Summer Classes: Textiles
SUMMER CLASSES
AT THE CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE STUDIO CO-OP
Silkscreen Printing Workshop: Sharon Epstein
Saturdays, May 19-June 23, 9:30-12:30.
Tuition: $270.00 + Materials: $65.00
This exciting course gives an insight into the skills of silkscreen printing onto a variety of fabrics and papers. You will learn how to translate your ideas into prints through stencils and how to prepare and expose images onto screens and print using water-based materials. This course is designed for those who enjoy experimentation and new methods of using colour, texture and a variety of print techniques and processes. All levels of experience are welcome.
Silkscreen Printing Intensive: Sharon Epstein
July 3 - July 6, daily from 9:30am to 3:30pm.
Tuition: $450.00 + Materials: $50.00
This exciting course gives an insight into the skills of silkscreen printing onto a variety of fabrics and papers. You will learn how to translate your ideas into prints through stencils and how to prepare and expose images onto screens and print using water-based materials. This course is designed for those who enjoy experimentation and new methods of using colour, texture and a variety of print techniques and processes. All levels of experience are welcome.
Sustainable Design Series: Natural Colour
With Rachel MacHenry
Natural Dyeing
Thursdays, July 12, 19, 26 & Aug. 2, 6-9 pm.
Tuition: $225.00 + Materials: $25.00
This summer, come learn about natural colour for textiles! This workshop will teach the use of safe mordants and natural dye processes using plants from local and far-flung sources. Low energy methods like solar dyeing and bundle dyeing will also be explored. We will experiment with dyeing yarns, embroidery threads, ribbons, wool, silk and cotton fabrics. At the end of the workshop, students will each have their own set of samples, plus materials for a small project. Open to all levels of experience.
Textile Talk by Dawn Dupree
Internal Dialogues / External Process
June 27, 2012 at 6:30 pm
The Textile Museum of Canada 55 Centre Ave., Toronto, ON
Tickets: $10.00 (available at the door)
UK-based textile Artist Dawn Dupree will speak about her creative practice and her work. Through her printed textiles, she explores narrative elements, creating constructed landscapes through the use of hand drawn and photographic images. Her inspiration comes from a variety of sources including cinema, urban wastelands, abandoned domestic objects, photography and her own mark-making. Her loose, improvisatory approach to print making allows her to build up layers of images on the cloth, working with the idea of transitional space to create polarities within her work. Dawn also teaches at London Printworks Trust, and is a visiting lecturer at Goldsmith's College. There will be an opportunity for questions during the talk.
All classes are held at Studio 109, 401 Richmond Street West (unless otherwise stated). Pre-registration with your instructor is required. The Contemporary Textile Studio is located at 401 Richmond Street West (on Richmond just east of Spadina Ave.).
401 Richmond Street W. Studio 109, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8
** The Contemporary Textile Studio is currently seeking new members. Please visit the website for more details, or download an application here: http://www.textilestudio.ca/about/become_full_coop_member
Categories: Workshops
