Studio Galli Productions produces a wide range of arts and crafts titles, adding new titles each year. Have a look below at some of our film projects currently available in distribution, in public libraries in the USA and Canada, or from the artist:aud

 

ARIMATSU • NARUMI SHIBORI: CELEBRATING 400 YEARS OF JAPANESE ARTISAN DESIGN
Narrated by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
FALL 2009 UPDATES: NOW INCLUDES SPANISH SUBTITLES

Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
takes us on a wonderful escorted journey as we visit the villages of Arimatsu and Narumi along the Japanese Tokaido in this celebrated film detailing the Shibori textile traditions of the Guilds and Artisans of Aichi Prefecture. More than 20 artists with 1000 years of collective experience demonstrate stencil design, stitching, clamping, folding, spot dyeing and submersion dyeing, drying, folding, steaming and presentation in this colorful and historical celebration of Japanese Textile Arts. more...

 
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Breakdown Printing • Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
BOOK + BONUS DVD

Breakdown Printing is screen printing without the stress -- no cutting of designs, stencils, no registration, no worries! Print beautiful cloth with disintegrating organic effects and loads of colour and texture in this wonderful book written by Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan with Bonus DVD from Studio Galli Productions. more...

 
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Creative Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt

"I am an artist who uses thread as paint', remarks Alison Holt, a world-class free hand machine embroiderer, and our instructor for this wonderful 3+ hour journey around her native English countryside in this one of a kind DVD for the machine embroidery enthsiast. Working from the basic essentials of how to set up your studio thru her most requested techniques, Alison demonstrates how anyone can, using any thread and any sewing machine (as long as it does straight stitch and zigzag stich) can achieve the wonderful effects she achieves in her work. more...
 
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Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry DVD
Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry • Linda Jones

Linda Jones is the author of five best-selling books on wire and beaded jewellery. Often sought out for commissions for weddings and special occasions, Linda took a break from teaching in her native Kent, England, to provide a rare and exciting glimpse into how anyone with basic tools, jewellery wire, and a handful of beads can create one of a kind and truly remarkable works of art. Rich in examples and support from Linda, the film takes us on a journey from the very basics and in the second half of the film, provides a wonderful opportunity to produce a one of a kind beaded necklace, "Chained Melody". more...

 
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Encaustic Monotypes: Painterly Prints with Heat and Wax • Paula Roland

Paula Roland embraces the fluidity of encaustic to reveal deeper meaning and potential. Roland’s Zen approach, both stimulating and meditative, has led hundreds to develop new freedom, creativity, and a unique voice in their work.

Freeing and fun, encaustic prints may be primary works or a secondary body of work on paper. They combine with mixed media and are ready material for collage or book arts. Beginning and advanced artists will find a wealth of information about the basics of encaustic and printing with wax.
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Encaustic + Paper • Wendy Aikins, Judy Stabile & Daniella Woolf

The ladies of Wax Works West have put together one of the most comprehensive and creative demonstrations of working with encaustic paints, pigments and wax on paper. Using a variety of techniques, they explore stenciling, etching, inking, painting, collage and much, much more! more...

 
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Encaustic With A Textile Sensibility • Daniella Woolf

Daniella Woolf opened the door to encaustic from her perspective as a textile sculptor, and was forever changed. Beginners as well as advanced students will learn from her engaging and informative style, and may be inspired to expand their choice of materials and step into uncharted territory. This video covers numerous encaustic techniques in a way that is understandable, digestible and fun! more...

 
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Expanding Your Creativity: The Art of Collage Portraiture • Jeremy Sutton
DVD-ROM

Enjoy an empowering and refreshing approach to creative process that goes beyond tools and techniques, one in which you learn to improvise in the moment. Join celebrated digital and mixed media portrait and collage artist Jeremy Sutton on a real life collage portrait project, meeting the client, working with their historical material and experimenting with different techniques, both digital and analog. Acquire skills and strategies you can apply to your own imagery. more...
 
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The Festival of Quilts 2007 DVD

The Festival of Quilts 2007 • Birmingham NEC, England
COMMEMORATIVE DVD • IMAGE CATALOGUE


The Festival of Quilts 2007 Commemorative DVD provides a wonderful opportunity to have a peek inside this remarkable textile fair. Put the DVD in your DVD player and watch a wonderful slideshow set to classical music. Then, pop the DVD in your computer, and open up folders and have a close-up look into why the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England, is considered the premiere International Quilting Event in Europe today! more...

