Tessa Barnes
All my life I have loved trying out new skills. In 1990 I attended a silk painting summer school because I didn't know what it was. I was hooked and have been experimenting ever since.
I am a retired occupational therapist and love teaching. I take just two people at a time in my own studio at home. I use steam fix dyes most of the time, but also fibre-reactive dyes and iron fix paints, often with wax, gutta or metalic resists. My speciality is finding the techniques that will encourage each particular person to develop their own style. It is a medium offering endless possibilities and many moods. There is something to suit everyone.
I am a retired occupational therapist and love teaching. I take just two people at a time in my own studio at home. I use steam fix dyes most of the time, but also fibre-reactive dyes and iron fix paints, often with wax, gutta or metalic resists. My speciality is finding the techniques that will encourage each particular person to develop their own style. It is a medium offering endless possibilities and many moods. There is something to suit everyone.
Painted silk umbrellas.
Red poppy scarf. Silk painting.
Abstract design in blues on long silk scarf.
Tessa Barnes
Art form: Applied Artist, Painter
Address: 40 Battlefield Road, ST. ALBANS, Herts., AL1 4DD
Telephone: 01727 851987
Email: barnesstab2@virginmedia.com