Course Information

This workshop is designed to introduce you to an ecological method of binding natural earth, mineral and synthetic pigments to textiles or paper using soya milk. The workshop will explore a wide range of approaches using liquid and thickened pigment paints and enable you to get to grips with the process. You’ll leave with knowledge, experience and a wide variety of samples – of a size that can be transformed into artworks, stitched items and/or functional items. The teaching style will encompass lectures/explanations, group reviews & discussions and one to-one time. Content will include: - Collecting and processing your own earth pigments and using purchased pigments. - Making pigments sticks/crayons. - Making soya milk and thickening it to make soya paste. - Making liquid and thickened soya paints. - Applying paint to cloth and paper, including: - Pre-sizing - Working with liquid paints: the use of calligraphy tools, fingers, brushes, thieves, resists, cloth-to cloth transfer, use of surface pigment residue and the exploitation of different surfaces to create texture. - Working with thickened soya paint: using silkscreens, thermofax screens, needle-nose bottles, brushes, rollers, mono printing and stencils. - Working up multiple layers of processes/techniques. - Post-sizing. - Curing the pigments. - Exploring hand stitch on cloth before or after pigment application