Summer School - 2 Days: Screenprinting for Textiles (Beginners)

Summer School – 2 Days: Screenprinting for Textiles (Beginners)

Explore screen printing on fabric. Screenprinting is a method of making an image using stencils which is intrinsic to textile design for fashion, interior and fine art purposes.

What The Course is About:

Explore screen printing on fabric using paper stencils. Learn how to develop and refine designs using a mix of paper stencils printing, coloured overlays with opaque and transparent colours and surface finishes such as foil and flock. You will learn how to lay and prepare cloth for printing and design and make paper stencils. For those new to screen printing - please bring an image with you that you would turn into a stencil. This could simply be something from your sketchbook, a drawing or painting that you have made in another class or a photograph that you have taken.

Materials Required:

What to bring to the first session: The cost of workshop-based materials such as inks, newsprint, chemicals and equipment maintenance are included in the fees. Your main additional expense will be fabrics, tapes, mount spray and tracing paper. It is common for students to build their own set of basic art equipment (such as brushes, pencils and knives), although these are available in the workshop. For fabrics, consider synthetic or natural fibers. Cotton, polyester or linen are some examples of what works well. For sourcing fabrics, Goldhawk Road in Shepherds bush, MacCulloch and Wallace and Woolcrest are some great locations.

Previous Experience:

Beginners

End of course:

What will I achieve? By the end of this course you will be able to create your own prints on fabric and have an understanding of the techniques available.