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Art Textile avec
Val Holmes
Machine Embroidery
Workshops
Gardens and Garden Themes
Sea Themes Workshop
Thematic
Workshops
Galerie43 Art and Textile Art
Gallery telephone for opening times
Booking form and conditions
for courses
galerie43@aol.com
0033 2 51 27 43 39
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All materials
are included.
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Workshops with full board accommodation to
really relax and concentrate on your embroidery with delicious food and wine
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Or choose a
well- equipped self-catering gite
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Workshops for beginners or advanced students
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Groundfloor bedroom
available for person with reduced
mobility.
A machine
can be reserved for your use if you cannot bring your own
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Workshop list for 2009
click on links for details
8th
- 14th March 2009: The Machine Embroiderer's Workshop
15th
- 21st march Surfaces and techniques
26th
April - 2nd May 2009: The Advanced Machine Embroiderer's Workshop
3rd
- 9th May 2009: Photography for experimental surfaces in embroidery
17th
- 23rd May 2009: Paper for Embroidery and Textile Art
21st
- 27th June 2009: A Garden Wordkbook
29th
June - 4th July 2009: Silk and Lace a contemporary approach
30th
August - 5th September 2009: Sea Themes
27th
September - 3rd October 2009:The Machine Embroiderer's Workshop
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Workshops with full board accommodation to
really relax and concentrate on your embroidery with delicious food and wine
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Workshops with accommodation in well equipped
self-catering gîtes
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Workshops for beginners or advanced
students.
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Free airport
pickup from La Rochelle, Free station pickup La Rochelle or Luçon.
Small surcharge for Nantes or Poitiers pickup.
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Val Holmes is particularly well known for her teaching of art related to embroidery and textile design, and
for Machine Embroidery. But her wide experience allows her to give helpful
advice and guidance in all aspects of Embroidery and Design.
She has a B.A.(hons) degree (with mentions) in Embroidery from Manchester Polytechnic
(now Manchester Metropolitan University). She is the author of five books "Gardens in Embroidery"
(1991) and "The Machine Embroiderers' Workbook" (1991 plus
four reprints) and "The Encyclopedia of Machine Embroidery"
(2003 in UK 2004 In USA) "'Creative Recycling in Embroidery"
(2006) all with Batsford, the name in Embroidery books. And in French "Broderie
machine -le piqué libre" (2005)  |
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Full-board accommodation
is in the Chambres d'hôtes or gite
bedrooms at La Villa des Roses distibuted on a first
come first served basis, all rooms are ensuite, one room is suitable for people
of reduced mobility or wheelchair users. Evening meals and a light lunch are provided as well as a self-seve breakfast.
We
love cooking, so enjoy yourself.
Single, twin or double rooms
avaiable with shower or bath and WC
Self-catering
accommodation at La Villa des Roses is in a shared gite, with a
fully equipped kitchen. Meals can be provided if desired (in the evening for
example). Four course evening meal 20€ including wine. 'Tables
d'hôtes' with Val and Claude.
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When you find your way to the sea 3000€ for both pieces
Val's Current Embroidery Projects
My passions as always are colour, light, composition,
threads, my sewing machine and drawing with
pastels, but also crayons and paint. My subjects are the landscape and architecture of France, the 'motif' exists to explore the juxtaposition of
colour, the effect of light and of composition. These are questions that require a response informed by thought and
experience. The techniques used also require experience and control. My embroideries are inspired by colour drawings done 'in the field', and they retain the sensation and meaning of the moment.
The embroidery is worked on vanishing fabrics, lutradur and other
surfaces. These are slowly leading towards an abstraction of the
esential elements. Transparent surfaces created on soluble fabrics are
also a current concern..
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Evening Meals
For evening meals
English and French cuisine is served. Fish dishes are a speciality and vegetarians are happily catered for. Four courses are
included, plus coffee. We use farm produced or organic produce whenever we can.
Special diet needs can be catered for, but please talk to us in advance.
Breakfast is continental, with choice of hot drink, orange
juice, baguette, croissant, local butter and
homemade jam. Muesli, fruit or yoghurt are also offered.
A la Carte
Courses can be organised for any small or larger groups.
From 4 to 12 people. Choose your subject, your time of year, and full board or
self catering. Based on your numbers and the time of year you require we will
establish a quote. Groups generally pay 'sharing price' per person when booking
a course.
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Val's current
exhibitions
Art Embroidery, Pfaff travelling exhibition 1st July to 31 August 2008
in the Office of Tourism at Châtelaudren, Britany. October 7 to January
15 2007 Jönköping Lans Museum, Jönköpings, Sweden.
Selection for 2007 Pfaff Art embroidery Still Life.
Love is as delicate as roses and old lace. 500€ |
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Special offer for 2009
Full board accommodation 660€
per person for basic courses without paying visits 720€
for thematic courses with paying visits We
hope that this saving for groups will compensate for the situation of the £
against the euro. This
price saving also extends to four people travelling together and sharing rooms on our
normal courses. We
can now accept payment in £'s. the prices are marked on the course details next
to the € price. Paying
in euros you pay 25% on booking and 75% 4 weeks before, but if you prefer to be
sure how much your holiday is going to cost you you can pay in £'s. However,
if paying in £'s we ask that the full amount is paid with one cheque on booking.
Doesn't Take much to tear us into pieces 300€ |
The pool is open and
heated from May 1st to September 30th
Why not bring the
men along for golf, birdwatching or fishing, whilst you all embroider. We can
modulate a workshop around half days if desired.
Please don't hesitate to 'phone or e-mail to
discuss your group's holiday.
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The
swimming pool is heated during the May and September courses for that
relaxing dip
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Number of
students on a course is a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 8 so
that each student receives a lot of individual attention.
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La Rochelle airport
or local train station pick up free of charge. 25€ surcharge for pick up at Nantes.
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All materials are
included in the course. It is best to bring your own machine to learn its
possibilities, if this is not possible a machine can be
provided, please request when booking.
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A 25% deposit is
required on booking, the rest is due one month before the
start of the course. monies paid are non-returnable unless we
are responsible for the cancellation of a course (ie. not
enough students) See above for payment in £'s
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Note that in the
case of a course not having enough students we run it anyway
if this is in accordance with the wishes of the student(s)
involved.
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Coffee, tea, water
are available 'on tap' throughout the courses.
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If you would like
to ask further questions about the courses don't hesitate to
'phone or send an e-mail
mailto:galerie43@aol.com
Téléphone:
02 51 27 43 39 Adresse: Villa
des Roses, 43
rue du Président de Gaulle, 85400,
Luçon
useful addresses: www.barnyarns.co.uk
Silent all these years
price 1400€
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