Category Archives: silk painting

Logan Art Gallery studio session

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Nancy

A session at the Logan Art Gallery. Photoemulsion screenprinting from drawing to printing for secondary teachers. Sponsored by School Art Supplies.  

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Invisible garden

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Nancy

Photographs from my exhibition at Gatakers Artspace Maryborough. Exhibition continues until February 28th.      

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Highlights: Chandeliers and Sculptural lighting of the Woodford Folk Festival.

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Nancy

Kez Howell designs the amazing chandeliers and sculptural lanterns for the Woodford Folk Festival. These ingenious creations adorn the venues, lakes and walkways.  Kez Howell and Cliff Salaun sculpt, forge, weld, print, paint, dye sew then run the electricity through … Continue reading →

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Printing with dye

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Nancy

https://nancybrownstudio.wordpress.com/courses/ Recently I was given some dyes and silk paints, so have begun printing with them. The colours are beautiful, and the material completely keeps its feel. I’ve enjoyed putting my big steamer back in action to set the dyes. … Continue reading →

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Prints from Plants at Northey St City Farm

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Nancy

  I love Northey St City farm, and enjoyed facilitating this workshop where we created prints from the plants in the garden on t shirts, sarongs, scarves and bags. Some photos from a Prints from Plants workshop one of their … Continue reading →

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Summer School

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Nancy

Some photos from summer school weekend courses at Brisbane Insitute of Art: T shirt printing and Fabric printing:

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silk scarves

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Nancy

Making silk scarves, some work in progress, for Catwalk Botanique event, Friends of Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens.

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Shifting

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Nancy

It’s Ekka time again, I have made some shifts for the Botanical fashion parade,  my contribution to the slow fashion movement, a small and growing sewing machine led rebellion to the globalisation of fashion. A response to questions that are … Continue reading →

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Back to Coochie

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Nancy

The 8.30 ferry from Victoria Point took us across to the little island . I had brought along some silk, and I wanted to print some treasures from Coochie onto it. The group were busy preparing for their annual exhibition, … Continue reading →

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finishing touches

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Nancy

The pre school group are putting the finishing touches on their individual textile pieces, ready for the Early Childhood Educators conference at the Brisbane Exhibition centre. They discussed all the steps, and  remembered all the stages in making their prints. … Continue reading →

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