Onion skins impart a vivid range of golden hues to rich shades of green. In this fun class, I will teach you the process of dyeing and eco printing colorful patterns onto dishcloths and paper. You’ll create beautiful pieces of your own to take home. Please bring some red and yellow onion skins.

Easy and playful…. We will print with an assortment of leaves, flowers, and teas. Rolling, stacking and arranging them in an assortment papers. We will play with modifiers to shift colors with rusted tin cans and copper as well. Students will leave with a wonderful assortment of papers that can be used for art projects, cards and framing.

Color Explosion! Using natural dye baths brewed from produce and botanicals, students will explore color by dipping, folding and binding fabrics into baths to create wonderful patterns and color palettes. Students will leave with a wonderful selection of fabric swatches and a choice of creating a finished dish cloth, scarf, or produce bag.

I am so happy to presenting this workshop with Betsy Naselli. I will be teaching natural dyeing and Betsy will be teaching culinary delights!

Nature provides us with an amazing palette of color whether it be flowers, berries, teas or spices. Some are wonderful to pick and pop into vase, many are edible and they also can be the source of color for dyeing. Join us in this delectable workshop, we will cook up an assortment of appetizers, dessert, and beverages. Then with the same plants and spices we will dye and print beautiful napkins and dishcloths. Come explore the magic of nature! Register at the link provided below.

A Collaboration with Nature are an assortment of eco printed and natural dyed art pieces that are a direct connection with my relationship with nature. Whether playful or moody each piece reminds me of the gift that nature shares with us, every print revealed from a leaf or a petal will be unique based on species, the season, the climate, the soil and the time of day it was foraged.
The artwork includes various compositions with materials including plants, paper, silk and linen mounted and framed, column lanterns and a selection of scarves.

Join me at the Thousand Island Art Center to learn the beautiful technique of bundle-dyeing with freshly harvested flowers in this fun and inspiring afternoon. You’ll be amazed at the patterns and colors that will emerge after steaming the bundles of nature in an assortment of fabrics and then a silk scarf. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your favorite flowers from your garden. Since this class runs through lunchtime, please bring what you need to stay fueled and wear comfortable clothes that you don’t care about getting stained!

Register for the class at TIAC website link provided.

Join me at the Thousand Island Arts Center in Clayton, NY to to explore the abundant range of colors waiting to be extracted from your kitchen pantry. In this beginner workshop you will learn simple techniques behind the art of natural dyeing. Working with an assortment of prepared fabrics, you’ll experiment with adjusting colors using baking soda, vinegar and iron. Leaving with a stack of fabrics and your choice of dish towels or produce bags, you will be amazed by what gifts nature truly provides us! Please bring red and yellow onion skins, and two mason jars. Also bring what you need to stay fueled and wear comfortable clothes that you don’t care about getting stained!

Register for the class at TIAC website, link provided.