Cathy Hirsh Studio Classroom

You don’t need to be a Photoshop pro to be able to digitally design your own fabrics. This class is packed with projects you can design using simple and low-cost digital design tools, most that work just from your web browser. You will learn how to create a variety of projects, from repeating geometric patterns to a cut-and-sew zipper bag, and gain the confidence you need to build on those basic instructions to make your own designs. Great designs don’t always just start with opening up a blank file, so we will learn techniques to transform cut paper art, drawings and paintings into pixels too. Student Materials Fee: $40 per student, payable to the instructor at class Supply List:  You will need a laptop computer with a current web browser for this class. (You cannot use a tablet or iPad, sorry.) You do not need Photoshop or any special software or equipment. No fabric design experience necessary, but you should be comfortable with basic computer skills like opening and saving a file, copy/paste, and using a thumb drive. If you don’t have a laptop: I want to help and I have some you can borrow. Please see www.beckarahn.com/laptop for instructions.

Get a taste of what it is like to digitally design and print your own fabric. We’ll start with cut paper, transform it to pixels, and create a seamlessly repeating geometric pattern all in one session. No special software or computer skills are required; you can create amazing patterns using just your web browser and some simple design tools. You will see all of the steps to design a fabric from start to finish and you will take home a printed swatch of your design (mailed to you after class). $5 materials fee payable to the instructor. You will need a laptop computer with a current web browser for this class. If you do not have a laptop, you may share with another student. Register with a friend! I often teach this with shared computers and it works great. If you don’t have a laptop: I want to help and I have some you can borrow. Please see www.beckarahn.com/laptop for instructions.

Get a taste of what it is like to digitally design and print your own fabric. We’ll start with cut paper, transform it to pixels, and create a seamlessly repeating geometric pattern all in one session. No special software or computer skills are required; you can create amazing patterns using just your web browser and some simple design tools. You will see all of the steps to design a fabric from start to finish and you will take home a printed swatch of your design (mailed to you after class). $5 materials fee payable to the instructor at class. You will need a laptop computer with a current web browser for this class. If you do not have a laptop, you may share with another student. Register with a friend! I often teach this with shared computers and it works great. If you don’t have a laptop: I want to help and I have some you can borrow. Please see www.beckarahn.com/laptop for instructions.