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with Lilah Ward Shepherd
Tuesdays September 2, 9, & 16 6pm-8pm
outside the IC Press Co-op (225 N. Gilbert)
sliding scale: $50-$250
Participants will learn bookbinding techniques to create a journal that we will then use to document, learning what to include in a foraging & natural dye journal, including photos of foraged plants and images of hammered plants on fabric using the Japanese technique of tataki zome. The workshop will cover the process of preparing fabric for natural dyeing including scouring and mordanting, dyeing with using methods of maceration, immersion dyeing, decoction, and how you can alter colors by modifying the PH and utilizing iron. Participants will gather 2 foraged plants to natural dye with and we will do a larger dye bath as a class.
Open to ages 48+.
Registration deadline: August 19
*PS1 workshops are pay-what-you-can thanks to support from Hills Bank and individual donors. $219 is the true cost of the workshop, and we encourage participants to select the cost that they can afford, or pay a little extra to support future sliding-scale fees.
TEACHING ARTIST:
Lilah Ward received her BFA from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2019 and her MFA from the University of Iowa in 2023. Lilah is a multidisciplinary artist currently focused on exploring natural dyes foraged from eastern Iowa. Using plants to dye cellulose and protein fibers, collecting extracted plant pigment and exploring its usage as artist material utilizing different printmaking methods. Her artworks explore color relationships, geometric shapes and patterning, relationships between forms and space while investigating human relationships, connection with location through flora, identity, ancestry, peace, comfort, and play.