Workshop Description
My flagship course: the best gateway to the world of Eco printing. Regardless of your previous experience, you will reach a mastership level. You will learn how to print on cellulose, silk and wool using different concentrations of mordants. I will show you different bundling techniques and you will get wonderful prints on the natural fabric or creating colorful backgrounds. You will learn to analyze the botanics to get great prints from all plants, even if they lack the ability to print beautifully.
The Syllabus
Get started
- Kinds of fabrics we can use in this class
- How to prepare your fabrics
- Equipment and materials required
Analyzing plants
- Become an active observer of Nature getting to know the substances that plants contain
- Use this knowledge to know what to expect from plants on the fabric
- See all my vast library of prints of plants from all over the world
Mordant
- Influence of metals in the mordant – Aluminum, iron, aluminum+iron (the combo solution) and their special relationship with the different organic substances plants contain.
- How to use easily available substances to prepare an accurate mordant solution
- How to use the mordant as a creative tool – you will get 3 different concentrations of mordant recipes that will yield different results: a milestone for light, medium and dark results. You also will be able to adjust the recipes and create more recipes on your own. This is a powerful tool that will give you not only control on the final results but also a method that will help you to achieve your unique style
- How to process your fabrics in the mordant in a quick, easy and innovative way
Tannin
- The tannin and ferrous reaction and how to take advantage of this reaction for printing and for backgrounds
- Plants we can extract tannin from
- Colors we can get from different plants that contain tannin
- How to extract tannin from plants that are available and you can gather in your local environment
- How to use tannin extracts
Printing
- How to get beautiful, colorful and crisp prints on the natural color of the fabric
- How to combine prints with different color backgrounds
- 4 different bundling techniques for 4 different printing styles
- How to bundle large pieces of fabrics
- How to steam your bundles and finish the work
The Online Experience
- You will get step by step video guidance in each lesson.
- The guidance includes many visual samples that will support all kinds of explanations and will help you to easily understand even the most complicated subjects
- The guidance also includes demonstrations of “how to do” and the videos will exactly show the processes with detailed close ups
- You will get unlimited access to all workshop materials
- You will be part of a private group in which you can show your results, join discussions and interact with other like-minded people
- 62 lessons
- Beginners /Advanced
- English
- English, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Hebrew
Have a look at the different prints you can achieve with this technique
Botanical Printing - The Full Palette
Botanical prints on silk and cellulose fabrics: printing all kinds of plants and getting a wide palette of colors
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Refunds
- Once you buy the online workshop the whole course is open to you 24/7;
- There are no refunds of online course fees under any circumstances.