PRIVATE WORKSHOP - Camouflage - Natural Dye Block Printing
Sunday May 18, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
At the Natural Dyes Workshop, 604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90026
We’re celebrating patterns of “cryptic coloration” affectionally known as “camo”!
I’ve prepared a set of printing blocks in natural, organic shapes that we will be printing and layering onto our textiles that will allow us to develop multiple colors in a dyepot simultaneously. We will each have the opportunity to lay our our own composition and color balance using the provided blocks.
We will develop our prints in infusions of barks and leaves from around the neighborhood that will give us classic earthtones - browns, mustard, khaki, drab, olive etc.
We will walk (sometimes crawl, sometimes run) through the process including all the following:
• Ideal Fabric Selection for this process and Scouring fabrics that require it
• Discussion and review of tools and supplies required for block printing on fabrics
• Mixing and blending of mordant print mediums
• Creating Print Pads to easily reapply print medium to blocks
• Stretching and Preparing fabrics and workspaces for printing
• Practice printing pastes onto fabric
• Drying, aging and rinsing of fabrics
• Immersion dyeing textiles
• Treatments for fabric to restore pH, provide wash fastness and UV shielding to add longevity for the print
Over the course of this day, we will dive into the fundamentals of the traditional processes of block printing with natural dyes that dates back to some of our earliest recorded histories - thank you Pliny!
All fabrics and materials are provided.
Sunday May 18, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
At the Natural Dyes Workshop, 604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90026
We’re celebrating patterns of “cryptic coloration” affectionally known as “camo”!
I’ve prepared a set of printing blocks in natural, organic shapes that we will be printing and layering onto our textiles that will allow us to develop multiple colors in a dyepot simultaneously. We will each have the opportunity to lay our our own composition and color balance using the provided blocks.
We will develop our prints in infusions of barks and leaves from around the neighborhood that will give us classic earthtones - browns, mustard, khaki, drab, olive etc.
We will walk (sometimes crawl, sometimes run) through the process including all the following:
• Ideal Fabric Selection for this process and Scouring fabrics that require it
• Discussion and review of tools and supplies required for block printing on fabrics
• Mixing and blending of mordant print mediums
• Creating Print Pads to easily reapply print medium to blocks
• Stretching and Preparing fabrics and workspaces for printing
• Practice printing pastes onto fabric
• Drying, aging and rinsing of fabrics
• Immersion dyeing textiles
• Treatments for fabric to restore pH, provide wash fastness and UV shielding to add longevity for the print
Over the course of this day, we will dive into the fundamentals of the traditional processes of block printing with natural dyes that dates back to some of our earliest recorded histories - thank you Pliny!
All fabrics and materials are provided.
Sunday May 18, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
At the Natural Dyes Workshop, 604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90026
We’re celebrating patterns of “cryptic coloration” affectionally known as “camo”!
I’ve prepared a set of printing blocks in natural, organic shapes that we will be printing and layering onto our textiles that will allow us to develop multiple colors in a dyepot simultaneously. We will each have the opportunity to lay our our own composition and color balance using the provided blocks.
We will develop our prints in infusions of barks and leaves from around the neighborhood that will give us classic earthtones - browns, mustard, khaki, drab, olive etc.
We will walk (sometimes crawl, sometimes run) through the process including all the following:
• Ideal Fabric Selection for this process and Scouring fabrics that require it
• Discussion and review of tools and supplies required for block printing on fabrics
• Mixing and blending of mordant print mediums
• Creating Print Pads to easily reapply print medium to blocks
• Stretching and Preparing fabrics and workspaces for printing
• Practice printing pastes onto fabric
• Drying, aging and rinsing of fabrics
• Immersion dyeing textiles
• Treatments for fabric to restore pH, provide wash fastness and UV shielding to add longevity for the print
Over the course of this day, we will dive into the fundamentals of the traditional processes of block printing with natural dyes that dates back to some of our earliest recorded histories - thank you Pliny!
All fabrics and materials are provided.