NEW! Printing with Natural DyesIn this class you will learn how to mix your own natural dye printing paste and screenprint on fabrics and papers, troubleshooting along the way. From extracted dyes students will mix their own paste and learn how to balance the right combination of thickeners and why some don't work properly. Experimentation with modifying colors, different screen mesh sizes, printing on different surfaces, and how to properly treat your fabrics before and after the

Day 2: Dyeing with 3 colors and tannins for grey and black

Your textile repeat can be up to 16x28"

8 traditional Japanese dyeing techniques will be shown including Suji

All works are created over a long period of time

so you don't necessarily need to bring anything

low water dyed with reactive dye (mixture of yellow and greens)

A piece of Better Than Jam fabric is adhered to a 12" x 16" birch panel frame

A pattern is freely hand drawn using chalk on the raw fabric

It's boxy and comfy

(Front) Grey dyed fabric Hand printed with: Purple Mandelbrot fractals

Also called magic wallets or milkman's wallets

half the Ts are screenprinted with Better Than Jam original polka dot design