Printing: Fabric screenprinting course

Learn fabric screen-printing with our Printing courses in Sydney

If you want to learn to hand screen-print fabric in Sydney, then this course is for you.

In this hands-on course, you will explore a variety of hand screen-printing and colour application techniques and create your own fabulous designs on fabric using hand-cut stencils. In this course, you will learn about designs and gain experience screen-printing with multiple colours. No previous design or printing experience required.

Course outcomes

By the end of this course, you will:

• Be able to adapt designs to make them suitable for printing
• Have experienced screen-printing
• Have printed a multi-coloured screen print
• Have designed a repeat pattern

Course content

During this course the intention is that the following topics will be covered, but not necessarily in the order given:

• Appreciate the many sources of designs – how to adapt them for printing
• Preparation and use of the screen
• Placement prints
• Multi-colour printing
• Pattern repeats

Materials provided

• Printing inks and most equipment supplied.

Discounts for SCC students are available with the following retailers:

• 10% discount at Dans Art Design – enter code ‘SCC’ at the checkout.

The link to the Website is DansArtDesign

• Tilly’s Art Supplies in Rozelle, 10% off
• Art On King Art Supplies in Newtown, 10% off
• Eckersley’s Art Supplies in York Street, 10% off

What to bring

Not required for first class – will be discussed then.

• A small stencil-cutting knife eg Exacto craft knife
• Small brushes – eg size 0, 2, 4 flat or round
• 50mm wide masking tape
• Something to print on eg. a white T-Shirt or light coloured cotton fabric which has been washed
• A few jars with lids for excess ink
• Protective clothing eg apron or smock
• Plastic spatulas (kitchen variety)
• A hairdryer

Extra materials may cost approximately $30.00

Other Information

• Please wear closed-in shoes.
• All printing materials are water-based and non-toxic
• Drawing, cutting and printing will require a level of dexterity

Feedback from past students

"The tutor (Ro Cook) was great, very entertaining and a good teacher... Ro was extremely knowledgeable, patient, amusing and made it such a fun course! Thoroughly enjoyed the course and got so much out of it, thanks to Ro !"

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