natural dye mordant printing on fabric
natural dye mordant printing on fabric
with Lilah Shepherd and Anita Jung
Fri. Sept. 13 & Sat. Sept. 14, 10a-12p
outside the IC Press Co-op (225 N. Gilbert)
pay-what-you-can: $50-$190
Learn how to create printed designs on cellulose fabric and dye the fabric in different color immersion natural dye baths. Participants will learn about:
• preparing the fabric for the natural dyeing process
• the making of the mordant printing paste
• the process of creating printing blocks and printing with them
• removing the printing paste and then immersion natural dyeing
• how to take care of naturally dyed textiles.
Participants will take home multiple 18 inch square printed and natural dyed pieces of fabric.
Open to ages 14+.
Registration deadline: Sept. 10
*PS1 workshops are pay-what-you-can thanks to support from Hills Bank and individual donors. $175 is the true cost of the workshop, and we encourage participants to select the cost that they can afford, or pay a little extra to support future sliding-scale fees.