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Simple Silkscreen Fabric Printing
with Clare Satow
Saturday/Sunday | 6/7 November 2010 | 10.00 - 16.00
Fee £120 or £100 (after discount) including materials

Silk screen onto fabric can be as simple as child's play. Screen print short lengths of  your own design onto fabric with cut paper stencils. Additional range of further embellishments will be to hand to add texture and uniqueness to your pieces. Or design and make a length of fabric to turn into unique items like tea towels or cushion covers to shorten your Christmas present list! Or what about your very own printed wrapping papers, book covers, etc. The list is endless. Clare runs the Bill Quay Fabric workshop, designing and hand printing 10m lengths of silk and cotton fabrics with a variety of low-tech print methods, often adding further detail through stitching. See www.bqfw.co.uk.

CLARE SATOW came to screen printing through involvement with community arts on Tyneside in the 1980s and took to carrying a print workshop around with her, making banners, flags, books and posters with schools, in hospitals and community spaces across the region.She set up the Bill Quay fabric workshop in a converted corner shop 2 years ago and there she prints, by hand, 10m lengths of heavy silk, Clare still works in schools and enjoys collaborative project with artists and makers in many materials.

Take advangtage of our discounted price by booking two places (for you and a friend on the same course or on two different Horsley Printmakers courses). Explore Learning subscribers get an additional discount - please let us know when reserving a place. Deposits of £50 accepted. Balance due 3 weeks before course starts

To reserve a place email: info@horsleyprintmakers.co.uk
Or phone: 07989 955108 or 07717 256169 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays

And then print off the booking form and post with your cheque to:
Horsley Printmakers, The Hearth, Main Road, Horsley, Northumberland, NE15 0NT

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Louise Parker 2 by Horsley Printmakers.

Victoria Holland 1 by Horsley Printmakers.