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What’s Involved
Timings: 2 hour facilitated workshop (timings may be adjusted slightly eg. for full day bookings)
Venue: Portland Basin Museum
Costs: £117 for TMBC schools / £128 for non-TMBC schools (from 1 April 2025)
During the Industrial Revolution, Tameside because the centre of the cotton trade. Geographically placed to provide the perfect weather conditions for manipulating cotton into fabric and a transportation infrastructure quickly gained our local area a worldwide reputation for cotton production excellence.
In this workshop we will be looking at the art of printing with participants being taken through the block-printing process to create their own bolt labels. Bolt labels would be attached to bolts of cloth so that you knew who produced them. Once the block-printing process is understood, it can be used to create boldly printed fabric like ABC Wax Printing in Hyde would produce and export all over the world!
Learning Opportunities
- Pupils will improve their mastery of art and design techniques with a range of materials.
- Pupils will learn about significant events in their own locality.
- Pupils will learn about changes within living memory.
Extend Your Experience
At the museum: you can book to combine with a second workshop for a facilitated full day experience.
At school: we will send you some ideas for pre-and post- visit activities when you book this workshop. Plus, why not see if there is a Museum in a Box that links to your class topics.
Venue information
This workshop is delivered at Portland Basin Museum:
- There is free onsite parking for coaches – please note the car park has a cobbled surface.
- Please let us know if you would like your class to eat lunch at the museum and we will provide you with a space.
- There is a museum shop where your class is welcome to make purchases under supervision or we can arrange goody bags in advance.
- A site risk assessment is available on request.
