Emma Jackson

An opportunity to work on individual projects, giving you the chance to extend and develop your existing skills or to simply spend an relaxing day being creative in the textile studio. Work independently or with expert guidance of mac's experienced Artist Tutors, Emma Jackson.

Explore the process of creating screenprint designs, fusing stencils, direct free form drawing and mono printing techniques to create your own unique expressive textiles.

Bring along any design source material or images to inspire your design and let the creative magic unfold...

Learn how to create 3D sculptured vessels using resists with natural wool and silk fibres to give textured surfaces. These fabulous vessels surfaces can then be embellished with stitch or other decorative embellishments.

Experiment with a range of silk painting techniques including gutta and dyes with salt, sugar and alcohol surface effects to create silk paintings. Day One will begin by producing technique samples, moving onto creating your own painting using the techniques learnt.
Bring sketch books / images you would like to work with and wear old clothes / an apron.

Learn how to create silk paper with raw silk fibres and decorate it with a range of natural fibres, flowers & leaves. You can choose to dye and stitch your silk paper or retain its natural colour.

Silk paper can be use in many further ways including creative embroidery, cardmaking, book binding, scrapbooking and much more.

All materials available at the workshop, but do bring along any dried flowers and leaves you may have and like to include in your silk paper.

Experiment with this exciting technique using thickening dyes and print paste to build marks and textures, then break down the dried screen to create an array of colours, organic textures, and distressed, disintegrating effects. On this weekend workshop, day one will involve creating your screens by building the screen surface with dyes, textures and objects in preparation for printing the screens developed on day two.

Explore the process of creating unique designs from primary sources to create experimental textile work using paper, fabric & stitch. A practical exploration of surface design introducing a range of techniques including printing (block and screenprinting), machine and hand embroidery with surface design exercises to develop your creative language.

Push the boundaries of textiles, paper and stitch to construct tactile surfaces with an emphasis on raising the surface and introducing 3D elements. You will be encouraged to work with batik, collage, silk papermaking and printing to create experimental finished pieces.

Booking at www.macarts.co.uk

Using a variety of materials you will explore different techniques used to build mixed media tactile surfaces. Combining batik, screen printing & dyeing processes with embroidery, wire, foiling, plastics and found objects you will be encouraged to try out new ideas and develop your own individual

Bring a sketch/notebook and a small variety of images you would like to use as a springboard for your inspiration.

Booking via www.macarts.co.uk

In this practical introduction and exploration into textiles you will use a variety of techniques and materials to develop personal projects. In addition, you will be encouraged to develop your own designs using batik, screen printing, feltmaking and embroidery with elements of paper making and dyeing.

This course introduces traditional and contemporary felt making with opportunities to experiment with a range of fibres, fabric and wool. Come along and create tactile surfaces for stitch and dye and try more advanced techniques including resists and nuno felting to develop functional and non-functional pieces.

Contact www.macarts.co.uk for bookings