Pattern Play
August 4 - 9, 2024
Jen Hewett · jenhewett.com
Workshop Overview
REGISTRATION FOR THIS WORKSHOP IS CURRENTLY FULL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN A WAITLIST FOR THE CLASS YOU MAY DO SO BELOW.
Learn how to create simple patterns and film for screenprinting by hand. In this workshop, students will play with color, layering, and registration during the printmaking process. If desired, students will then have time to create small textile collages using their hand-printed fabric. This is a great workshop for students who are new to screenprinting, as well as experienced printmakers not used to working with fabric. Please note that students will not be printing yardage or repeat patterns during this introductory class. Basic sewing machine instruction will be provided for those who are new to sewing, but some machine sewing experience is helpful.
Techniques
- Creating film by hand for screenprinting
- Setting up screens for printing
- Screenprinting on fabric
- Multi-color registration
- Sewing machine instruction
Materials
- Class Materials List
- Please note any materials you are expected to purchase prior to arrival
- Estimated fees vary based on class size and materials used
Outcomes
- How to create 1 and 2-color prints
- Learn how to register multi-color prints on fabric
- Students will leave with their own, printed fabric bearing their designs
- Will create small fabric collages
- Students will leave with their own screens
- The knowledge to set up a small print studio at home
COURSE FEE: $690
Fees exclude housing and meal plans. Review housing options here.
Artist Bio
Jen Hewett is a printmaker, surface designer, and textile artist based in San Francisco. A lifelong Californian, Jen combines her love of loud prints and saturated colors with the textures and light of the California landscapes to create highly-tactile, visually-layered, printed textiles. In addition to producing her own, handmade products, she has licensed her work to clients such as Anthropologie, Moda Fabrics, and World Market, and has worked with Unilever and Yelp. She teaches workshops at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
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