Fiber Arts as Book Arts: Kitchen Printing
Event Info
Course Code: 25STX103V
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Thursday, February 6th, from 6:00PM to 8:00PM ET.
- Thursday, February 6th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on January 23rd, at 11:59 pm. This workshop is the last in a four part series which also covers natural dyeing, embroidery, and fiber book forms.
About the Workshop:
This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Iviva Olenick.
A great follow up to Natural Dyeing, Session 1 of Fiber Arts as Book Arts, this workshop will show you how to use food scraps and natural pigments to make inks for printing on paper and fabric.
The instructor will also demonstrate several printing methods, including making a potato print, using other cut vegetables as stamps, and making stencils with household materials.
After experimenting with bundle dyeing and plant mono-printing in session 1, we’ll transition to basic embroidery stitches with a focus on rendering text in session 2, using plant-based materials to make inks, stamps and prints in session 3, and transforming plant-dyed and embroidered pages into sculptural books in session 4.
Required Materials:
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cotton fabric
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heavyweight cotton rag or watercolor paper
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soy milk
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a tray or basin
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dedicated dye pot, or several dedicated mason jars
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paint brushes of different sizes
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food scraps – purple cabbage, hibiscus tea, coffee, turmeric, avocado skins and pits
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a cutting board and x-acto knife or other blade
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powdered gum arabic
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baking soda (optional)
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indigo pigment (optional)
About Iviva Olenick
Iviva Olenick is a Brooklyn-based artist developing textiles from seed to fiber and dye and using textiles as texts. Her work has been exhibited all over the United States, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Design Atlanta; the Hunterdon Museum, NJ; Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, NYC; the Center for Book Arts, NYC; the Old Stone House, Brooklyn; Wyckoff House Museum, Brooklyn.
Olenick is a faculty member of SVA’s MFA Art Practice program where she teaches Fibers. In addition, she gives artist talks and designs intensive textile-based workshops for museums and universities.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. The amount you choose to pay goes directly toward our instructors and toward creating scholarship opportunities for the future. This class will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.