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Screenprinting with Natural Dyes

Name: Screenprinting with Natural Dyes
Start: 2026-11-06T10:00:00.000+00:00
End: 2026-11-27T13:00:00.000+00:00
Location: East Side Print

Create vibrant printing ink from natural dyes to screenprint your designs onto paper and fabric. Using plant dye extracts and plant materials, learn how to create a wonderful variety of colourful printing inks by combining these with natural thickeners. Please note this course is aimed at those who have experience of screenprinting on paper or fabric and would like to learn how to make plant-based ink. On this course you will learn how to: • make natural based thickeners for screen printing onto paper and fabric • create colours from plant dye extracts, seasonal plants and natural dyestuffs • mix, intermix and extend plant ink to create different colours • use modifiers to shift the colour tones • experiment with layering colours through overprinting • learn how to fix and wash your fabric printed works. At the end of the course you will have a printed and written record of your plant based colours, as well as your screenprinted samples and finished works. All natural dyestuffs and printmaking materials plus 5 sheets of papers, sample fabric and approx 50 cm square of fabric included in the course fee. Tutor: Cath Bristow

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