Study with Jane
Strengthening creative skills—from working with your hands to expanding your thoughts—leads to a greater sense of self, purpose, and joy that’s life-changing.
“Jane is fabulous at everything she does... and teaches. I’m addicted.”
“I so appreciate you and your teachings.
It occurred to me like a bolt of light when I was watching one of your recordings lately...Wonderful teachers offer us so much more than academics.
You teach us how to live a life of abundance rich in creative possibility and love.”
Hybrid Classes
Hybrid courses follow a live schedule and are made up of materials such as pre-recorded videos, live lessons and Q&As, PDF’s and presentations that each student can work through at their own speed.
Mixed Media
Whether you work with cloth exclusively, or are a mixed media artist, these techniques will excite and delight you.
The 16+ lessons include, but are not limited to:
Carving eraser stamps
Stamps and texture plates made with glue, spackle, masking tape, and caulk
Inventive textures from stuff you’re throwing away!
India ink dyeing and resisting
Mastery of Textile Dyes and Paints
I just got back from a week in Colorado at the incredible Gateway Canyon resort, where the Alegre retreat is held every year. It’s the gorgeous red rock part of the state and while it snowed briefly, most of the week was sunny and very blue. Perfect for the dyeing class I taught, since we were hanging up all the cloth outside to dry.
Good ideas come from all sorts of funny places. My beloved Mastery Program ended in 2020, because I sold the studio and couldn’t envision it being offered online as a permanent fixture, but standing in the warm sunlight, surrounded by gorgeous, glowing fabrics, I suddenly saw the way forward. And that’s where I’m headed now.
Everything is still very much in the planning stages, but here’s the long view. Over the span of the next year, I’m going to initiate a program that will be a program of mastery for anyone who wants to work with dyes, paints and the layering of both on cloth. I envision three extended classes using the hybrid model we have developed for the courses we offer now. What that means is a mix of recorded lessons and live sessions that are both demonstrations and Q&A meet-ups.
The three Personal Education modules include:
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This is the class I am enrolling now, and it opens on May 15, 2023. A thorough grounding in color theory and the mixing and use of paints, this course teaches everything you need to know in order to use color in paint form effectively. It’s not limited to cloth, but is the foundation of understanding how to mix and apply paint color to fabric, as well as papers.
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This class will be offered in October 2023 and is a thorough explanation of how fiber reactive dyes work, followed by dyeing sessions that teach you how to dye a color wheel using the pure MX dyes. Pure dyes are not mixed colors, and they are an effective way to control the color that is produced on the cloth. This method alone revolutionizes how textile artists work with dyes.
The second part of the course explores the over-dyeing process, the choice of color and pattern, and the option of dyeing fabric two or more times. The lessons include discussions of folding and tying methods as a means of contributing additional pattern.
More details coming soon.
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The above classes do not need to be taken in any order, but both are pre-requisites for the third module:
In this third module, we will explore layering with stamps, stencils, silkscreens/Thermofaxes, and hand painting. Participants will dye and over-dye fabric, and then make choices for printing, based on an interest in working either figuratively or abstractly. A dozen lengths of cloth will be completed.
This class will not be offered until Summer 2024, in order to give participants time to complete samples for the first two modules.
If this set of courses appeals to you, please consider enrolling in the Confident Color class that begins in May.
Optional Teacher Certification module:
I am going to offer a teacher certification program which will be available to anyone who successfully completes the three modules described above. Anyone can take the three online classes just because they want to learn about dyes, color, paints and layering. But the option to sign on for a fourth course, which will be held in person, will only be available to those who have completed the other three classes, and will be limited in enrollment.
I envision the fourth course as a “training” for anyone who would like to teach, and the focus will be on methods of guiding a group of students through the methods I use, with the tools I provide.
You don’t need to want to teach in order to gain a boatload of knowledge from taking the color, dye and layering classes. It will be worth your while because it will further your ability to create the art that you see in your head.
But for anyone who would like to teach, this is an outstanding opportunity to learn what you need in order to be an inspiring and engaging surface design instructor.
More details TBA.
Ten-week hybrid online class
Next cohort beginning 2025
Learn to use color in fresh and masterful ways.
One surefire way to build an understanding of color is to work with paints – mixing colors and exploring relationships in real time.
This class is designed to teach you how to evaluate colors you see and use, whether you work with paper or fabric. Until you have actually mixed colors together, added white, gray or black, and observed the outcome, color terminology remains a set of terms that can be intimidating and confusing!
On-Demand Classes
On-Demand courses are made up of various materials such as videos, Q&A recordings, PDF’s and presentations that each student can work through at their own speed.
All materials are available after purchase.
Botanical Printing
Heat Press Success
This comprehensive online course covers everything you need to know in order to produce gorgeous prints from leaves, seed pods, and flowers using the heat press. Create prints more quickly and compose on a larger scale. Print papers and fabrics, scarves and even yardage!
Beyond the Press
This online workshop is primarily a guide to adding beautiful finishing touches to botanical prints, but it’s also perfect for anyone who loves collage and surface design.
Best of Both Worlds
Discover effective, magical ways to transform botanical printing on paper and fabric. Develop your own style as you work in order to get the perfect balance of dampness and dryness, and learn which leaves work best for you. Enjoy the glories of Mother Nature and have fun anticipating the results that come out of the steamer. Each bundle is like opening a gift.
