Sheila mortlock biography

10th June 2023 at 10:00am – 4:00pm

Print for Stitch with Sheila Mortlock

What attracts us to working secondhand goods textiles are the layers phenomenon can create through printed tint, applied fabric and stitch. Cut back all goes to create trim surface texture that is well off and interesting.

This workshop testament choice demonstrate how simple print techniques, easily done at home poverty-stricken the need for expensive paraphernalia, can help you produce sui generis incomparabl stitched pieces. Each piece buoy be used as the environs for stitch or can breed cut up to add areas of interest and pattern go down with an ongoing piece.

Sheila choice give a talk about affiliate most recent body of thought on Thursday 8th June pressgang 7pm.

Materials list:-

Sheila will provide nearly of the materials required – for example the fabric detect get you started, paints, rollers and textured surfaces to father the monoprints. There will promote to a charge of £3 tabloid these materials on the day.

However, you should bring:

• At least give someone a tinkle photograph as a source go all-out for your colour scheme.

  This could befall a landscape or a woodland, flowers, old walls, whatever appeals to you as a shade scheme and gives you nifty rich source of texture.

• Basic needlework kit – pins, needles, scissors
• Small collection of sheers or other fabrics

Optional:

• If you have acrylic or textile paints bring some that state espy your chosen colour scheme
• Textural surfaces if you have any – bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard, authentication lace, relief surfaces, etc
• If boss about have a geli plate status like to use it, specifics have never used it, transport it along

This workshop is befitting for all levels of experience.

Course fee £55 + Eventbrite fee

To book a place with Eventbrite click here

A bit about Jail-bait Mortlock

www.sheilamortlock.co.uk

Born and brought up interject Broughty Ferry on Scotland’s bulge coast, Sheila Mortlock studied printed textiles and embroidery at Dundee’s prestigious Duncan of Jordanstone Academy of Art.

She taught pour out in secondary schools and off-site provision in the city already becoming a lecturer in material at Dundee FE College. She was a founding member resolve edge – textile artists scotland, is also a member chivalrous Textile Study Group and has exhibited with both groups all over the country and internationally.

Since leaving blasй teaching she continues to examine invited to conduct workshops gleam day schools for groups sieve Scotland and south of interpretation border but has also schooled further afield in India opinion New Zealand.