A ticket purchase is required to attend this event. RSVPing on Facebook does not guarantee you a spot at the event. Head to our website to purchase your ticket:
https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events
Customize your linens or breathe new life into your stained/torn garments!
Join Topher Stevens and Kayla Watson of Wild Remembering (
https://www.wildremembering.com/) for this crafty, 3 hour workshop to learn the basics of block printing on fabric. Spend a joyful evening creating and connecting with a fun and positive community, and go home with a beautiful cloth patch, a patterned bandana, or a fresh design on a beloved piece of clothing.
We’ll begin by choosing a simple design to carve, then will learn the technique of relief carving using special gouges and soft rubber blocks. This is an easy and satisfying process, and no previous linocut experience is required. After our designs have been carved, we’ll ink up our blocks and experience the magic of transferring the designs onto fabric. Don’t worry, we’ll do some test prints to hone and perfect the design and process before printing on your favorite T-shirt.
Class fee is $30, and all necessary materials are provided including rubber blocks, carving tools, inks, and scraps of fabric for printing patches, as well as additional ready-made stamps. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own bandanas, shirts, or other pieces of personal linens or clothing to print on. Note that a dryer is helpful in setting the ink, so fabric types that can tolerate drying are recommended.
Participants should ideally bring a copy of a design from home or have some idea of what they’d like to create before arriving- our time is limited! Ensure your design is simple so you finish carving with enough time to print. We strongly suggest wearing either a smock or clothing you don’t mind getting paint on; indeed, printing with permanent fabric ink might create permanent ink-stains on your clothing!
We will meet at Wildkitchen Supply (567 W Main St) in downtown Sylva just before 5:30pm on Wednesday, March 4th. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to park and get settled, the class starts sharply at 5:30pm. This workshop will run until 8:30pm. Feel free to bring snacks and/or dinner- we will not take a formal dinner break but folks can pause for sustenance as needed.
This class is intended for ages 12 and up. Please leave pets at home. No experience or artistic ability necessary!
Head to our website to purchase your ticket:
https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events/
You may also like the following events from Mainspring Conservation Trust:
- Next month, 5th February, 10:30 pm, Native Seed Germination Workshop in Franklin, North Carolina
- Next month, 7th February, 10:30 am, Historic Wildflower Garden Workday in Andrews
- Next month, 11th February, 11:00 pm, Introduction to eBird Webinar in Franklin, North Carolina
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