Learn a New Creative Skill : Silkscreening 101 Workshops

NEXT AVAILABLE DATES AND TIMES: Sunday September 26 2010 (We're on break for the summer!)

Each workshop is 4 hours long and takes place from 10:30 a.m.– 2:30 p.m.

>Check out the May 2008 Ottawa Citizen article on spins & needles silkscreening 101 workshops!

> For photos of Silkscreening 101 Workshops check out the Spins & Needles Silkscreening 101 Flickr set.

Since 2006, spins & needles has welcomed individuals and groups of all creative talents to this monthly introductory silkscreening workshop.

Want to learn a new artistic or design technique? Feel like DIY-ing it instead of buying it? Looking for the perfect customized item that you can't find anywhere else? Tried to silkscreen and it didn't turn out exactly right? Want to know how to set up a silkscreening studio at home? Need to find an original gift for someone who has it all? Looking for a fun way to bring a group together creatively, including office retreats or bridal/baby showers? Then this is the workshop for you!

In a few hours, you'll learn all the things you need to know to start silkscreening, be it at home or in a studio. By the end of the workshop, you'll come out with lots of new and wonderful printed items (and we mean *lots*!)

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Silkscreening (or screenprinting or serigraphy) is a printmaking process that allows you to transfer a detailed image onto all sorts of surfaces. The images that result on your surface are long-lasting, durable, and unique.

You'll learn how to transfer any detailed image onto your medium of choice in just a few hours for the great price of $120.

 

Included in the workshop price is a start-up kit (your own screen, squeegee and instruction booklet) to take home with you to start printing right away!

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HERE'S WHAT YOU GET:

*start up kit (includes screen, squeegee + instruction booklet home with you)

*learn to prepare your screen using the photo emulsion method

*learn to transfer your selected image onto your screen

*learn to print your image onto your medium of choice

*learn how to print at home.

Spaces are limited per workshop to ensure you personally get the technique right!

Workshop gift certificates also available!

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HERE'S HOW TO REGISTER:

>Registration: E-mail spinsandneedles at gmail.com. Select one date and payment method. You'll receive a confirmation e-mail regarding your request. Your spot is not secured until payment is received. Spots are assigned on a a "first pay, first served basis."

>Payment: 2 methods (please do not send payment unless you have e-mailed spinsandneedles at gmail.com that you would like to register.)

1. PayPal: (plus $5.00 administration fee). Click on the "Pay Now" button above to pay.

2. Cheque or cash: Let us know at spinsandneedles at gmail.com.

>Price: $120 (tax included).This affordable price includes a start-up kit (your own screen, squeegee + instructions) to take home!

>Next Available Dates and Time: Sunday April 25, Sunday May 30, Sunday June 27. Each workshop is 4 hours long and takes place from 10:30 a.m.– 2:30 p.m.

>Location:  Montgomery Legion Hall, lower level (330 Kent St. at Somerset St. W.)

>Workshop Prep: Bring as many fabric, canvas, wood or paper items you want to print on and your image on an acetate sheet (transparency) to the workshop. Or for an extra $5.00, e-mail your image as a jpg and we'll print the image on transparency for you. The image must be no bigger than 8x10, in black and white with high contrast.

Cancellation Policy: Once payment is made by a participant for a specific workshop date , no refunds will be given. Rescheduling a workshop date is permitted only when 48 hours before the workshop date there are four people or less registered for the workshop. In this case you will be contacted by a spins & needles organizer 48 hours before the workshop for rescheduling.

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HERE'S WHAT PAST WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS HAVE SAID:

"I think it was all really so great! I liked that we got to meet people as well as learn. It is so great that it is hands-on!!"

"The features of the workshop that I liked were that the directions were really clear and helpful. The course didn't make everything sound complicated which before the workshop I thought it was."

"I thought the hands-on DIY aspect ws great, much more informative than other methods could have been. I thought the workshop was really great and I am so glad I came! I'm really excited about what I learned and I cam't wait to do this at home. I would recommend it to friends."

"This workshop changed the way I look at my photography practice and how I can combine the two practices."