NATURAL DYE AND RUST PRINT: BLOCK PRINT, SILKSCREEN, KATAZOME

2016 July 29-August 4

Courses aims to introduce the participant to the wonderful world of natural dyes; we will use the historical dyeing plants dried and wild plants collected in the territory; we'll see how the color will change with the variation of mordent, the pH of the bath, etc.. We will prepare natural dye inks for silkscreen prints and, after the design, we will prepare prototype frame where we will impress our design for print on textile. At the end we will experiment rust, wich is an old italian tradition, to new different effects with block print, silkscreen, katazome print. The first record of Romagna woodblock printing dates back to the end of the 18th century, when it started as a poor man's imitation of brocades, which country people couldn't afford. Fabrics printed in this way were used as household linen, to decorate cattle on fair days. Linen and hemp fabrics are used, and printing is done with pear-wood blocks. The characteristic rust color is obtained from soft iron suitably oxydised and then mixed with other ingredients. The pattern is impressed on the cloth by striking the woodblock smartly with a mallet. Once dried, the cloth is then soaked in a fixing bath. Catherine Brunel Chapuis will be our guest teacher.

1° day Natural dye lesson Print lesson Rust print lesson Nature trail in the woods to collect bark, plants and flowers for the dye and for design inspiration.

2° day Dye extraction from the collected plants. Dye extraction from the already dried plants. Introduction on the extract plants. Introduction to the mordents and modifiers.

3° dye All over design. Groundwork (2) for the prototypes: silkscreen and katazome. Inks with two different thickeners. First preparation of the silkscreen frame.

4° dye Silkscreen's developing. Katazome sheet's carving. Print on paper and fabric.

5° dye Print on fabric. All over prints. Developing prints. Preparation of the rust paste. Rust prints.

6° dye Developing of the rust prints. Special afternoon projects. 7° dye Special projects. Drying. Samples card. Conclusion.

We will start on Friday at 10.00am. and we will finish Thursday at 17.30pm.

FEE

Yearly membership fee €15,00

Workshop fee € 600,00 Each night double room € 30,00 (with breakfast) Meals € 10,00 each

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