Natural Ecoprinting on Silk and Wool
About Natural Ecoprinting on Silk and Wool
Learn how to create beautiful natural plant designs directly from Nature on silk and wool. Ecoprinting (also known as botanical printing) involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their images directly upon protein fibers using the process taught in the workshop. Students will learn techniques to create beautiful, natural designs with colors drawn directly from Nature on silk and wool. At the end of the day, students will take home their silk and wool ecoprinted samples and the knowledge to continue Ecoprinting from Nature's resources. Ecoprinting is a natural, sustainable art form.
What will students learn:
At the end of the day, students will take home their silk and wool ecoprinted samples and the knowledge to continue Ecoprinting from Nature's resources.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
1. An empty one gallon water jug to use as weight (can be filled at class)
2. Leaves from their area such as oak, maples, rose, hickory, sumac, blackberry, kudzu and interesting weeds. Fun additional plants (usually store bought) are live eucalyptus and colorful " flat" flowers such as daises. No thick plants. Dry leaves need to hydrate in water about 20 minutes.
Materials Kit and Kit Description
Your class registration fee includes a materials kit with a value of $25 which includes:
1 hemmed habatoi silk scarf and 1 unhemmed organic merino wool scarf, all equipment (turkey roasters, dowels, twine, baskets, scissors, paper towels, latex gloves, plastic, mordants}, table coverings, information class summary sheet instructions and mordant mixing.
Pre-class Homework
Collect leaf and plants for class
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 16
Skill Level
All Levels
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
No experience necessary.
Contact the Teacher
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When
Single 6-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Classroom 8
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.
M. Theresa Brown
M. Theresa Brown is a long-time professional portrait artist whose art career embraces many areas of the arts. Her years of printmaking and color work led her to explore the fiber arts. Using many similar skills and accumulated knowledge, she evolved as a hand painter and ecoprinter on natural fibers.
Back to Carolina FiberFestAbout Lessonface, PBC & the Carolina FiberFest
Lessonface's mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Since 2012, we've hosted more than 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers for over 500,000 music, language, and arts lessons and classes online. The 20th annual Carolina FiberFest is March 13-14, 2026 at the NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh NC. Workshops will be held Thurs. March 12 - Sat. March 14, 2026.