Thermofax Screen Printing
March 1, 2008 10am – 1pm
Sign up deadline February 23, 2008. Maximum 4 participants
Thermofax screens allow you to quickly and easily create repeating patterns on fabric (or paper). They can be used with a squeegee for printing one color patterns or with a brush to stencil multiple colors. Bring line drawings or high contrast black & white images and we’ll create your custom screens. We’ll use those screens with fabric paints and thickened fiber reactive dyes to create patterned cloth for future projects.
$75 covers all materials, including 2 9”x12” screens and 2 yards of cotton cloth.
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Image Transfer Techniques
April 5, 2008 10am-12 Noon & 2-4pm
Sign up deadline March 29, 2008. Maximum 5 participants.
Incorporating photographic images into quilts & clothing has become increasingly popular. In this workshop we will try several techniques for transferring photos to fabric so you can see which work best for different image types and which give the look you like. Bring several photos or other images to work with.
$125 covers all materials. This is a 4-hour class with a 2-hour lunch break to allow time for you to get lunch and visit the rest of the artists in the building.
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Shiva Paintstiks
May 3, 2008 10am-12 Noon
Sign up deadline April 26, 2008. Maximum 5 participants.
Just like oil pastels, but for fabric! Play with the many ways to use paintstiks to easily create patterns on fabric. Do rubbings with stamps, rubbing plates, Indian woodblocks, and ordinary objects. Brush pigment on like paints through a stencil or over a masking tape pattern.
$50 covers all materials. We’ll create 4 fat quarters (18”x22”) of cotton cloth.
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Paint & Screen-Print with Thickened Dyes
June 7, 2008 10am-12 Noon & 2-4pm
Sign up deadline May 31, 2008. Maximum 4 participants.
We’ll discuss various ways to mix and apply thickened fiber reactive dyes. Print abstract patterns using silk screens with temporary masking tape designs. Print detailed images with Thermofax screens. Play with painting thickened dyes on wet and dry fabric.
$125 Covers all dyes, one 8.5x11” Thermofax screen, & 2 yards of cotton broadcloth. This is a 4-hour class with a 2-hour lunch break to allow time for you to get lunch and visit the rest of the artists in the building.
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Gelatin Mono Prints
July 5, 2008 10am-1pm
Sign up deadline June 28, 2008. Maximum 4 participants.
A simple printing plate made from unflavored gelatin allows you to capture incredible detail from plant material, textured cloth, and other such items. We’ll use fabric paints to create positive and negative prints on cotton fabric and paper.
$75 covers all materials. We’ll create at least one yard of cotton fabric.
Optional: Bring items you want to use in printing such as leaves; these objects should be thin and expendable, as they will get covered with paint.
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Altered Board Books
August 2, 2008 10am-12 Noon & 2-4pm
Sign up deadline March 29, 2008. Maximum 6 participants.
Turn a plain book into extraordinary art with paints, fabric collage, fibers, metals, and more. Choose a theme such as a family holiday. We can make color copies of your photos to use them in your book without ruining the original photos.
$125 covers all materials. This is a 4-hour class with a 2-hour lunch break to allow time for you to get lunch and visit the rest of the artists in the building.
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Mixing Media
August 9, 2007 10am-12 Noon & 2-4pm (Special workshop during the
Sign up deadline August 2, 2008. Maximum 6 participants.
Explore exciting possibilities to add dimension, texture, and shimmer to your art projects. Work with fibers from barks to silk cocoons to bamboo. Mold and shape PaperClay and Model Magic. Add shimmer and shine with foils, Stewart Gill paints, metal shim, Angelina fibers and Glitterati film.
$125 covers all materials. We’ll create several Artist Trading Card (ATCs) or fabric postcard size pieces. This is a 4-hour class with a 2-hour lunch break to allow time for you to get lunch and visit the rest of the artists in the building.
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