Color on Fabric (five-session workshop)

Adult Summer Class | This program is completed

All levels welcome.

6/21/2022-7/19/2022

6:30 PM-9:30 PM EDT on Tue

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$175.00

$155.00

$25.00

Fiber artists, quilters, and sewists will enjoy this opportunity to design and create your own fabrics filled with color, mark, and pattern. In this 4 session workshop, we will experiment with eco-dyeing, shibori indigo dyeing, and block printing. At the end of the workshop, there will be time for independent work and discussion on possibilities for using the dyed and printed fabrics in functional or artistic works.

What You Will Learn in This Course:
1. Students will consider design elements of pattern, mark, repetition, and composition in surface design.
2. Students will learn binding and folding techniques for creating pattern in indigo and eco-dyeing
3. Students will learn how to design and carve a linoleum block for motif printing.
4. Students will consider potential uses of their dyed and printed fabrics for functional or artistic works.

  • This is an in-person class which will take place in our building with strict social distancing protocols and reduced student capacity. Please see our COVID-19 community safety policies.
  • FOR THE FIRST CLASS BRING THESE SUPPLIES:
  • • 3-5 yards of white cotton broadcloth or white cotton clothing blanks
  • • Spool of sewing thread
  • • Sewing needle
  • • Scissors
  • • Dishwashing gloves
  • • 1-2 colors of 2.5 oz speedball fabric block printing ink
  • • Sketchbook
  • • Pencil

Marie Elcin has been teaching in both the children and adult programs at Fleisher since 2007. She has a BFA from Moore College of Art and Design and a Master of Art Education from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She is a practicing fiber artist with a focus on embroidery, surface design, and printmaking.