Kaleidoscope Ecoprinting
About Kaleidoscope Ecoprinting
Explore Kaleidoscope Ecoprinting!
Join us for a unique workshop focused on multi-colored ecoprinting. Learn to imprint beautiful plant designs from nature and create artistic, multi-colored backgrounds on silk and wool.Elevate your ecoprinting skills with a variety of fun techniques that mimic stained glass patterns or kaleidoscopes. Students will discover how to enhance natural plant designs and develop rich, vibrant backgrounds.
By the end of the day, you’ll take home both a hemmed Habatoi silk scarf and an unhemmed organic merino wool scarf, each ecoprinted in stunning colors, along with the color bundles you used and the knowledge and ability to continue ecoprinting using nature's resources.
The capacity for this class is 16 students.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
Students should bring
•I gallon empty water jug to use as a weight. (can be filled at class)
•Leaves from their area such as oak, maples, rose, hickory, sumac and interesting weeds. Fun additional plants (usually store bought) are live eucalyptus and flat flowers such as daises. No thick or woody plants or waxy leaves such as camellia or magnolia. Leaves can be fresh, pressed or dry. Dry leaves need to be re-hydrated 30 minutes prior to using them.
•Notebook and pen (videos limited)
•Apron
Materials Fee and Description
Your class registration fee includes materials with a value of $40 consisting of:
$40.00 material fee: Covers 1 hemmed silk scarf and 1 organic merino wool scarf (unfinished edges), the kit color bundle, all equipment and disposables (turkey roasters, dowels, twine, baskets, scissors, paper towels, latex gloves, rubber bands, plastic) mordants, multiple pre-dyed color blankets, unique fabrics and templates to create a kaleidoscope of color in their Ecoprinting, information and summary sheets.
Pre-class Homework
Students will need to collect loacl plants and leaves to imprint on their silk and wool See student supply list
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 16
Skill Level
All Levels
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
None
Contact the Teacher
Send a direct message from the teacher's profile page with any questions you might have about the class.
When
6-hour live in-person seminar with break.
Class Location
Boone 3
How It Works
This is an in-person event. Please check the location and date above to ensure it works for you to attend in-person. Register and enroll above. Enrollment is not complete until payment is made on the next page, by credit card or Paypal via our secure platform. Enrolled students will receive an immediate email confirmation of enrollment..
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.
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