Photo credit: Aimee Lee.
About the Workshop
In this online demonstration-based workshop, participants will learn how to extract dyes using natural materials for application on paper. We will learn brush-dyeing and in the process, learn how to estimate the amount of dyestuff needed for your projects and what types of mordants are best to use and their results. This class will also cover how you can turn your leftover dyebaths into lake pigments. These pigments can be used to paint almost immediately or be dried for later use. Making lake pigments is a wonderful way to make the most of a leftover dye and understand the chemistry of colour.
About the Instructor
Radha Pandey is a papermaker and letterpress printer. She earned her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she was a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship. She practices European, Eastern and Indo-Islamic Papermaking techniques and teaches book arts classes in India, Europe and the US. Her book "Anatomia Botanica" won the MICA Book Award (2014), and received an Honorable Mention at the 15th Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design. Her book "Deep Time" won the Joshua Heller Memorial Award (2018). Her artists books are held in over 80 public collections internationally, including the Library of Congress and Yale University. Currently, Radha is working on an artist book inspired by Mughal floral portraiture from the 17th century, for which all the paper will be hand made in the traditional Indo-Islamic style.
This online workshop will take place on Sunday, August 22nd from 10 AM—12 PM EST.
To attend, register via this Eventbrite Portal, as space is limited.
This workshop is $150. After registering, attendees will automatically receive a registration confirmation from Eventbrite. A Zoom link will be sent 1 week before the start of the class.
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