Thursday, May 7, 2015

Lisio Foundation in Florence is always a Creative Garden


 UPCOMING CLIL TEXTILE DYEING WORKSHOP IN FLORENCE 

 A reminder about my upcoming workshop at Lisio Foundation in Florence on April 27-28 where I combine creative textile work with in CLIL teaching format.I am officially accredited with the Tuscany Ongoing Education Office so here is a opportunity to brush up on English and learn to colour silk in a heritage textile foundation complex ,nestled in the Tuscan hills,complete with a rose distillery, a collection of working punch-card 18th Century jacquard looms and a chapel on the grounds..
For subscription please contact www.fondazione lisio.org . Cecilia, our hospitable and ever-patient secretary knows all and is bilingual..
The silk flowers you will create in the 2 -day LISIO workshop in timeless Florence...with Piazza Michelangelo just over the hill..the villa on the hilltop belongs to Roberto Cavalli
The dynasty Lisio's Chapel..among the cypresses and the rose garden..  che bello!



  Workshops at Fondazione Lisio in Florence are such a joy and the addiction of Shibori is contagious..thanks to all my dear teachers in Japan ,Inge Hunter my Australian  and US teachers-Darcy Beybetere and my dearest mentor Janet de Boer

 A Lisio weaving Student, Ayaka Kura from Okinawa shows her



dyeing samples in the outdoor area of Lisio where the workshop took place..
Another talented student Nikita....with her samples..isnt it great that young students love this art!
A burst of colours-research has shown that words are stored more readily in long term memory through hands-on experiences with social interaction-which the workshop provides.

 My silk worms spinning their cocoons