Adventures in Textile Dyes
Tutor
Alex Palmer
6 October 2024, 10am - 4pm
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- Day
- Tutor
- Alex Palmer
- Price
£98.00
Create bespoke colour palettes by mixing disperse dyes and painting with them directly onto cartridge paper. Consider mark making, the use of line and the strength of the dyes, to translate your design onto material with use of the heatpress.
Experiment with pre-prepared dyed papers that when collaged with found materials and layered on top of one another, create diverse tertiary colour palettes rich in texture.
Create cut out stencils for use as resists, to add a more illustrative twist to final designs.
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.
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
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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.
