Finding Your Own Visual Language: A Practical Guide to Design & Composition, A transatlantic collaboration between Jane Dunnewold, Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan, this books aims to help those who are seeking a surer artistic voice by providing practical exercises and guidance on different ways forward.

Both an inspirational and how to book, the 64 pages work hard to act as a guide to accompany artists on their journey. Each exercise is clear, written in Plain English and well illustrated with photographs and examples. We feel its user-friendly enough to encourage beginners to get started and help more experienced artists on their way.

Breakdown Printing is screen printing without stress; no cutting of designs/stencils, no registration, no worries! Print beautiful cloth with disintegrating, organic effects and loads of colour and texture. Easy step-by-step instructions with photographs that illustrate and inspire.

Simply put,breakdown printing involves applying thick dye paints or print paste directly on to the back of the screen. This is left to dry and then printed off with more dye paint or print paste, or a combination thereof. This print media (the dye) is gradually dissolving the dried-on dye on the screen its breaking down and printing an ever-changing array of colours, marks, textures and distressed, organic and disintegrating effects.

Tray-Dyeing involves packing cloth into a tray of any size, pouring over single or multiple colours of dye and leaving it to work its magic. The resulting cloth is glorious in texture and colour. The marks achieved from various forms of manipulation are always fascinating and can range from being graphically crisp and detailed to soft-focus, haloed and gentle. The colour combinations and palettes can range from the serene to the downright bizarre. The book has clear, step-by-step instructions, dye recipes (including tips on mixing specific AocomplexAo colours)and photographs that both illustrate and inspire.

In addition to the wet processes, Jane also discusses and demonstrates stamp carving, making a stencil from interfacing, and two silkscreen surfaces that are easy to make without any special light set-up. The demonstrations cover everything in the book ‘Complex Cloth’, but in an updated and expanded format. Filmed at Art Cloth Studios, this three hour presentation is the most complete information currently available in DVD format. Viewing and reviewing these demonstrations will be just like coming to San Antonio for the week-long workshop… except that you'll miss the great Mexican food!

The DVD’s can be played on a computer (Apple or PC) and a DVD player, but the player must be multi-format; ‘plus and minus ‘R’.

Based on the book of the same name, this friendly presentation covers every aspect of water-based textile screen printing. Jane demonstrates ten different ways to get a pattern/design on to a screen - including flour paste, crayon, wax, spray paint and the use of temporary stencils such as freezer paper.

A lengthy discussion on tools and the screen creation is included. Great for beginners and sure to inspire more experienced printers too. The blooper section at the end offers a funny glimpse into the creation of Jane's workshop.

The DVD can be played on a computer (Apple or PC) and a DVD player, but the player must be multi-format; 'plus and minus 'R'.

The first of a series of presentations that will focus on a single topic - with emphasis on surface design and art processes. A guide to laminating paper and metal leaf of all types to fabric and paper surfaces, the CD features clearly written text and colour photographs of the processes. The Tips and Ideas section encourages additional exploration, whilst The Gallery, filled with colourful images of samples and completed works of cloth (including details) will delight and inspire.

Learn to print two colours, and two separate designs simultaneously with a simple interfacing stencil. This exciting process - developed by Jane - can be use with dyes and/or textile paints.

The CD features sequenced, step by step instructions for both paint and dye and a full colour gallery showcasing the work of artists who are using Jane’s innovative process. An appendix with guidelines for mixing and using thickened MX fibre reactive dyes is also included.

Contemporary textiles deserve thoughtful and innovative finishing. It’s not enough to simply bind or frame. The artist must ask “what is the most ‘elegant solution’ to this design problem?”.

This CD means you’re just a click away from studied enquiry and questioning as it relates to the topic of bindings, edges, framing and backing. Part One asks the questions you must consider as you determine the most appropriate finish for your work. Part Two outlines and demonstrates more than a dozen integrative, effective finishing techniques for the work you make – whether art quilt, art cloth, clothing, collage or something uniquely your own. “The Gallery” is a visual feast – twenty years of exploration, discovery and gorgeous examples of the quest for the perfect completion.

Jane Dunnewold’s new on-line magazine in her own words…

“Our most exciting endeavour is the HeArt Cloth Quarterly. This on-line journal of textile explorations will be offered four times a year and is packed with hands-on information, interviews with fascinating artists and advice about tools and supplies. I hope this journal will become truly international in scope and also in terms of the contributors. I encourage you to join us and to share ideas and inspirations with me so that I can pass them on to our community.

The quarterly will be accessed with a password which will be e-mailed every time a new issue is ready for publication. Every issue will be available all year, so if you miss the first two, you'll still be able to access them. We may even put all four quarterlies from one year on a CD and make it available to readers in that format. I hope to add video clips and contributor galleries AND a challenge that will link artists from around the world in collaborative projects. Stay tuned and don't be shy - we need you”.

Subscription rates: $28.00 per year. The quarterly will be accessed with a password. Paypal makes signing up easy - please add $2.00 if using a credit card. To subscribe, visit www.artclothstudios.com