• April 15-18, 2027
  • Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2027 Class – Block Printing

BLOCK PRINTING

TUTOR: KAREN LEWIS

Come and learn the skills needed to block print onto fabric, including making design choices, creating and cutting your design, and printing onto fabric. We will experiment with repeat patterns and all-over designs as well as different paint colours. We will look at how to print individual motifs and think about printing up single designs as well as a one cloth approach. By the end of the day, we will have a variety of printed fabrics to use in a number of different projects.

Skill level: All levels

 

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Class Requirements

BLOCK PRINTING WITH KAREN LEWIS

ONE-DAY CLASS: Sunday April 18

Materials fee: none – no kit supplied

You will need to bring:

  • Inspiration/doodles/sketches
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Transfer paper/tracing paper
  • Scissors
  • Old towel that you don’t mind getting paint on
  • Old apron that you don’t mind getting paint on
  • Paper to practice print on
  • Plastic spoon
  • Craft tray/old small plastic tray
  • Fabric to print on – this doesn’t need to be pre-washed. Quilting cotton works best. Solids work best but experimenting on patterned fabrics can be fun.
  • Carving tools
  • 3” or 4” brayer/roller
  • 4 x 6” easy cut blocks for carving, available from art supply stores such as Kraft Kolour
  • Water based acrylic fabric paint for block printing, such as Permaset screenprinting textile paint, or other brand that specifies that it is for screen printing.

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