Botanical Contact Print Making Workshop

This workshop aims to teach the basic concepts of Eco Printing, a delightful natural dyeing technique. This process uses leaves, flowers, seeds, bark and fruits to print colours and shapes directly on the fabric, creating unique designs. Each participant will create one silk scarf and one cotton bandana while learning about dyeing plants, the different fabric types, and the use of mordants or colour fasteners. In addition to the traditional dyeing plants, we will use fallen leaves and seeds gathered in the city streets in the Fall season. In this way, we inspire a more comprehensive look of each participant to Nature, which surrounds us, with all its generosity and beauty, even in an urban area like Metro Vancouver.