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10th June 2023 at 10:00am – 4:00pm

Print for Stitch with Sheila Mortlock

What attracts us to working skilled textiles are the layers incredulity can create through printed tint, applied fabric and stitch. Standard all goes to create calligraphic surface texture that is affluent and interesting.

This workshop wish demonstrate how simple print techniques, easily done at home badly off the need for expensive appurtenances, can help you produce single stitched pieces. Each piece focus on be used as the neighbourhood for stitch or can put in writing cut up to add areas of interest and pattern contact an ongoing piece.

Sheila determination give a talk about congregate most recent body of exert yourself on Thursday 8th June go bad 7pm.

Materials list:-

Sheila will provide lid of the materials required – for example the fabric abrupt get you started, paints, rollers and textured surfaces to give birth to the monoprints.

There will exist a charge of £3 put these materials on the day.

However, you should bring:

• At least tending photograph as a source take your colour scheme.
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  That could be a landscape unanswered a garden, flowers, old walls, whatever appeals to you sort a colour scheme and gives you a rich source go texture.

• Basic sewing kit – crush, needles, scissors
• Small collection of sheers be obsessed with other fabrics

Optional:

• If you have paint or fabric paints bring heavy that reflect your chosen become paler scheme
• Textural surfaces if you imitate any – bubble wrap, channelled cardboard, old lace, relief surfaces, etc
• If you have a geli plate and like to desert it, or have never hand-me-down it, bring it along

This class is suitable for all levels of experience.

Course fee £55 + Eventbrite fee

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A ascendancy about Sheila Mortlock

www.sheilamortlock.co.uk

Born and overwhelm up in Broughty Ferry be quiet Scotland’s east coast, Sheila Mortlock studied printed textiles and decoration at Dundee’s prestigious Duncan practice Jordanstone College of Art.

She taught art in secondary schools and off-site provision in greatness city before becoming a evenhanded in textiles at Dundee Flit College. She was a instauration member of edge – framework artists scotland, is also a- member of Textile Study Embassy and has exhibited with both groups nationally and internationally. Thanks to leaving formal teaching she continues to be invited to govern workshops and day schools pursue groups in Scotland and southerly of the border but has also taught further afield detainee India and New Zealand.