Workshops with Jane Bower One of the many interesting qualities of Koloron Art Fabric is its reaction to heat. Like many materials it transforms in exciting ways, ways that can be creatively controlled, often with surprising results.Heat and its effects on art materials is the subject of a workshop run by Jane Bower where she combines Art and Science and explores the results. Intended for those teaching at KS1/2 the one-day workshop explains how to fire without a kiln, make objects by heating... Read Full Story

This brilliant Prep School came into view as I rounded a corner a week ago. I was so struck with the cleverness of the design that I had to stop and take a few pictures to share the experience. It's called Colour Land and it's in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. And yes the bright sunshine does really help the colours to work on the imagination. Think what it must be like to be a kid who goes there. Fantastic.I was blown away by the pencils that are in the walls, the relationship of t... Read Full Story

After many questions about using Koloron Art Fabric for textile studies we have a few examples. Colourful aren’t they?“For sheer versatility Koloron Art Fabric is exceptional, responding well to woodblock and lino as well as screen printing.” Says designer Carole Miles, whose work we show here.Most emulsion-based inks work well and when it comes to embellishments with pens, pencils, metallic pastels and wax crayons the results are clean bright and easy to apply.Koloron is light and easy to ha... Read Full Story

Arnulf Betzold now serves the German market for Koloron Art Fabric and garments. Based in Ellwangen, Betzold provide a fast mail order service across Northern Europe. Concentrating on supporting Education with an overnight delivery service they carry large stocks of over 10,000 product lines. Order lines are open from 7.30 – 18.00 Monday to Friday. Tel: 0800 90 80 90 80 Fax: 0800 70 80 70 80 Email: service@betzold.deTheir website is http://www.betzold.de/ and their Koloron page www.betzold.de... Read Full Story

In answer to Ted's query about Koloron Art Fabric in Scotland we are happy to put you in touch with Pisces Art in Glasgow. North of the border ring 0141 882 6336 and when south, they have an office in Crewe, ring 01270 849 001. Here is their website www.piscesart.co.uk We hope this helps. Whilst you can always get the full range of Koloron products from us mail order increasingly Art shops and Art Materials suppliers are carrying them. The latest is Ruddocks of Lincoln. They are in the High S... Read Full Story

We have had a request for the name of a Koloron stockist in France. Jennie you can buy Koloron from ColArt. They carry Koloron garments of Early Years under their Color & Co brand and Koloron Art Fabric by the roll, 1m x 5m roll and the larger 1.5m x 10m roll, under their famous Lefranc & Bourgeois label. So when you get there you'll still be able to paint those large images. Loved the cars by the way. Regards John Read Full Story

Jane from Walsall has asked about Saris (is that correct, or is Sari a plural?) Anyway the answer is yes, kids have made Saris from Koloron before. This picture is some years old and was, I think, taken in Wales during one of our workshops. So Jane, please let us see your pictures when they are ready.The results above are wonderful; the kids spent the day painting Koloron as part of a fabric design workshop. At the end, a number of pieces were worn as Saris. These two are quite tame compared ... Read Full Story

Jonathan from outside Leicester said he had seen Koloron 'Flats' used in a demo against the building of an ECO TOWN close to where he teaches. Close to me too Jonathan. Anyway we were not aware of them being used to fight the proposed new town but I have pulled out a picture that has appeared in a Koloron leaflet we created for BEROL. It was a couple of years ago and shows school kids demonstrating. Perhaps not the most creative use of Art Fabric but effective nonetheless. I thought i... Read Full Story

Nice idea this and really affordable. This uses readymade Tabards. They cost £1.60 each. Ten of these, a little paint and a lot of creativity and you're in the Fashion Business. Really quickly too.We see some wonderful examples of students working with Koloron, often they put in hours of work and our web site has plenty of examples to show. However time is not always a resource readily available, sometimes overnight results are required. Well here's an answer for young fashion wanabee... Read Full Story

Following on from the note about the Wall (see below) Steve sent this picture after a trip to London prompted the design of a mural. Penny is filling in with a big marker adding her contribution to the work 'What we saw in London'. The kids were encouraged to sketch whilst there and to communicate their day to the rest of the school by producing a 60ft frieze that was taped along a corridor at school.Steve from north London took a large roll of Art Fabric and split it down the centre,... Read Full Story