Introduction to Textile Arts
Summer 2011
Supply list
• Scissors
• Chemical resistant rubber gloves (available at Opus)
• Full covering Apron
• 4 meter white 100% cotton cloth (to be bought from the instructor; don’t purchase beforehand)
• 2 foam brushes- 1 inch or 2 inches
• 1 good quality watercolor sable brush- round (not too small) 1 inch or so
• 6 rags
• Duotang for printed notes
• 1/2 meter silk- white (don’t purchase before start of session)
• 1 ball white 100% wool yarn or ½ meter light coloured or white wool cloth
• 10 colours of Kool-Aid
• 2 pencils
• 1 Sharpie
• 1 fruit or vegetable
• 1 Exacto knife
• 4 x 6 Speedball safety cut block (available at Opus)
• Four plastic containers with lids for dye mixing
• 1 or 2 – 4x4x1 blocks of scrap ply or other wood, not too knotty