With a graphic, color-saturated palette using her hand-printed fabric, Pat Pauly’s fiber art is seen around the world. Her textile work, which began in the early 1980s, and was first accepted in Quilt National ’83, and has continued to be seen in major exhibitions. Her fiber art’s distinction uses strong abstracted natural forms and complex color combinations. Her work is in both private and public collections.
With a degree in art, and graduate work in design and fine art, Pat chose fiber art as the perfect amalgam of construction, painting and printmaking. She has taught in the United States, Canada, England, and Australia, in both design and surface design. Her lectures are fast paced, funny, and speak on the intersection of traditional quilt arts with contemporary fiber art. She brings the same pace and relaxed atmosphere to her workshops.
Often seen in exhibitions, Pat’s work is also widely published, and she has appeared in Quilting Arts televised segments. If not teaching, she is found in her studio in Rochester, New York where she has the best advantage of being surrounded by great artists as well as the beauty of the Finger Lakes.
Workshop: Motif Madness!
Materials Fee $75 payable to Pat while at class. (PayPal, check, Venmo, cash)
Skill level: All, with basic experience with dyes helpful, but not required
Materials: dyes, chemicals and supplies are provided with a materials fee of $75 payable in class to Pat Pauly (Venmo, Paypal, check, cash)
A printing workshop to explore using motif as the base for compositions on fabric using thickened dyes. Emphasis is given on both technique for printing as well as where and how to use motif to its advantage in scale, repetition, color, emphasis, and placement. Time is given for individual guidance, as well as experimenting with techniques of dozens of ways to print cloth. All levels are encouraged — from inexperienced to those familiar with this medium.
You’ll learn printing fabric with thickened dye as monoprints, rubbings, silkscreen, breakdown printing, and stenciling. Learn to use layers, color mixing and color theory. Uncover the magic of printing with dyes to print fabric you can use for quilting, textile art, or garments.