Block Printing Textiles with Chitra Sharma

1121 King Street,Alexandria VA 22314

05 March, 2022

Description

Bring in your old/plain/ stained clothes and textiles, and learn how to breathe new life into them via block printing. Have you always wanted to learn how to block print onto textiles? Then this is the class for you! Bring in your old/plain/ stained clothes and textiles, and learn how to breathe new life into them via block printing. Upcycle them with a new print, learn to block print, and do something good for the earth. The ticket covers the cost of two items to block print on to, but if you want to do more an additional $10 per item. DATE: This class will be held on Saturday, March 5th, 2022 TIME: 11AM-1PM IRL: 1121 King Street PRICE: $20 Any questions? Email [email protected] -- Chitra Sharma is a printmaker who hand screen prints and block prints clothes for babies and kids under her label, Noctiluna. Chitra grew up in the UK, studying at Central St Martins College of Art and Design, and specialising in Textile Design and Printmaking at the Winchester School of Art. Since moving to the USA in 2004, Chitra has worked teaching visual art at the Washington International School, and runs an art summer camp in Vienna, VA. Noctiluna was started in 2011, as a way for Chitra to explore her passion for printmaking and design. Her aim is to keep producing products that are ethically made and long lasting, that bring joy to people. As a part of Noctiluna's slow fashion ethos, Chitra is particularly interested in finding ways for people to reuse, repurpose and upcycle their existing belongings.