On May 18th, 19th and 20th I ran a stencil printing and indigo dyeing workshop at Middlesex University with a group of nine undergraduate and masters students studying design crafts and fine art. The three-day workshop was designed to be a hands-on exploration of the ways in which we can be creatively influenced and informed by objects in museum collections, with a particular focus on the katagami (Japanese paper stencils) held by the Museum of Domestic Design and Architectu

Hand stitching and gathers on hand-printed silk