Botanical Printing
Foundations
This monthly subscription Is For You If…
• You’re curious about botanical printing but don’t know where to start
• You’ve tried it before, but your results felt inconsistent or unclear
• You want to understand the why behind the process—not just follow steps
• You’re drawn to working with plants, cloth, and natural color
No prior experience is needed. Access to the entire Botanical Printing Foundations course ($98) is available as part of the April subscription.
Inside Botanical Printing Foundations,
I’ll guide you through the
essential processes
I use in my own studio
You’ll learn:
• How to prepare fabric properly (the foundation for successful prints)
• The role of mordants and how they affect color
• Dyeing fabric a solid color and printing over with botancals
• Step-by-step botanical printing techniques
• How to bundle, steam, and reveal your prints
• How to begin understanding and refining your results
By the end, you’ll have a clear, repeatable process—and your first finished botanical prints.
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Inside the Foundations Course
There is a moment—when you unroll the bundle, when the leaves fall away—where cloth becomes something else entirely.
Botanical printing is not just a technique. It is a way of working closely with plants, allowing their color, form, and structure to leave a lasting imprint.
In this course, you’ll learn how to begin.
There is a moment—when you unroll the bundle, when the leaves fall away—where cloth becomes something else entirely.
Botanical printing is not just a technique. It is a way of working closely with plants, allowing their color, form, and structure to leave a lasting imprint.
In this course, you’ll learn how to begin.
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Glossary
Not sure what ferrous sulphate is? Or aluminum triformate? These commonly used terms become second nature once you familiarize yourself with them.
Not sure what ferrous sulphate is? Or aluminum triformate? These commonly used terms become second nature once you familiarize yourself with them.
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Setting up a Home Studio
Many of us start this process in our homes and I’ll show you how to effectively work safely from your own kitchen.
Many of us start this process in our homes and I’ll show you how to effectively work safely from your own kitchen.
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Supplies and Resources
Not sure where to begin? I’ve made it simple for you to get started with the proper materials and ingredients.
Not sure where to begin? I’ve made it simple for you to get started with the proper materials and ingredients.
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Choosing Fabrics
Not sure where to start? This guide will get you going on choosing sample materials to begin with.
Not sure where to start? This guide will get you going on choosing sample materials to begin with.
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Simplify the confusing concept of scouring here.
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The Brilliant Mordant
Expect brilliant colors from natural dyes and plants when using this incredibly easy and versatile mordant recipe. and variaition.
Expect brilliant colors from natural dyes and plants when using this incredibly easy and versatile mordant recipe. and variaition.
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The Contra Mordant
Achieve your most bold and strong imprints— especially from leaves— with this powerful mordant recipe for protein and cellulose fabrics.
Achieve your most bold and strong imprints— especially from leaves— with this powerful mordant recipe for protein and cellulose fabrics.
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Top plants for printing
Use this guide to work with the more reliable botanicals that are proven to deliver color and spirit!
Use this guide to work with the more reliable botanicals that are proven to deliver color and spirit!
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Tips for Success: Preparing the Bundle
A tighly wrapped bundle with good compression is key for a successful botanical print.
A tighly wrapped bundle with good compression is key for a successful botanical print.
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A meditation on composition and botanical color.
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Video: Creating a Bundle
See how to decorate the target using a barrier and a cushioning blanket for added compression.
See how to decorate the target using a barrier and a cushioning blanket for added compression.
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Natural Dyeing Solids & Overptinting
A simple technique used to achieve gorgeous, vibrant colors in botanical printing.
A simple technique used to achieve gorgeous, vibrant colors in botanical printing.
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Printing with Botanicals
This technique is the perfect activity for beginners and is very easy to do— and kid friendly.
This technique is the perfect activity for beginners and is very easy to do— and kid friendly.
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If you enjoyed this course, you may wish to continue with another offering.
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