2‑day Screen Printing x Embroidery experiment workshop: Shapes and Letters.

In this two-day cour­se, we’ll com­bi­ne screen prin­ting ink with embroi­dery thread and wool in a color­ful graphic experiment.

On Satur­day, you’ll screen print let­ters and/​or sha­pes with Esther from Zeef­dru­kles. You’ll expe­ri­ment with form, color, layers, and com­po­si­tion. We’ll work with sten­cil prin­ting (coar­ser sha­pes, works quickly) and with an expo­sed screen (finer sha­pes, takes a bit more time and pre­pa­ra­tion). No screen prin­ting expe­rien­ce is neces­sary; we’ll help you get star­ted. By the end of the day, you’ll have a set of dif­fe­rent surfaces.

On Sun­day, you’ll work with one or more sur­fa­ces with Ger­da from Stu­dio Koe­koek. She’ll show you a wide variety of tech­ni­ques, such as cross stitch, and freehand embroi­dery stit­ches. You will learn how to secu­re your threads and how to embroi­der on paper and fabrics. We will have 500 colors of embroi­dery thread avai­la­ble. The pos­si­bi­li­ties are endless!

The num­ber of pie­ces you crea­te depends on the com­ple­xity of the embroi­dery tech­ni­que you choo­se. But you can always pur­cha­se addi­tio­nal mate­rials to finish your work at home.

You’ll lea­ve with new skills, and fresh inspiration.

Materials:

• The cour­se inclu­des a basic set of mate­rials, such as various screen prin­ting sur­fa­ces sui­ta­ble for embroi­dery, from open-wea­ve can­vas (which you can use for fun trans­pa­rency expe­ri­ments) to den­ser woven fabrics for prin­ting in more detail. Embroi­dery thread and screen prin­ting ink, which you’ll use during the cour­se, are also included.
• You can also borrow an embroi­dery hoop, scis­sors and need­le from us during the workshop.
• If you’re wor­king very quickly or like to con­ti­nue prac­ti­sing at home, you’re wel­co­me to buy extra sup­plies in the stu­dio. You can pay by card.

Catering:

• You’ll get free cof­fee, tea, water and snacks
• Lunch is also inclu­ded for 2 days

Date & Time: 

• 26 and 27 Sep­tem­ber 10:30 – 17:00

Location:

• 26 Sep­tem­ber: Zeef­dru­kles, Veem­ka­de 570 in Amsterdam.
• 27 Sep­tem­ber: Stu­dio Koe­koek, Wees­pers­traat 100 in Ams­ter­dam. This is clo­se to the ​“Mage­re Brug” and the ​“Holo­caust Name Monu­ment” in the cen­tre of Ams­ter­dam. Metro sta­tion Wees­per­plein or Waterlooplein.

Skill level

This workshop is per­fect for both begin­ners and more advan­ced levels. You don’t need screen prin­ting or embroi­dery expe­rien­ce. We will explain tech­ni­ques from scratch, but if you are already more expe­rien­ced this is also a fun way to add another layer to your work.

Language

We’ll host the workshop in both Dutch and English