the most effective time saving methods including preparing a base, stiffening techniques and finishing.

Lesson Modules:
• Cover Base With Silk Abaca • Draping Silk Abaca
• Hat And Headpiece Finishing

LEARN IN YOUR OWN TIME

Return to lesson modules if you need to review specific skills.

VARIETY OF INSTRUCTION

Be inspired by technical skills, creative techniques and industry knowledge.

PASSIONATE TUTOR

With professional experience, your tutor provides a deep understanding of millinery.

LEARN IN YOUR OWN TIME
Return to lesson modules if you need to review specific skills.

VARIETY OF INSTRUCTION
Be inspired by technical skills, creative techniques and industry knowledge.

PASSIONATE TUTOR
With professional experience, your tutor provides a deep understanding of millinery.

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES

Millinery Dyes - Discounted specific materials for this course.

Purchase Options:

Standalone course only

Learn with Studio+
Unlock this course — and so much more.

Standalone course only

Or Subscribe

Learn with Studio+
Unlock this course — and so much more.

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES

Millinery Dyes
Materials for this course.