Join renowned artist e bond at this workshop for artists of all genres. We’ll be using gelli plates and paints (provided) to make marks initially on paper before moving to fabric. e will guide us through the steps to make unique and experimental pieces that reflect your own personality and preferences. Everyone will come away with their own collection of fabric and paper, ready to be turned into whatever you desire.

The venue is the rear classroom at St Anne’s. There is ample parking at the rear of the church on the basketball courts.

Supply List

– Paper to get warmed up with will be provided, but if you wish to do the whole class on paper you should bring additional in the weights you desire.

– Those wishing to print on fabric should bring cotton, with some precut 8″x10″ pieces to start with (the size of the gelli plate). You can then choose whether to continue with the precut size or print on yardage. Cotton can be any color/print and should be pre-washed where possible, although this is not essential. It is hard to estimate how much you will need but thirty 8×10 pieces is not outlandish (printing roughly ten per hour), and if you work quickly you may wish to bring more. (We suggest that you bring a few yards more than you think you’ll need and cut them at the class as desired.)

– You may want to bring baking parchment or freezer paper to transport still tacky prints home without them sticking to each other (optional)

– You are welcome to bring any textured or shaped items you may wish to use during the printing process, such as bubble wrap, fake flowers and leaves, stamps etc. Plenty of options will also be provided.

– Bring a water bottle and snacks

The Teacher

e bond is a designer + artist + writer + bookbinder & educator. Currently, she teaches art workshops & creates fabric collections by day, makes handmade books by night, hangs out with trees on weekends and writes something close to poems in the spaces between. Under the studio name roughdrAftbooks, she makes one-of-a-kind artists books, printed pieces and abstract drawings that merge and blur the boundaries of art, craft, surface design and poetry. e holds a BFA in Graphic Design and Art History from Moore College of Art & Design and an MFA in Creative Writing and Book Art from Mills College. She has spent years as a professor of Graphic Design and Book Art in various college and university art departments, and her work is held in library collections across the US. e’s work has been published in Pressing Matters Magazine, Uppercase Magazine, Berkeley Poetry Review, 500 Handmade Books, as well as numerous books (about books). Most recently, her work has moved into the wonderful world of surface design where she designs colorful, abstract fabric collections in collaboration with Free Spirit Fabrics. You can learn more at ebondwork.com or on Instagram as @eisroughdraft.

Tickets

Buy tickets here.

Tickets are open to members of the SF Quilters Guild ONLY until May 20th. Any remaining tickets after this date will go on general sale. Think about joining today!

SFQG operates an equity ticket program to help those members facing financial difficulty be able to attend events. No one will know if you buy an equity ticket other than the Workshop Chair. Details about the program can be found here.

Cancellation, Refund and other policies are here.

FAQs

Do I need to be a quilter to attend? No, definitely not. We will start with paper prints before maoving to fabric, but you can just use paper, or use the fabric for anything at all.

Can I bring clothing to print on? You can bring anything you like, within reason, but we are only using materials suitable for printing on cotton.