Screen Printing with Mordants & Natural Dyes

Explore two exciting and different processes: precise and repeatable screen-printing techniques with fascinating and sometimes unpredictable natural dyes. Learn mordant printing to achieve various shades of color from a single dye bath, work with ancient dyes such as cochineal, weld, and madder, and design a multi-layer registered print. Participants will leave the class with technique and dye samples, a handprinted, naturally-dyed set of napkins or small collection of bandanas of their own design, and an eye-opening glimpse at the incredible range of possibilities that designing with natural dyes has to offer.