Stage de Teinture Naturelle : Ecoprint

Natural dyeing course: Ecoprint, plant colours and textures

Duration: 8 hours

Public : Adults

An introduction to "Ecoprint". You'll discover how to create unique, organic designs and textures on fabric using tannin plants and dye plants.

The "ecoprint" technique creates colourful fabrics through a playful process of positioning leaves and flowers on the fabric, bundling them and then steaming them. The results are unique and surprising, a technique that requires experimentation and develops creativity.

On the programme:

-Dyeing botanical walk.

-Identifying and harvesting useful plants.

-Notions of mordanting.

-Sampling shapes and colours from the garden.

-Printing dye flower petals on cotton and silk.

-Creative composition.