SPRAY IT UP! — With textile designer Franziska Born

Do you have a stained garment or a boring pillowcase that you want to spice up? With the spray printing and stenciling technique, you can easily work on existing textiles.

As an introduction, the instructor will present her project “Zanolli Revived”: a reenactment of the design practices of the "Atelier Zanolli." The Zanolli family, between 1926 and 1939, created a variety of fabric creations on silk with spray guns and stencils in their in-house craft workshop in Zurich.

In the workshop, you will apply this agile technique as an upcycling method. The spray gun can be freely controlled, and it can flexibly react to existing substrates. The transparent colors adhere to light, even pre-patterned surfaces, from cotton, linen, polyester to leather. The cardboard stencils serve as a starting point—how they are placed and sprayed is your decision and makes the result unique. You will first practice handling various spray guns and discover what can be done with or without stencils. To top it off, you will give your brought object a new look.

Franziska Born studied textile design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Zurich and works as a designer in various contexts. She designs costume images for the stage, textile products for people and spaces, non-textile designs, and color concepts for architecture, and she even works on leather sofas with a spray gun. Since 2005, she has been a lecturer and mentor at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Design Film Art and has shaped the textile design program there.

Bring along: Work clothes and a textile object you want to work on: a garment, pillowcase, tablecloth, napkin, fabric bag, cotton, linen, polyester, polyamide fabric, leather is also possible.
No prior knowledge required.