UPCOMING CLASSES

In this fun and no-experience needed workshop we will use the natural materials found around the island to create a series of solar and eco prints on silk and cotton.  Solar printing creates colorful negative prints while eco-printing takes advantage of the natural pigments found in the plant materials, we will use to create an imprint of the plant.  Using natural colors from a specific time and location preserves a memory of that moment that cannot be replicated even if you return to the same place at the same time another year.  On the last day students have the option of creating a patchwork fabric or a set of prayer flags from the fabric prints they have made in the workshop.

This class is an annual event at New England Botanic Garden (held along with Ukrainian Pysanky Eggs) each spring before Easter.  This class focuses on food safe dyes and stains.

Natural dyeing classes are offered quarterly at New England Botanic Garden.  Each class focuses on established dyes, best practices, with a make and take project.

Eco printing is a mixture of pressing fresh flowers and dyeing.  By pressing fresh flowers between fabric or paper and applying moisture and heat can create a ghostly print.  Solar printing uses modern textile chemicals to create a negative print on paper or fabric.  These classes are offered in the summer.

Offered at New England Botanic Garden featuring the Coptic stitch and/or Japanese stab binding techniques in this make-and-take class.

Various levels of embroidery classes are offered regularly at New England Botanic Garden.  Classes focus on skills with a fully supplied project to start in class and take home to finish.

Using invasive species for natural dyes is a newer class focusing on experimentation along with a few known dye plants.  If you are looking for a practical dye class that covers "what does this plant do?" dyeing, this is the class for you.