4. Traditional shibori (with a difference) -   use traditional shibori stitching & resist designs  to create patterns on silk with paint, then enhance with  prints and opaque or metallic paints.

 3. Making Your Mark  -  Painting silks using  underlying shapes , rubbings & printing to create a textural range of fabrics.

 1. Keep Your Marbles or Put  a Peg on It -    paint  matching dark and  light  flower impressions on one piece of silk using pegs and printed leaves, string, marbles.

 Each class is a  fun one day lesson in painting and printing on silk.  Each  lesson includes a different technique enabling the student  to build up a  collection of luscious silk fabrics . Using top quality silk habutai and the beautiful Jacquard range of easy-to-use heat-set paints & metallic  finishes  in  vibrant colours, pastels, gold, silver and more,  the student is able to  create a whole range  fabrics to make quilts, bags, scarves  and cushions. 

One metre of 12mme silk habutai and full printed instructions are supplied  to each student with each class.

Each class can be offered on its own, as a series, or in conjunction with a project.

Paint your own SILK stash  - 

“not only did I make this piece of work but I made it truly my own with fabric I coloured myself!”