Adults Courses

Screenprinting – Cushions

Sun 13 Jan 2019

Create your own custom printed cushion cover. Discuss and design imagery suitable for screenprinting, learn how to make your own stencil and play with layering and levels of translucency.

Urban Art Stencils

Sat 19 Jan 2019

Unleash your inner urban artist and work with spray paint and stencils to create a colourful layered artwork. Learn how to cut stencils, placement and composition and how to use spray paint effectively. A fun way to spend a day under the trees at FAC.

Weaving the Recycled

Sat 19 Jan 2019

Fiona Gavino begint

Using a range of recycled materials including old posters, maps and flexible plastic learn how to weave a number of small baskets and turn the recycled into something useful. Explore basketry techniques that can be used for a wide range of materials.

Hand-Painted Silk Scarf

Sun 27 Jan 2019

Roberta Leary begint

Create a beautiful hand-painted silks scarf in this one day workshop. Using a range of colours, learn quick and simple methods of dyeing and hand painting a design. Silk can be purchased from the tutor on the day.

Screenprinting – Tablewares

Sat 16 Feb 2019

Create your own custom–printed tablewares - placemats, napkins and a table runner. Discuss and design imagery suitable for screenprinting, learn how to make your own stencil and play with layering and levels of translucency.

Textile Dyeing Techniques

Sun 17 Feb 2019 — Sun 24 Mar 2019

Roberta Leary begint

Discover the basics of dyeing, including which products and additives to use while learning how to mix and blend colours to get your desired effects. Be taken through a range of different dyeing techniques including shibori (resist), hand painting and immersion dyeing.

Shibori Tablewares

Wed 20 Feb 2019 — Wed 27 Mar 2019

Roberta Leary begint

Learn the various methods of Shibori, the ancient art of Japanese resist dyeing whereby dye is prevented from entering specific areas of cloth. Using natural fabrics such as silk, cotton, linen and wool, explore cold and hot water dyes. Discover the dynamic combination of resist dyeing and layering colour to create your own beautiful, unique fabrics.

Screenprinting on Fabric – Photographic Technique

Thu 21 Feb 2019 — Thu 28 Mar 2019

Learn how to permanently fix an image to your silkscreen to print a high quality image multiple times. In this fun, hands-on class discuss which imagery is suitable for printing and master composition, layering techniques, colour mixing and placement.

Design, Print, Stitch

Sat 23 Feb 2019 — Sat 23 Mar 2019

Angela Ferolla begint

Learn these great skills and how to put them all together in this exciting course. Create your design working from images or ideas that inspire you, combine printmaking techniques including screenprinting, monoprint and transfer and then embellish your work by stitching back into the design creating a multilayered work. Make cushion covers, and artwork to stretch over a frame or a series of smaller sample pieces.