Ecoprinting - Exploring Backgrounds and Borders with Tannins - Saturday, March 13

from $170.00

Saturday, March 13 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Tracy Flanagan

Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $25 will be paid to the instructor

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Saturday, March 13 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Tracy Flanagan

Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $25 will be paid to the instructor


Create one-of-a-kind artful botanical prints with upcycled linens and cottons. Using tannins, natural dyes, local foliage, heat, and water you will experiment with tannins to create interesting backgrounds and leaf designs on fabric and paper. Participants must have some prior experience with ecoprinting.

You will learn to:

  • Collect foliage that will print on cloth and paper

  • Prepare paper and cloth for different artistic effects

  • Discover interactions between tannins and iron

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

  • Upcycle linens

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 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 cloths, transforming them into beautiful articles to be touched, worn, and gazed upon by their owners.

Website:   www.tftextileart.com

Fee:  MarinMOCA Members: $170; Non-members $195

Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $25 will be paid to the instructor (includes fabrics, tannins, dyes, dowels, string, and various papers)

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