Saturday, May 16; 10am to 4pm

Instructor: Tracy Flanagan

Create one-of-a kind artful botanical prints on paper. Using tannins, natural dyes, local foliage, heat, and water, you will experiment with mordants, iron, and tannins to create interesting backgrounds and leaf designs on paper.

You will learn to:

• Collect foliage that will print on paper

• Prepare paper for different artistic effects

• Discover interactions between tannins and iron

• Use tannins and leaves to create interesting outlines and color combinations

• Upcycle and transform everyday papers.

As a textile artist, writer, and physician, Tracy believes that hand-marked fabric and cloth is ‘everyday art’ that can wrap and heal the body and spirit. Throughout her life she has rebirthed paper and cloth with thread, color, and design, as quilts, garments, and fabric collage. Using natural dye products extracted from the earth and plants, she breathes new life into these designed fiber materials.

Website: www.tftextileart.com

Fee: MarinMOCA Members: $150; Non-members $175

Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $20 will be paid directly to the instructor

Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)