Catherine Walsh

A five day textile printing course near Rimini, suitable for beginners.

In this workshop you will develop original designs for textiles and learn how to create your designs on fabric using lino-block printing and screen-printing.The design process will begin by using sketchbooks to collect material and develop ideas. You can sketch from the beautiful surroundings of the workshop venue or work on ideas and images that you bring with you. There will be a brief introduction to the history of textile art and design. You will be shown ways to interpret your sketchbook material to isolate and develop design elements. Alongside this design process there will be hands-on practical workshops on how to carve and print repeat patterns with a lino block and screenprinting using paper stencils, mono screenprinting to create texture and drawn screen-filler designs. By the end of the workshops you will have created samples of fabric with your own designs which you could use for interior design or fashion projects, or textile art.

See opificiodellarosa.org for full details.