Explore hand-painting flowers onto textiles using heat-fixable paints and inks. Learn how to develop designs for fabric to enjoy, wear, sit upon or sew into.

Flowers have long been a beloved subject for textile designers, offering countless opportunities to infuse colour, form and familiarity into designs. They allow for interpretations that range from the tiniest bud to expansive garden scenes, and realism to abstract forms. Together, we will explore various design solutions and developments; I will show, for discussion and possible inspiration, a selection of fabrics chosen from my extensive collection of (mainly) my own and my sister’s work.

We’ll have the wonderful West Dean gardens to give us ideas and nourishment , and a spacious studio in which to work .

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