Marble your Tannins
About Marble your Tannins
Marble your Tannins
Natural dyers may be familiar with mordant printing; this workshop provides a novel approach to tannin printing. Marbling is a monoprinting technique achieved by floating paint or ink on a thickened water solution, then placing the textile on the surface to absorb the color. We will use specially developed tannin inks to print on alum mordanted cotton and silk. Tannins will include cutch, wattle, myrobalan, and pomegranate. Following printing, we will dye with natural dyes and/or treat the fabrics in an iron solution.
The capacity for this class is 8 students.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
apron, gloves, cookie sheet, muffin tin (12 regular size muffins), measuring spoons (tsp & TBSP)
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $50 which includes:
mordanted fabric, natural dye inks, natural dyes and auxiliaries
Pre-class Homework
Not really, but some background reading about mordanting cotton is helpful. Recommend J.N. Liles, Art & Craft of natural Dyes
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 16
Skill Level
All Levels
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
Some familiarity with mordanting and dyeing cotton with natural dyes. This could be from books or from experience.
Contact the Teacher
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When
This live in-person seminar will meet for two daily 6-hour sessions with break.
Class Location
Expo 14
How It Works
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Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Eileen Hallman
Eileen Hallman has been spinning, weaving, and dyeing cotton with natural dyes since the early 1980's. She uses her handspun as weft in her weaving and either dyes the fiber before spinning, the yarn before weaving, or the fabric after weaving. She also dyes and marbles silk.
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