Ink & Unwind: Mixed Media Tote Bag Printing - Free Friday Wellbeing

Join us for a fun, mixed media printing session where we will ink, layer and paste our colourful designs onto fabric to create a finished tote bag.

This workshop combines surface design and textile art, giving you the chance to transform a plain cotton tote into a unique, wearable bag.

Using a selection of rubber, foam and wood stamps, along with different textile printing techniques, you'll have fun experimenting on different fabrics. We will use heat to speed up the drying process. When dry, the printed fabric images can be cut out and layered onto background fabric. After ironing your canvas bag to ensure a smooth printing surface, you can then attach your prints for the finished design.

As inspiration, you'll be shown a selection of different fabrics and the resulting print effect. We will also look at different colour palettes and l will demonstrate how to ink, align and print safely and effectively. This is a messy session, so please bring an apron if you have one.We will also provide latex gloves in case needed.

Caroline Muirhead from Green at Heart will be the facilitator for this session.

This session is being held on Friday 24th July 10-11.30am, in The Place to Pause & Breathe, Bonnybridge.

These sessions are free, as they have been funded by Falkirk Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing. They are designed to support participant's overall health and wellbeing, increasing community connections and reducing loneliness. Although they are free, please only book in if you are definitely attending as numbers are limited. If you do book in and then can't make it please cancel your booking, as we may have people on the waiting list. If you'd like to come along but it feels difficult, please get in contact to enquire about our befriending service: susie@pauseandbreathe.co.uk

Meet Your Facilitator:
Caroline Muirhead is a professional mixed media artist and maker and knowledgeable arts educator with over 30 years experience of working creatively within communities. A keen environmentalist with a passion for sustainable design, Caroline is on a mission to redefine and reinvent found materials into quality finished art works and craft pieces. She has exhibited and sold her creative work in Central Scotland, London, Lisbon and Sydney.

In December 2024, Caroline launched Green at Heart Art Studio on the rural working farm in Stirlingshire where she lives. Made using recycled materials, this unique studio and exhibition space is a beautifully repurposed container and works around the ethos of creativity, nature connection and sustainability. Immersed in nature, the Green at Heart Studio is a place for women of all abilities and experience levels to embrace their creativity through the process of making and crafting using a zero waste approach.