Textile Painting Classes in Washington, DC

Learn more about Silks Acrylic Glazes and Twinkling H2O’s as well as how they differ from our own Artistic Artifacts Fluid Textile Paints.

From the rustically stitched layers of recycled indigo fabrics found in Japanese Boro to the rhythmically patterned designs of Indian Kantha, variations of the Running Stitch can be found in almost every culture.  In this weekend workshop, we’ll explore this versatile stitch. In Day 1, students will create a series of Running Stitch samplers....

Nancy Yonehiro has caused quite a stir whenever she has shown her revamped leather bags, artfully painted and layered with texture and design at our monthly JAMs meetings.  Class begins with Nancy’s tips on how to choose a bag to paint, followed by teaching you the required steps to prepare the purse before paint is applied. Then the fun begins:...

In this mud dyeing workshop, participants will begin with a guided meditation to reflect on their own relationship with the earth. Participants will then learn the process of mud dyeing and traditional Shibori folding techniques to create lovely, hand dyed and hand painted fabric. Optional 4x5 inch frames will be available for purchase on which to...

It's Women's History Month and this month we are celebrating artist Lois Mailou Jones. Jones was influenced by textile design and the Harlem Renaissance, she displayed these influences throughout her artwork. In this class you will paint your very own version of "Grosses" created by Jones in 1980.

Learn this fast and colorful way to dye cotton, silk and rayon for quilting, rag weaving, rug hooking or create cloth to serve as a basis for other surface techniques such as stamping or painting. Create unique pieces of cloth with multiple colors and subtle underlying patterns. The technique can also be used on yarns. All materials are included....

Making marks with needle and thread in fabric is an expressive art form. Students learn techniques for manipulating basic stitches while working towards a personal vocabulary of mark making. Some fabric painting/printing techniques are also covered.  This workshop provides the beginner with necessary skills for taking Hand Stitching Continued....

Students paint, print, and stitch fabrics to compose a series of thematic pieces that honor, celebrate, or commemorate a person, place or time in their lives. The instructor provides engaging exercises to elicit memories, including working with collage, color, composition and journaling.  There is a supply list for this class and a $25 materials...

Spend a relaxing morning creating a small artwork on a sturdy watercolor-like background: a free-form trailing of flowers and vines or a “faux crazy quilt” (no piecing--just embroidery!) using our Tentakulum products: silk ribbons and a sampler of luscious hand-dyed cotton, silk and metallic fibers. Whether you are a complete novice or skilled...

Spend the weekend with a wide selection of products, and the guidance of Artistic Artifacts owner Judy Gula, to create original and layered journal pages and bind them into a custom art journal. Day 1, we will paint and print on Strathmore Mixed Media Papers and found papers. (Those simple words hardly describe the wild, freeing day creating the backgrounds...