Friday evening I had the pleasure of attending Lotta Jansdotter's 'Printing Party' held at her new Brooklyn studio. It was the second of two parties to celebrate her new book 'Lotta Prints'. I've been following her work and fell in love with her signature hand printed fabric. Her designs have such a great rustic elegance about them. Needless to say, I was not only thrilled to meet her in person, but absolutely ecstatic to experience first hand some of her favorite stamping and printing techniques.
A wonderfully mixed crowd of fans and curious participants both young and old gathered around her studio work table supplied with paint, rollers, sponges, brushes, stencils and hand carved potato stamps. Following a demonstration of each printing technique, we all dove in and began to create our own designs on the same type of crisp cotton fabric Lotta uses herself.
Due to the large turn out, finding a spot on the work table took some effort. But one could hardly complain with her wonderful collection of art and design books throughout the studio to keep you occupied, not to mention the mini shop with signature Jansdotter items!
What a wonderful night indeed. I look forward to more printing events with the infamous Lotta Jansdotter in the future.
For her online shop, visit www.jansdotter.com
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