The Magical Alchemy of Botanical Print on Silk

Name: The Magical Alchemy of Botanical Print on Silk
Start: 2025-10-10T15:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-12T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Pacific Textile Arts

Schedule

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm to Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Pacific Textile Arts | Fort Bragg, CA

A 3-day intensive into the complex alchemy of leaf, silk, mordant, and plant dye. Learn Nature’s Art in a beautiful studio on the Mendocino Coast, return home with unique pieces of wearable art, and feel confident to begin printing on your own.
In this workshop, here is a partial list of what you will learn:
*Which fabrics to use, and the different techniques that work with both cellulose and protein fibers
*How to prepare fabrics for dyeing, when and how to scour fabrics
*How to use mordants to fix color to the fabric
*How to use assists to alter the color of the dyes
* How to create a variety of colors with only 24 different dyes
*How to obtain clear, crisp leaf prints on vibrantly colored backgrounds
*Information about plant dyes using foraged and garden grown materials, as well as the use of purchased barks, powders, and extracts
*What leaves to use, how to look for the best printing leaves, how to make test pieces
If you are experienced or a beginner, you will be given projects equal to your skill level, and and appropriate instruction will be provided.
Copy and paste this link into your browser for more info and to register:
https://www.pacifictextilearts.org/show-item/october-1011-12-the-magical-alchemy-of-botanical-print-on-silk/