NEW! Painting with Natural Dyes and Creating Lake Pigments shibori Edges finished in denim gold

Edges finished in denim gold poly thread

We start by talking about the natural indigo vat used and how to balance it

A piece of Better Than Jam fabric is adhered to a 4" x 4" birch panel frame

eyes and stamps of polka dots

and the wild ferns are printed ochre yellow

NEW! Painting with Natural Dyes and Creating Lake Pigments shibori Edges finished in denim goldNew Workshop! Dive a little deeper into the possibilities of Dyeing with Nature. In 3 hours we'll be dyeing one piece in natural color and painting with modifers, creating thickened natural dye we can paint with directly, and using our old dye baths to create lake pigments. Lake pigments can be used to print and paint with. *Students will not leave with any pigments as the process takes days. (In this class we do not have the time prep or mordant