Workshop: Katazome at Ballytoughey Loom (Clare Island, Ireland)

Ricepaste print on silk workshop

This summer (2017), I will be visiting Clare Island (Ireland) to give a Katazome workshop. During this workshop we will make stencil prints on silk with rice paste. The technique is based on the Japanese Katazome resist printing method. For the workshop I developed a simplified way of Katazome printing, making use of the natural dyes Clare Island's untamed nature has to offer.

The Process

Day 1: Introduction of technique and my work: Making rice paste, preparing the fabric, cutting stencils, printing 2 pieces of fabric for project 1>1. A and 1.B. 
Day 2: Coating with soymilk, making the dyes, apply colours, drying the fabric, fixate piece 1. A Add print on piece 1. B Print 2 pieces of fabric for project 2>2.A and 2.B. 
Day 3: Coating with soymilk, making the dyes, apply colours, drying and fixate piece 2.A and 1.B Add print on piece 2.B Apply colours, drying and fixate piece 2.B.  Discuss the work; We can use the left over dyes for some tie-dye projects.

The price is €200 including materials and lunch.

Head over to the website of Ballytoughey Loom for more information. 

Month of engraving

During the 2016 Month of Engraving (Maand van de Grafiek) I participated in a group project. 

Exhibition: Textile Patterns at Museum TwentseWelle (2015)

Many years after our partnership in the form of Studio BonBon, Alke de Kroes and I joined forces again. During the exhibition ‘Textile Patterns’ (TextielPatronen) at Museum TwentseWelle, Alke and I presented our current work.

Alke designed textiles especially for this exhibition and printed these patterns on tablecloths.  Her inspiration came from the textile collection and archive of the museum; textiles that were made by textile factories in Enschede between 1950 and 1980. Surrounded by a selection of the original designs that inspired her while designing her pattern, the tablecloths were showcased on large tables.

During this exhibition, I displayed a selection of Katazome scarves. The design of my Scarves arises by combining a variety of handcrafted printed silk textile swatches. Hence, every single scarf that leaves my atelier forms a unique piece. The technique that I use for printing is a Japanese resist printing method, known as Katazome.

Exhibition at Galerie Quinta Bies

Christine van der Heide & Marijke Harmens