Simple Papercraft
Spend a day learning simple but effective papercraft. Participants will start by exploring techniques and will discuss how to consider shape, colour, texture and form. I will lead the small group (maximum 10 participants) through different aspects of composition, colour and contrast. Students will be encouraged to spend time experimenting with paper cutting and folding techniques and may come with ideas in mind or seek inspiration on the day.
People of all abilities and skill levels are welcome and there’ll be no pressure to produce finished work – it’s a day to enjoy an inspiring time and to learn and practise new skills to take home. There will also be an opportunity to discuss my approach to design and some of her career highlights. All materials will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own papers, recycled materials and sketchbooks if you wish.
In Conversation
Join us for a special in-conversation event celebrating the rich legacy of British textile design with renowned designer Sarah Campbell.
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Fabric Painting - Printing
Experiment with a variety of simple printing techniques to create hand painted fabric all under the guidance of textile design legend, Sarah Campbell.
Using a variety of mark making tools – foam brushes, sponges, and other stamping devices – participants will be guided to create a sampler of techniques building up more complex forms and patterns from simple shapes. Using the humble potato as a printmaking tool, participants will be encouraged to cut their own shapes to achieve surprisingly effective organic and geometric patterns. Sarah will guide you through the techniques and encourage you to explore repeat, composition, colour sequences and contrast while you create your own pattern on a length of calico or linen, perfect for any number of future uses.
This workshop is suitable for beginners or for those who have undertaken my Fabric Painting Introduction Workshop.
For further information and booking click here.
Fabric Painting - Introduction
Join me for a day hand painting on fabric, where I'll be sharing the techniques I have learnt and invented during my long career painting patterns for textiles. Rather than following rigid rules, we will be explore ideas, possibilities, examples, with the freedom to understand the rhythms of design and to embrace the happy accidents along the way.
I 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, or a length of fabric for the finished piece. Participants are welcome to bring any references that personally inspire them or take inspiration from my collection of past work.
Open to all - no prior experience is necessary.
For further information and to book tickets follow this link
Fabric Painting in France - an introduction
From 31 May to 6 June I'll be teaching an introductory course about pattern and painting on fabric at Malbosc, a grand old farmhouse in rural SW France. Please join me at this fully catered residential retreat to discuss, invent, understand, paint and make pattern and colour on cloth, as well as have time to explore and enjoy the extensive naturally conserved grounds and locality around Malbosc. Just lolling about in the evenings is also an option!
On the back of last year’s success, this is the second year of running this introductory course as a residential retreat. I’ll be continuing in the following week with a more focussed course concentrating on designing and painting pattern with a purposeful outcome such as a simple summer skirt or top. There are still places on this introductory course though our second week is now fully booked, with a wait list.
All abilities welcomed, all materials provided.
This retreat is costed in an unusually imaginative way; here is what our hosts have to say:
Malbosc is a large old house built at the end of the 19th century and formerly used as a summer home for a wealthy wine growing family escaping the heat of the Mediterranean plain. Its lavishly styled beginnings are still a feature of the house with wood panelled rooms, elegant mosaic floors and fabric covered walls. Its peaceful, rural setting adds to the magic of the place.
It is important to us that the house has some purpose. ‘Cultural centre’ is rather too grand a name but we decided to invite people - artists, writers, musicians, yoga teachers - to run workshops, hold concerts, lead groups of any kind either for the day or for several days which bring people together to share the space and the activity. In order to make the workshops accessible to as many people as possible we decided not to charge for the accommodation.
So if you join one of the workshops here all we ask for the ‘hotel services’ is a contribution towards the costs of running the place during your stay (electricity, insurance, laundry, any cleaning necessary etc). You will, of course, pay for the tuition, your meals, any trips out, and transport from local airports/stations.
Behind this decision to run Malbosc on a non-commercial basis lies the belief that sharing this magnificent place with others without seeking personal financial gain creates an atmosphere which helps bring out the better side of ourselves, be that expressed creatively, or in the warmth of the relationships which develop during the period of the workshops, or in something taken away and then shared with others.
Each year we support a different charity and if, at the end of your stay, you feel like giving a donation you will already be spreading some good in the world.
For further details, please get in touch directly with Marguerite Paffard at marguerite.paffard@icloud.com or call her direct on +33 771 71 47 12, or visit https://www.malbosclesoulie.fr/
or with me at sarahc@mpbell.com
Both English and French spoken.
