Spend a day learning how to hand paint on fabric, under the guidance and expertise of acclaimed textile designer Sarah Campbell.
Sarah will be sharing the techniques she has both learn and invented over a career that spans over 55 years. Rather than following rigid rules, you will be presented with ideas, possibilities, examples, and a freedom to learn the rhythms of design and to embrace the happy accidents along the way. No prior experience is necessary, Sarah will be helping participants to build confidence in mark making and composition rather than focusing on drawing skills. If you love pattern and cloth and want to learn hand painting techniques this is the workshop for you! All equipment will be provided including a selection of fabric paints, paper, fabric to practice on, and either a tote bag, fabric bunting or a length of fabric for the finished piece. Participants are welcome to bring any references that personally inspire them or take inspiration from Sarah’s collection of past work
About the tutor
Sarah Campbell is an internationally acclaimed textile designer who, together with her late sister Susan Collier (1938 -2011) founded and ran a groundbreaking and renowned design partnership, creating iconic fabrics for the industry’s greatest names for more than 55 years. Her own work span reaches from Liberty in the late ’60s through to Anthropologie in 2023, to LF Markey in 2024, to constantly expanding ranges for Museums & Galleries and Stringberry and many customers and destinations in between. Love of pattern and colour and an inventive freshness are her hallmarks. She now works on her own – making, teaching, writing, and continuing to paint designs on paper and directly onto cloth for both commercial production and to special commission. The mark of the hand remains her principal currency. She is the author of the recently published Hand-Painted Textiles, a Practical Guide to the Art of Painting on Fabric, 2023 and co-author, with Emma Shackleton, of The Collier Campbell Archive, fifty years of passion in pattern (2012). There are two further publications – Dailies and The Art of Pattern.
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Confirmation email: Once you have made a booking, you will receive a confirmation email detailing all the information you will need prior to your workshop. You will also receive a reminder email one week prior to your workshop.
Registration: Please check your confirmation email for the registration time of your workshop. If the registration time for your workshop is before 11am, please ring the intercom on arrival. For health and safety reasons, it is not possible to admit participants earlier than the registration time.
On arrival: Upon entry, please present your ticket(s) on your device or a note of your booking reference number.
Eating and drinking: No food or drink is permitted in the Museum, other than bottled water. The Fashion and Textile Museum is located in the heart of Bermondsey Street, surrounded by award-winning restaurants, cafes and pubs. So, if you would like to enjoy a meal or a drink before or after your visit, there is plenty to choose from. For more information, check out our plan your visit page or our FAQs.