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Hand Painting and Printing for Textiles

Hand Painting and Printing for Textiles

Arantza Vilas

This exciting course gives an insight into the skills of hand painting and screenprinting onto a variety of fabrics. You will learn how to devore, dye and print with Procion, print with discharge pastes and use transfer paints and papers. You will also have the opportunity to expose a screen. The course aims to teach students of all abilities and levels of experience and will include an introduction to fashion print and hand painting techniques, provide the confidence to experiment with a variety of fabrics and the opportunity to develop your own ideas. Once these skills are learned, students will be set a project in which they will transfer their designs on to fabric.

Arantza Vilas graduated from MA Design for Textile Futures at Central Saint Martins and currently combines her own practice with teaching. Her practice ranges from the design and production of specialist textiles for costumes for film and interiors ('The Phantom of the Opera' by Joel Schumaher among others) to creative consultancy and art-based projects.

Alternative Dates and Times
Many of our courses are repeated throughout the year. If the above dates is not suitable for you, or there are no dates showing for this session, then please choose an alternative session.

Please bring with you to the first session:

  • Overall/apron/old shirt
  • Gloves
  • Brushes (cheap ones from DIY shops)
  • Sponges
  • Rollers
  • Sketchbook
  • Needle, cotton threads (white and non white)
  • Pencil/pen
  • Some fabrics we will need: Habotai silk, 100% cotton and 100% polyester (white) - Inexpenive fabrics can be bought from A1 and Classic Fabrics on Goldhawk Road (Shepherdsbush) and King Textiles (81 Berwick St).
    a selection of images textural and graphic collected from magazine, photographs, postcards, or objects that inspires them
    Basic fabrics will be supplied and information on where to get their own materials as the course progresses will also be provided.