Private Tutorials
With 3 looms in my studio, I can offer private tutorials for a minimum of one week.
Customized time with each student.
Come with a project in mind.
Work in silk on a kimono loom.
Learn the intricacies of ikat dyeing.
Learn how to plan and dye an ikat design.
Weekly Studio Fee $1,100
Materials Fee $150
After two great weeks working with Polly in her spacious and well-equipped studio, my expectations were exceeded. Polly is a wonderful teacher who is not only generous in sharing the techniques of her work but also her approach to design and color. Being in the creative environment of a working artist was a special experience. I learned not only by doing but also by seeing Polly’s projects in various stages of development and by discussing some of her works. Every day was an exploration - design, skein wrapping, dyeing, weaving and problem solving. I marvel at Polly’s ability to study a design, plan color placement to bring it alive yet recognize ways to improve upon it during the weaving process.
Polly encourages the student to consider the whole project thoughtfully and creatively, to be open to surprises, and to relish the unexpected. I left with critiqued designs for future work and an enthusiasm and eagerness to get home and start working!
Pat Spitz, student
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Ikat is an ancient and universal technique in which threads are bound and tied to resist dye in the dye bath. The process of tying knots along a skein or bundle of threads encodes each thread with a pattern that is revealed when woven. There are single, double and compound ikat techniques found in different textile traditions around the world.
I use the medium of ikat-dyeing to create a painterly image in woven form. Ikat allows the build up of layers of imagery as the warp and weft each have the potential of bearing their own image and emotional message.
I weave my ikat designs on a simple 4 harness Japanese kimono loom given to me in 1981 by my Sensei, Tomohiko Inoue. Ikat allows me to explore abstraction of an internal landscape as well as more representational natural landscape.
With 3 looms in my studio, I can offer private tutorials for a minimum of one week.
Customized time with each student. Come with a project in mind. Work in silk on a kimono loom. Learn the intricacies of ikat dyeing. Learn how to plan and dye an ikat design.Weekly Studio Fee $1,100
Materials Fee $150
After two great weeks working with Polly in her spacious and well-equipped studio, my expectations were exceeded. Polly is a wonderful teacher who is not only generous in sharing the techniques of her work but also her approach to design and color. Being in the creative environment of a working artist was a special experience. I learned not only by doing but also by seeing Polly’s projects in various stages of development and by discussing some of her works. Every day was an exploration - design, skein wrapping, dyeing, weaving and problem solving. I marvel at Polly’s ability to study a design, plan color placement to bring it alive yet recognize ways to improve upon it during the weaving process.
Polly encourages the student to consider the whole project thoughtfully and creatively, to be open to surprises, and to relish the unexpected. I left with critiqued designs for future work and an enthusiasm and eagerness to get home and start working!
Pat Spitz, student
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Ikat is an ancient and universal technique in which threads are bound and tied to resist dye in the dye bath. The process of tying knots along a skein or bundle of threads encodes each thread with a pattern that is revealed when woven. There are single, double and compound ikat techniques found in different textile traditions around the world.
I use the medium of ikat-dyeing to create a painterly image in woven form. Ikat allows the build up of layers of imagery as the warp and weft each have the potential of bearing their own image and emotional message.
I weave my ikat designs on a simple 4 harness Japanese kimono loom given to me in 1981 by my Sensei, Tomohiko Inoue. Ikat allows me to explore abstraction of an internal landscape as well as more representational natural landscape.