PENNY JEWELL | WORKSHOPS
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6 Day | Saturday 13 – Thursday 18 March 2027
ECO-PRINTING: Crisp, colorful, botanical prints on leather, fabric and paper
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This is a comprehensive exploration of contact botanical printing, also known as eco-printing. Students will learn many different methods of mordanting. There will be an exploration of the importance of tannins and their interaction with iron. Our aim will be to create crisp, clear, and very colourful prints working on wool, silk, cotton, and leather.
We will work with ferrous blankets and many types of dye blankets, thus obtaining a large range of background colours. All levels
ECO-PRINTING: Crisp, colorful, botanical prints on leather, fabric and paper
– SOLD OUT! if you would like to go on the waiting list please add your email below and click 'ADD TO WAITING LIST'
This is a comprehensive exploration of contact botanical printing, also known as eco-printing. Students will learn many different methods of mordanting. There will be an exploration of the importance of tannins and their interaction with iron. Our aim will be to create crisp, clear, and very colourful prints working on wool, silk, cotton, and leather.
We will work with ferrous blankets and many types of dye blankets, thus obtaining a large range of background colours. All levels
PENNY JEWELL
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Penny Jewell has been working with natural dyes for several decades. In the beginning she worked mostly with pot dyes, using the plants from her dedicated dye garden and the forest surrounding forest where she lives in south Western Australia.
Once she began experimenting with botanical contact printing a new world opened. She was asked to teach in Java and Bali, and she has studied overseas with renowned experts in the field.
She works on silk, wool, cellulose fabrics and paper but these last ten years her work has been mostly on leather.
She has had both solo and combined exhibitions. She sells to galleries in many parts of Australia.
Penny Jewell has been working with natural dyes for several decades. In the beginning she worked mostly with pot dyes, using the plants from her dedicated dye garden and the forest surrounding forest where she lives in south Western Australia.
Once she began experimenting with botanical contact printing a new world opened. She was asked to teach in Java and Bali, and she has studied overseas with renowned experts in the field.
She works on silk, wool, cellulose fabrics and paper but these last ten years her work has been mostly on leather.
She has had both solo and combined exhibitions. She sells to galleries in many parts of Australia.
