Eco Printing on Silk with Joan Bailey

What supplies will students need to bring?

Scissors, various leaves and flowers, with stems; examples are: maple, walnut, oak, japanese maple, sumac, sand cherry, tiger eye sumac, peony leaf, cosmos flowers and leaves, bidens flowers, african daisy, eucalyptus, coreopsis flowers and leaves, fern leaf buckthorn, smokebush, penistetum, onion skins, birch, elm, tickseed, dahlia, ash, blackberry, tansy.

Joan Bailey Bio:

I started with eco-priting eight years ago, after taking classes at Shake Rag Alley. My process has evolved over the years, by learning new techniques through on-line courses and reading. By just experimenting, that has been the best way to learn. I have expanded into other natural fibers, such as cotton, linen, wool and even water color paper. I currently am a part of the Red Door Gallery in Richland Center.

Eco-printing is full of surprises, and there are endless possibilities that nature has given us. I am still coming up…