Ready for a unique concept in Ecoprinting in color? Learn how to imprint beautiful Plant designs from Nature and create an artistic multi-colored background on silk and wool! Take your ecoprinting to the next level of creativity using a variety of fun techniques taught by the instructor to mimic stained glass patterns or a kaleidoscope! Ecoprinting (also known as botanical printing) involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their images directly upon fibers using the process you learn in the workshop. Students will learn techniques to enhance the natural plant designs and to create rich, muli-colored backgrounds on their silk and wool. At the end of the day, students will take home both a hemmed Habatoi silk and unhemmed organic merino wool scarf ecoprinted in multi-color and the knowledge to continue Ecoprinting from Nature's resources. *Students Should Bring o 1 Gallon empty water jug to use as a weight (can be filled at class) o 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. o Notebook & Pen o Apron *Class price includes materials fee Theresa Brown M Theresa Brown is a professional artist whose long art career embraces many areas of the Arts. She uses natural dyes and low impact synthetic dyes and merges them into unique, beautiful designs on silk, wool, paper and leather. She turns her transformed work into artisanal clothing, accessories, and art. Her articles and designs in the fiber arts have appeared in international publications such as "No Serial Number" and "Belle Armoire".   She has a line of instructional PDF’s on ecoprinting techniques and is the first instructor to teach Ecoprinting on Leather in the US.