Design: Textile Screen with Devore Silk

NEW COURSE

A weekend to create your own beautiful, handmade silk devore scarf. A challenging two day course that will teach you basic dyeing skills in combination with pattern design and screenprinting. Suitable for beginners or those with some experience in either textiles or screenprinting, this new course for LPW is exciting and full of colour and experimentation.

Learn how to apply different dyes to create a two tone effect on the fabric and then apply your own unique screen printed design to really show off this beautiful technique.

Course Structure:

Day One:

• Learn how to cross-dye your silk/viscose devore fabric.
• Learn how to create a dye recipe and apply different colours to the different fibre types.
• Dye fabrics.
• Draw a motif and transfer onto drafting film ready to be exposed onto screen the following day.

Day Two:

• Make screens.
• Learn how to print onto fabric and apply your motif down the length of your pre-dyed fabric scarf.
• Dry and heatpress the design.
• Wash out the fabric to reveal the design and the devore effect.

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.

Leicester Print Workshop

Leicester Print Workshop is the regional development centre for printmaking. Established by artists in 1986, we are a registered charity, supported by Arts Council England. Our RIBA award-winning building is situated in Leicester City Centre's Cultural Quarter and is home to a large, well equipped open access Printmaking Studio.

We have over 30 years’ experience of teaching people printmaking. Our programme offers the largest number and broadest range of printmaking courses in the region, with courses suitable for beginners as well as experienced printmakers, delivered by practicing artists and nationally renowned tutors. Participants learn in small and friendly groups in our purpose-designed studio.

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 (Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174.

In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Wednesday - 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.