ABOUT THIS EVENT

Event Category

Arts & DIY

Event Overview

 

Create the coolest hand-printed fabric in this beginner-friendly block printing class! In class, you will learn how to carve your own designs into rubber blocks and leave with your own block to use on more fabric, tote bags, cards, and more! Ashley will cover the basics of block printing on fabric. You will leave the knowledge to make your own hand-printed fiber goods such as totes, yardage, tea towels, or t-shirts. You could even use your block to customize cards or make your own art prints.

 

This class is a beginner-friendly class, and great for people who want to try printmaking for the first time, incorporate printmaking into their other artistic endeavors, or just want to make something unique!

 

Students will leave with a finished fabric project and a block they can reuse at home.

 

Learn to:

Handle the tools necessary for printmaking

Carve blocks

Work with ink and pattern repetition to create something spectactular

Learn how to use a brayer for even application of ink

See different pattern and layering techniques

 

 

Before coming to class, please consider what image or design you would like to carve. The nature of carving on blocks and printing on fabric lends itself well to simple, graphic designs such as geometric, floral, or abstract.

 

What's Provided: carving tools, one 4"x6 rubber block, ink, and scrap fabric for testing and experimentation

 

INSTRUCTOR: Top-Rated Dabble Instructor Ashley Quick

Ashley Quick is a printmaker and textile artist living in Denver, Colorado. Originally from Wyoming, she has spent the last several years teaching courses and workshops of all levels in printmaking mediums such as relief, monotype, intaglio, and stone lithography. Ashley is a graduate of the University of Wyoming in Art with a focus in printmaking and drawing.

In her own work she often incorporates fabric, quilting, and embroidery and has experience printing on fabric to use in quilts and as elements in printed work.

After moving to Denver she became a member of Red Delicious Press in Aurora, Colorado which is a community printmaking co-op. She is looking forward to meeting more Denver artists, crafters, and all-around excellent people.

 

 

What to Bring

A separate materials fee of $7 will be charged on site for 1/2 yard of fabric for the class.

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

See description.

What You Can Expect From This Experience

• Handle the tools necessary for printmaking
• Carve blocks
• Work with ink and pattern repetition to create something spectactular

Cancellation Policy

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