About this Event
Join Aysha Yilmaz’ workshop. She will discuss motifs and designs and how silk is produced and it’s origin, from The Silk Road (Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkey etc), which will be used to produce a Silk Painting.
Aysha will demonstrate how to apply the design to the Silk fabric from a drawing, followed by techniques of filling in with Silk paints.
This workshop is beginner-friendly and suitable for children 7+ years of age (accompanied by an adult, if 7-11 years old). Suitable for adults.
Hosted by: Bolton Central Library
About Aysha
Aysha classes herself as a Multidisciplinary Artist/ Creative Practitioner as her
practice consists of Painting, Textiles and Mixed Media. She teaches Arts and Crafts to
different groups ( Age Friendly , Womens Groups, Children, Families). The workshops she
teaches are mainly textile based such as Silk painting, Felting and Mixed Media. Her work is
mainly Nature inspired. She has taught in many Primary schools as an Artist in Schools. She
currently teaches regularly at the Whitworth Art Gallery on their Handmade programme and
is a regular artist for UnityArts Manchester. She is on the Whitworth Art Gallery’s Advisory
Group.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bolton Central Library, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, United Kingdom
GBP 10.00







