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Collage and Painterly Monoprint using Disperse Dyes

£70.00

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Location Leicester Print Workshop
Date & Time Saturday 3rd August
10.00am - 4.00pm
Tutor  Alex Palmer

A busy day to explore the many exciting ways that disperse dyes can be used to create bright, colourful prints onto fabrics and acetates. Experiment with printmaking techniques such as collage, painting, stenciling and mark-making to translate your design aesthetic into a fun, textural fabric design.

Course Structure

  • Introduction to the course and a demonstration showing the mixing of disperse dyes and painting onto cartridge paper. Whilst drying, demonstration showing the pre-prepared papers and the various techniques that can be used to translate marks onto synthetic materials.
  • Take a few moments to explore the LPW garden to find fresh materials that could be used in the process as resists.
  • Spend the rest of the day experimenting with the different colours of pre-painted dye paper, painting your own imagery, using stencils, found materials to create a variety of synthetic fabric samples.

About the Tutor

Alex Palmer graduated from Loughborough University in 2010 with a 2:1 BA Honours in Printed Textiles Design. Currently working at De Montfort University in the Printed and Dyeing Textiles department, Alex works closely with students introducing a variety of printing/dyeing techniques to enable the students to further develop their work.

Alex also produces dyed/printed textiles outside of her usual work to keep her inspired and on trend with what is happening in the textiles industry. 

    Bookings

    Online: You can book online here by credit / debit card or Paypal.

    Telephone: You can pay by card over the phone during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174.

    In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm) to book and pay by card, cash or cheque.

    Pre-course information: We will send you details of how to find us and what to bring with you when we process your booking. 

    Concessions

    Full-Print Members of Leicester Print Workshop are entitled to a 10% discount on our inhouse courses. Interested in joining LPW as a member? Click here for more information.