<span class="p-span"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font>Dates: Mondays (August 12 - September 30)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font>Times: 9:00am - 3:00pm (advanced students) MA24-4A</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font>Location: Fiber Arts Room</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font>Cost: </font><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">Advanced students: (eight, 6-hour classes) - $215</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font>Instructor: Melanie Abel</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font>Description: These classes are designed to develop basic through advanced weaving skills. </font><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">Students will improve their knowledge of warping a loom, reading a draft and general weaving </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">vocabulary. The student will study and plan a project learning techniques and tricks that make </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">weaving easer and fun. Projects will be chosen according to the skill level and interests of the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">student with the goal of developing the use of technique, texture and color to achieve the desired </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">effect. After weaving the project, the student will learn a variety of finishing techniques </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">including wet finishing. To provide more individualized instruction, up to 9 advanced students </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">are permitted per advanced class, and for the beginner students, up to 5 beginner students are </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);">permitted per beginner class. All classes and labs offered at Sorensen are adult (age 18+).</span></p></span>
