T-shirt print - Norris Museum

We had a brilliant T-shirt printing day yesterday at the Norris Museum.

We printed about 110 T-shirts with children- each one different.  The weather was perfect and as you can see we worked outside in the lovely gardens.  The children drew things in the museum or in the garden and Cary and I helped them to print these onto there T-shirts.  Thanks to Gilly and the team of museum volunteers for making this such a successful day.

It looks like I was doing all the printing in this picture- but the children all participated in the printing process - even the very tiny ones.

And there's always that moment of magic when they see their designs transformed into colour!

Screen Printing Fabrics

I like doing this - printing the same basic design elements in different layouts.  And it's summer..... so it has to be sunflowers!

Cottenham summer school 2015

I think it's been 17 years since I first started teaching Screen printing at Cottenham Summer School and each year my students amaze me both with their creativity and their productivity!

So, here is some of the wonderful work by adult learners on the Sensational Screen Print course this year, 2015, at Cottenham Summer School.

Frustratingly I realise that I took far fewer photos this year so there's lots of textiles that I  don't have pictures of...........but here is some of what I do have:

Thorney Wall Hangings

Another community project with Thorney Museum.  Volunteers from the lunch club have been stitching these marvelous banners which went on display for the first time a few weeks ago.  There are more to come as annd when they get finished.

T-shirt printing

T-shirt printing with Mid Suffolk HOPS 

Holiday playscheme for young people with disabilities and additional needs.  Some children created their own designs and printed them.  We wanted everyone to have a T-shirt to take home so we created some special designs with the HOPS logo for children who didn't want to design their own.

This one is for a little girl who loves being in the ball pond.

I can't remember what BBCGL stands for, so it will have to remain a secret.

 

More from Arbury Carnival

This is how Aliens make more Aliens.

Arbury Carnival 2015

Despite the rain, Arbury Carnival was wonderful this year.  Sandra Scott, Cary  and myself, the wonderful volunteers from the Arbury Carnival Committee and from Kettles Yard worked with young people at Nunn's Way Pavilion and in local schools and community groups to do costumes, banners and giant puppets.   The theme this year.......well you can probably tell.

The final frontier!

Spot the flying saucer

Alien robot strikes!

Not only aliens - the whole solar system....

Alien selfie - yes that's me and Cary testing that the masks are wearable!

Giant robot - made by Cary and the glue gun posse.

Will have to find some better pictures of this - watch this space....

Flying the Flag for Good Mental Health

Jane Frost has been creating a wonderful art-filled courtyard garden for Arts and Mind . It is in a specialist therapeutic facility for children and families.  

Jane asked me to make some flags that would bring colour and movement to the garden.  We had some ripstop nylon and, well....... the colour were irresistable!  

 

Here we have a test flight!

The designs are drawn from some beautiful screen printed bunting made by the children in  workshops - I don't have a picture of these so you'll have to trust me on that.

This whole project has been made possible by funding from Children in Need.

Arbury Carnival Workshops

 

The first carnival workshop, this year, for Arbury Carnival with Kettles Yard.  You can guess the theme!

Cambridge News

And if you'd like to take part come along to a costume workshop see details:
Costume workshops