A practical, hands-on workshop with textile artist and lecturer Nicole Line.
Learn to hand paint and mark-make onto paper using a variety of colourful liquid dyes before transferring your designs onto recycled synthetic fabric using the heat press. This process is known as heat-transfer printing or ‘sublimation printing’. Your designs will be inspired by the beautiful textiles within Leighton House or your own ideas.
By the end of the workshop, you will have a greater understanding of the process, the equipment, and the materials needed to print at home. You will also have a collection of your own A5/ A4 textile samples and a bag to print onto.
Useful information
- All levels of ability and experience are welcome.
- Dress for mess and wear old trainers, the textile inks stain clothing.
- Please bring old white T-shirts – sublimation printing works best on synthetic fabrics. Please avoid dark colours.
- The workshop will take place in the dedicated Learning Centre at Leighton House.
- Participants will also have access to the museum and historic house.
- The ticket price includes all the materials and the bespoke printed fabrics to take home.
- Friends Under 30s receive a 25% discount. Join The Friends today.
Meet Nicole Line
Nicole Line is a multidisciplinary artist and textiles lecturer based in London. She teaches mixed-media textiles such as screen printing, heat press printing (flock, foil, sublimation, fuse), and experimental drawing. Some of Nicole’s clients include Nike, The Fashion & Textile Museum, V&A, Accumulate, Somerset House, and Felthum Young Offenders Prison. Nicole is also the course leader for the Integrated Foundation Course at the University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, where she specialises in experimental fashion and textiles.
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