Location:
Friends Community Hub
6 Skinnergate,
Darlington
DL3 7NB
FREE Workshops
13th August:
Jade Blood: Kitchen Table Printing 10am-4pm
Adrian Moule: Print Bike 10am-1pm
20th August:
Jade Blood: Kitchen Table Printing 10am-4pm
Jade Sweeting: Screen Printing 10am-4pm
John James Perangie: Fabric Applique Printing 1pm-4pm
27th August:
Jade Sweeting: Screen printing 10am-4pm
Jade Blood: Kitchen Table Printing 10am-4pm
Over three weekends in Darlington at the Friends Community Hub, come along for FREE workshops for all ages. Learn printing techniques from artists such as screen, intaglio and fabric printing.
All materials are provided with the option of bringing your own T-Shirts to print on or upcycle.
Artists will be on hand to guide you through the making process to create something unique for yourself.
Stay for half an hour or make a day of it, light refreshments will be on hand with tea and coffee also provided.
For refreshments we have partnered up with Bakerman and Echo3. Bakerman will be providing us with some delicious sweet treats and with Echo3 we have a limited number of tokens for a free drink down at their cafe. This partnership is supported financially by Creative Darlington and is intended to support and enhance cooperation between local businesses.
Jade Blood leading a workshop in food waste dyes. Image courtesy of Rachel Deakin.
Saturday 13th, 20th, 27th: 10am-4pm
Jade Blood hosts all ages workshops which encourage participants to explore natural and waste materials; eco-dying and kitchen cupboard print making. Jade will set up various action stations of easy print methods where you can up-cycle your clothing or make a banner, flags and customise a tote bag or design your own patches!
Activities include:
- Food waste dyes- try out using paints made from food- paint a banner, or a flag
- Simple block printing- depending on how much time you have, come and try simple block printing
- Quick stencil print- using sticky back plastic- you can create a one off stencil for fabric or paper.
- Statement embroidery- A relaxing, slow and social process , there will be templates inspired by the Quaker principles provided for you to up-cycle your pre-existing items or you can do your own thing and embroider patches and flags!
Saturday 13th August 10am-1pm
Adrian Moule will be on site with his print bike printing from a preexisting plate, work with Adrian to ink the plate yourself and put it through the press. This print is then yours to take away and is limited to an edition of 70.
Saturday 20th, 27th August 10am-4pm
Jade Sweeting will be bringing pre-made stencils to the workshops with a mixture of text and image that can be printed onto fabric, t-shirts, totes or paper. Jade will guide you through the process of screen printing from preparing the screen to printing and finally drying the artwork which you can then take away with you.
Saturday 20th August 1pm-4pm
John James Perangie will deliver an appliqué workshop for all ages, exploring how you can use existing fabrics to layer up and print with onto paper, fabric, t shirts and totes. If you’ve only got an hour, you can pop in and try out just one of the things but if you have the whole afternoon, you could try out all of these methods and create your own super layered wearable or displayable piece!
These events form part of Middlesbrough Art Weekender and are supported by and funded by Creative Darlington.