There is an intriguing conversation to be had about the line between art and craft and ‘making’ versus manufacture when it comes to textile creation. At what point does the design and application of an inked pattern segue from a creative process to production? For pop art icon Andy Warhol, screen-printing was the fascinating medium that fell at the intersection between art and industrialisation: his work relentlessly explored the repetitive creation of images and the subtle differences in each hand-printed result.
Today, hand screen-printing is enjoying renewed appreciation for its slow, artisanal skill, although wider definitions of fabric screen-printing include semi-automated flatbed printing and industrial rotary print. The common denominator between these
