TASTER: Design & Inspiration from Barbara Weekes

Barbara talk to us about her work, the inspiration for it and also gives a short demonstration on how she colours silk fabric.

Skill Level	Intermediate

Description

Barbara Weeks – Textile Artist and Tutor

Barbara shares not only her love of quilts and her design inspriation sources, which she acquires on her travels, but also how to create your own painted silk fabric, very simply in your kitchen (but make sure the rest of the family know what’s cooking!)

Barbara has had two solo exhibitions and her work has been shown in internationally touring exhibitions as well as creating private and public commissions. View all her innovative and ingeniously creative designs go to https://www.barbaraweeks.com

At present, Barbara tutors City & Guilds Design and Craft courses in stitched textiles at Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire and Studio 39 in Hertfordshire and Athens, Greece. She teaches eight different workshops and often does short courses at Missenden Abbey