Creative Textile Art

Painting

This is an exciting time for you, who like to play with fabric. New surface design techniques are appearing all the time and older ones are resurfacing. You no longer need a fully equipped studio to create wonderful fabrics and projects. Simplified techniques allow you to have fun playing with color, texture, and pattern applied in playful and unexpected ways.

Dyeing

A range of techniques is covered, from tied and stitched designs to ideas for wrapping, folding, clamping, pleating, and binding. These contemporary techniques create textiles that are bursting with rich, intricate patterns and bold color.

Yarn techniques

What makes a yarn creation ‘art’ rather than ‘craft’? Is craft art? Is art crafted?  Each element of your design reflects your own interpretation of your idea and theme. This includes your colour choices, your fibre choices, and the ways you have chosen to spin, your techniques. Each element of your design is an expression of your idea. It is planned and imagined before you even get your hands on the fibre.