CREATIVE TEXTILE COURSES IN PORTUGAL, FRANCE & U.K.

NATURAL DYEING WITH PLANT COLOURS

BOTANICAL ECO PRINTING

INDIGO DYEING WITH SHIBORI RESIST

RUST DYEING USING TANNINS AND OXIDES & INDIGO

CLAY PASTE RESIST WITH INDIGO

MIXED MEDIA TEXTILE COLLAGE

BLOCK & STENCILPRINTING

BATIK AND WAX RESIST ON FABRIC AND PAPER

FABRIC COLLAGE, PHOTO TRANSFER & STITCH

NUNO FELTING

FELTED JEWELLERY

BUTTON JEWELLERY

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Texatelier mainly runs courses in our lovely studio in stunning rural Central Portugal, & more occasionally S.W. France & the U.K. This year we are 16 years old and have run more than 80 successful projects with students from all over the world!

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Below we outline some of our workshops & what they may involve.

Indigo & Shibori Shibori is the term for a Japanese resist dye technique. Learn how to make up a fructose indigo vat using the1/2/3 M ichel Garcia method and  you will experience the �magic� of indigo, watching your fabric turn through oxidation from yellow to green and finally blue. Explore resist patterns with shibori techniques such as stitching, clamping, binding and wrapping to create your own individual and exquisite designs on fabric. You will then dye them in the indigo vat.     Natural Dyeing & Botanical Eco Printing Explore the colouration of cloth and fibres using natural dyes derived from organic plant matter. Learn about mordants & how to make them at home, make up dye baths using a range of colours from nature to create beautifully coloured fabrics and yarns. Using flowers, leaves, berries, steam & mordants create truly wonderful and remarkable images from foraged flowers, leaves and berries.     Felt Making Including Nuno Felting Using merino fleece tops and silk noiles create lovely felted pieces or 3D felted objects and vessels. Learn inlaying fine fabrics, threads and yarns to create detail. Explore the potential of nuno felting (a japanese method of shrink felting) to create your own fabulous scarf with this technique.     Batik & Wax Resist on Fabric & Paper Learn how to use hot wax and dyes on fabric and paper with this ancient art of patterning. Use a variety of jtantings (wax pens) and brushes to create your designs. Make your own jtaps (wax printing stamps) to create repeat patterns. Create fabulously patterned fabrics and papers, perfect for wrapping paper, cards, cushions, patchwork, or even beautiful artworks.     Print & Paint on Cloth & Paper Explore and experiment with a variety of ways of printing and painting on cloth and paper using unusual and interesting methods to create your own unique patterns. Make your own simple printing blocks to create different marks and repeat patterns and use stencils to build up surfaces and layers.     Fabric Collage with Stitch & Photo Transfer Combine machine and hand embroidery with collage to create visual stories using old memorabilia and saved special fabrics. Learn techniques such as how to use bondaweb and photo transfer. You will be encouraged to explore composition and layering to create a finished piece/s that celebrates a significant event or person. MORE INFO about all Texatelier courses   MORE INFO about Benfeita & our area

 

Full day workshops, 2/3 day courses and week-long courses.
Also bespoke courses can be designed for particular needs and likes at any time of the year.

Natural Dyeing, Shibori, Batik, Indigo. Les �uvres d'art Textiles de la plasticienne textile  Nikola Orpen