About The Book

Laminating paper or metal leafing to fabric is easy to do and offers a host of creative possibilities to anyone interested in building a complex, layered surface on cloth. The process provides the opportunity to combine graphics, photographic images, art papers and metal leaf with cloth, resulting in pieces that are highly individual.

'Paper & Metal Leaf Lamination' is a user-friendly, inspirational and 'how to' book. The 54 pages contain clear step-by-step instructions on several different approaches to the process plus suggestions for methods of building on the technique, ideas on how to use the resulting cloth, suppliers and so forth - all accompanied by over 100 clear, instructional photographs.

LIVE DVD DEMONSTRATION

The DVD provides a valuable accompaniment to the book and will enable you to watch a live 25 minute demonstration of the key process. The demonstration was filmed in the Virtual Studio at the Festival of Quilts, and it's just like being with Claire at a workshop. Having seen the process take place, you can then use the book with it's accompanying photographs to explore the process yourself.

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'.

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.