🌼 Botanical Contact-Printing: Enhanced Prints with Background Colors
Unleash your creativity with the captivating world of botanical contact-printing using carrier blankets! This e-book is your ticket to transforming everyday fabrics into vibrant masterpieces infused with the essence of nature. Dive into the fascinating process that combines the beauty of plants with the art of natural dyeing.
In this engaging course, you’ll learn how to craft stunning and vivid botanical designs, all thanks to the magic of plants and natural fibers. But that’s not all! You’ll discover the secret weapon of artists everywhere: the carrier blanket. This essential tool will help you achieve enchanting background colors that will make your plant prints truly pop 🌿.
Unleash your creativity with the captivating world of botanical contact-printing using carrier blankets! This e-book is your ticket to transforming everyday fabrics into vibrant masterpieces infused with the essence of nature. Dive into the fascinating process that combines the beauty of plants with the art of natural dyeing.
In this engaging course, you’ll learn how to craft stunning and vivid botanical designs, all thanks to the magic of plants and natural fibers. But that’s not all! You’ll discover the secret weapon of artists everywhere: the carrier blanket. This essential tool will help you achieve enchanting background colors that will make your plant prints truly pop 🌿.
Unleash your creativity with the captivating world of botanical contact-printing using carrier blankets! This e-book is your ticket to transforming everyday fabrics into vibrant masterpieces infused with the essence of nature. Dive into the fascinating process that combines the beauty of plants with the art of natural dyeing.
In this engaging course, you’ll learn how to craft stunning and vivid botanical designs, all thanks to the magic of plants and natural fibers. But that’s not all! You’ll discover the secret weapon of artists everywhere: the carrier blanket. This essential tool will help you achieve enchanting background colors that will make your plant prints truly pop 🌿.
Prepare to embark on a colorful adventure where you will explore the synergy between nature and artistry. By the end of this journey, you’ll have the skills to create breathtaking botanical compositions that showcase the vibrant diversity of the plant world. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a curious beginner, this e-book promises to ignite your passion for sustainable creativity.
🌼 This is a go at your own pace online course with many illustrative photos, easy to read text and process illuminating videos that will be available to access at any time for two years.
🌼 The focus of this course is to show the artist specifically how to eco-print with carrier blankets to achieve (1) bright and colorful backgrounds and (2) deep and rich backgrounds. This course also features the requisite mordant recipes one must use to prepare protein fabrics (silk & wool) and cellulose fabrics (cotton, linen, viscose, hemp) for carrier blanket printing.
🌼 This workshop includes beautiful photographs of the processes, process videos for visual learners and instructive text around the following :
How to mordant protein and cellulose fabric for printing and dyeing
How to botanical contact-print (aka eco-print) with leaves and flowers
How to begin: Supplies needed to create botanical prints and set up a simple home studio
A “Colorful Mordant” recipe to use with colorful carrier blankets
A “Dark & Rich Mordant” recipe to use with tannin-rich carrier blankets
Instructions on how to select and successfully print with leaves and flowers, fresh and dried
Fabric recommendations, color recommendations, what types of dye to use
Many photos, video and informative text outlining the processes.
These techniques can be applied to both protein and cellulose fibers. A myriad of variations can be achieved when applying these techniques to your dyeing practice and countless variations are available from switching up dyes, flowers, leaves and
🌼 After purchasing this course, you will be sent an email with a link and password to access the course. Flora Obscura courses live online, on our website, so a special link will be sent to you upon purchase, not a download. A question field is located at the bottom of the course and user questions will be posted with answers are they come in.