 
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The Festival of Quilts 2008 DVD


The Festival of Quilts 2008 • Birmingham NEC, England
COMMEMORATIVE DVD • IMAGE CATALOGUE

The Festival of Quilts 2008 Commemorative DVD goes beyond our efforts in 2007 with more than 90 minutes of wonderful documentary footage of some of the leading textile and quilting artists in the world today, and includes expanded sponsorship and bonus extras such as sample magazine pages, textile articles, and video snippets of some of the finest sewing machines now available. Including a wonderful trip to the Quilters' Guild Hall in York and quilting demonstrations by Lilian Hedley and Philippa Naylor. more...

 

 
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Paper & Metal Leaf Lamination • Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
BOOK + BONUS DVD

Laminating paper or metal leafing to fabric is easy to do and offers a host of creative possibilities to anyone interested in building a complex, layered surface on cloth. The process provides the opportunity to combine graphics, photographic images, art papers and metal leaf with cloth, resulting in pieces that are highly individual. Follow along as Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan offer this Book + DVD combination on Paper & Metal Leaf Lamination. more...

 
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Screen Printing • Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
BOOK + BONUS DVD

Just one silk screen can take you anywhere you want to go. The screen is a remarkably versatile tool in the hands of an enquiring mind. Endless possibilities exist to generate specific imagery in the form of line, shape and texture, along with marvellously organic, fun and spontaneous results. The accompanying 45 minute DVD produced by Studio Galli Productions includes demonstrations from Claire & Leslie and is aimed at helping you build expert technique. more...

 
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Silk Painting with Jill Kennedy

Jill Kennedy
is a leading textile artist living and teaching in the U.K. The author of 3 best-selling books on Silk Painting, we caught up with Jill for a wonderful workshop on Silk Painting in her studio in Great Missenden, England. In this 2+ hour film presentation, Jill demonstrates her most requested techniques for silk painting, and provides loads of examples and samples of her finished work for added inspiration.
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Surface Design Association • DEMONSTRATIONS 2009
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missiouri

The Surface Design Association is a 4,000+ member International organization celebrating surface design - canvas, paper, floor, ceiling, cloth. The Association offers a Bi-Annual Conference for its members and features world-class artists teaching a wide range of surface design processes. In 2009 Studio Galli Productions was invited to film the Association's proceedings, including 5 hours of workshops from Jane Dunnewold, Kerr Grabowski, Lisa Klakulak, Kathyanne White and Daniella Woolf. more...

 
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Surface Design Association • Off the Grid Conference 2009
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missiouri


Filmed at the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missiouri, The 2009 International Surface Design Association Conference DVD, with video, powerpoint presentations, audio recordings of major and keynote speakers, video interviews of Alice Kettle, Ray Materson, and much more! Conference Overview, Keynote & Featured Speakers, Video Interviews, Audio Presentations, Presentation PDFs, Fashion Show and Exhibit Highlights an loads of Extras
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Thermofax Printing • Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
BOOK + BONUS DVD

A Thermofax is an imaged silkscreen that’s light-weight, takes up little storage space, is easy to use and easy to make, or have made for you. Its power lies in its ability to print fine detail or delicate marks such as handwriting, feathers, skeletal shapes, old documents, photographic images and loads of other personal imagery. It’s the only real alternative to photo-emulsion screens, at a fraction of the cost. The accompanying 110 minute DVD produced by Studio Galli Productions is packed with demonstrations from Claire & Leslie and is aimed at helping you build expert technique. more...
 
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Tray Dyeing • Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
BOOK + BONUS DVD

Tray-Dyeing involves packing cloth into a tray of any size, pouring over single or multiple colours of dye and leaving it to work its magic. The resulting cloth is glorious in texture and colour. The book has clear, step-by-step instructions, dye recipes (including tips on mixing specific AocomplexAo colours)and photographs that both illustrate and inspire. The accompanying 40 minute DVD produced by Studio Galli Productions includes demonstrations from Claire & Leslie and is aimed at helping you build expert technique. more...
 
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Voicing the Guitar: The 2009 Healdsburg Guitar Show Lecture • Ervin Somogyi

Ervin Somogyi's guitars are known for having extraordinarily satisfying voices; they have been described as lustrous, deep, and astonishing. Having reached the age where he is ready to share his knowledge, he has also become the premier teacher of that final level of lutherie work: Tone.

This DVD condenses in 90 minutes the most important points that Somogyi makes in his recently published 2-volume book about the guitar and its sound. This material pertains equally to the classic guitar and the steel string guitar; it will be of interest to musicians, acousticians, and aficionados. more...

 
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