Aimed at budding designers aged 12-16, this creative, fun 2-hour workshop is the perfect introduction to painting on fabric!
Led by acclaimed textile designer Sarah Campbell, participants will start by playing with a variety of pattern making techniques on fabric. Sarah will guide the small group (maximum 10 participants) through understanding mark making, colour balance and composition before hand painting their final design onto a T-Shirt.
Young people of all abilities and skill levels are welcome– it’s a day to experiment with colourfast textile inks and paints and practise new skills. All materials including 1 white cotton T Shirt will be provided but participants are welcome to bring their own sketchbooks if they want to work on a particular theme or idea that feeds into ongoing projects. Additional T Shirts are available on the day for £4.
*Please note that participants under 16 will be asked to provide emergency contact details of a parent of guardian on arrival.
Entry requirements
12-16 years old.
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.