Workshops

Other Workshops

Given our busy schedules, we've started to refer to various local and international artists for workshops. Some of our favorite artists or stores can teach a wide variety of topics. Please contact them directly or visit their websites for more details.

Silk Painting

• Art Adventure Studio, Unionville, Ontario. Phone: 905 477-7007
• Daniel Jean Baptiste, Markham, Ontario, email him
• Susan Louise Moyer, Medocino, California, USA. Does teach all over the USA Phone: 707 964-7077

Batik: David Kibuuka, Toronto, Ontario

Fibre Arts with Natural Dyes: OCAD Textile Department, Continuing Education . Taught by faculty (Chung-Im Kim, MFA) More details can be found at www.ocad.ca

Surface Design

• Laurie Swim, Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia Phone: 905-640-2220
• Anna Templeton Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland Phone: 709-739-7623
• Kathy Tidswell in Fredericton, New Brunswick - combines painting on fabric with free motion embroidery http://www.kathytidswell.com/
• Sylvia Naylor,  Kingston, Ontario Phone 613-384-8929 -
  Free machine embroidery,  paints, including transfer paints
  many workshops on techniques and design, will travel. www.sylvianaylor.com

Screen Printing:

• Contemporary Textile Studio (Toronto: 401 Richmond St. W.):This is a great site for yardage printing and general textile printing. Very good facilities with industrial quality equipment. There are about 10 resident artists with various courses, please email or visit their web site for exact dates, costs and courses.
• Model Citizen (Toronto: 279 Augusta Ave.): A local fashion designer who can teach both t-shirt and yardage printing. 416-703-7625. Ask for Julian.
• Peach Berserk (Toronto: 507 Queen St. W.): A local fashion designer and one of the early screen printing teachers. Her courses are fun, inspiring and eclectic. 416-504-1711 ask for Kingi.- link to Website

Our Workshops

Private Screen Printing Workshops - call for booking

This private workshop will take you through the process of printing t-shirts or piece goods for personal or business use. Students can cover any topic from prepping screens, computer aided film output, shooting screens and printing single plus multi-color work. A private workshop held at our Markham office, takes around 2 hours and is as thorough as our regular scheduled 5 hour group workshops. More detailed and advanced topics can be covered depending on your needs. Prices are $75/hour for one person or $100/hr for semi-private (2 people). Materials are included in the price. Please call 1-800-596-0550 to discuss further or to book a time.