Fabric Painting in France
I'm so looking forward to returning to the delightful world of Malbosc in rural SW France next June to teach another class about painting on fabric. This time we'll be aiming to complete a piece big enough to make up into a (simple) summer skirt, a top or simply a hanging or cloth for the home. So we'll be looking at and considering the placement, composition and distribution of colour and motifs to take every advantage of making a bespoke textile, a unique and special piece.
All abilities welcomed, all materials provided.
Please join me at this fully catered residential retreat to discuss, invent, understand, paint and make pattern and colour on cloth, as well as have time to explore and enjoy the extensive naturally conserved grounds and locality around Malbosc, a grand old farmhouse and hamlet in SW France. Just lolling about in the evenings is also an option!
This retreat is costed in an unusually imaginative way; here is what our hosts have to say:
Malbosc is a large old house built at the end of the 19th century and formerly used as a summer home for a wealthy wine growing family escaping the heat of the Mediterranean plain. Its lavishly styled beginnings are still a feature of the house with wood panelled rooms, elegant mosaic floors and fabric covered walls. Its peaceful, rural setting adds to the magic of the place.
It is important to us that the house has some purpose. ‘Cultural centre’ is rather too grand a name but we decided to invite people - artists, writers, musicians, yoga teachers - to run workshops, hold concerts, lead groups of any kind either for the day or for several days which bring people together to share the space and the activity. In order to make the workshops accessible to as many people as possible we decided not to charge for the accommodation.
So if you join one of the workshops here all we ask for the ‘hotel services’ is a contribution towards the costs of running the place during your stay (electricity, insurance, laundry, any cleaning necessary etc). You will, of course, pay for the tuition, your meals, any trips out, and transport from local airports/stations.
Behind this decision to run Malbosc on a non-commercial basis lies the belief that sharing this magnificent place with others without seeking personal financial gain creates an atmosphere which helps bring out the better side of ourselves, be that expressed creatively, or in the warmth of the relationships which develop during the period of the workshops, or in something taken away and then shared with others.
Each year we support a different charity and if, at the end of your stay, you feel like giving a donation you will already be spreading some good in the world.
For further details, pease get in touch directly with Marguerite Paffard at marguerite.paffard@icloud.com or call her direct on +33 771 71 47 12, or with me at sarahc@mpbell.com
Both English and French spoken.
Fabric Painting - Stencils
Join me for a new workshop - a day exploring fabric painting with the focus on different stencilling techniques! Participants will have the opportunity to create a variety of effects and patterns using stencils hand cut from traditional linseed card, freezer paper, tapes and even newspaper. During the workshop participants will have the opportunity to build up their own sampler of techniques while considering positive and negative space and experimenting with composition and colour. With these new skills you can move on to create your own pattern on a length of calico or linen, a bag or a cushion.
Open to all - no prior experience is necessary – this new focussed workshop is suitable for both beginners and for those who have undertaken Sarah’s Fabric Painting Introduction Workshop.
Click here for further information and to book your place.
Fabric Painting - Printing
Experiment with a variety of simple printing techniques to create hand painted fabric all under the guidance of textile design legend, Sarah Campbell.
Using a variety of mark making tools – foam brushes, sponges, and other stamping devices – participants will be guided to create a sampler of techniques building up more complex forms and patterns from simple shapes. Using the humble potato as a printmaking tool, participants will be encouraged to cut their own shapes to achieve surprisingly effective organic and geometric patterns. Sarah will guide you through the techniques and encourage you to explore repeat, composition, colour sequences and contrast while you create your own pattern on a length of calico or linen, perfect for any number of future uses.
This workshop is suitable for beginners or for those who have undertaken my Fabric Painting Introduction Workshop.
For further information and booking click here.
Fabric Painting - Introduction
Join me for a day hand painting on fabric, where I'll be sharing the techniques I have learnt and invented during my long career painting patterns for textiles. Rather than following rigid rules, we will be explore ideas, possibilities, examples, with the freedom to understand the rhythms of design and to embrace the happy accidents along the way.
I 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, or a length of fabric for the finished piece. Participants are welcome to bring any references that personally inspire them or take inspiration from my collection of past work.
Open to all - no prior experience is necessary.
For further information and to book tickets follow this link.