Four Day Printed Textiles School: Make a Lampshade

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Gray's School of Art
The Robert Gordon University
Garthdee Road
Aberdeen
AB10 7QD

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Create your own lampshade at this course working with printed textiles, with the chance to design and create your own prints.

Spend four days at Gray's School of Art creating your own striking designs for a lampshade.

Learn the colourful art of printed textiles with an experienced lecturer on hand to guide you.

An opportunity to design and print your very own lampshades creating your own individual printed textiles designs.

This course will teach students the basic techniques, hints and tips on how to create printed textiles.

You will design, print and assemble two lampshades. You will:

• Explore and research printed textile designers to influence your designs.
• Learn to prepare designs on acetate and screens.
• See demonstrations in techniques using pigment and binder expose screens.
• Practice techniques in discharge printing and puff binder.

On this course you will not only be able to access the excellent facilities of our printed textiiles workshop but go away at the end having developed your own unique designs on a finished product.

Our experienced tutor will give demonstrations and guidance on everything you need to know to design, develop and finalise your project.