Fiber Arts as Book Arts: Natural Dyeing
Event Info
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom, on June 1, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time.
- Saturday, June 1, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on May 15, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
Transform fabric and paper using commonly found household items (food scraps, needle and thread, old fabrics) to tell new stories through fiber arts and book arts techniques combined. After experimenting with bundle dyeing and leaf and petal pounding, we will transition to basic embroidery stitches with a focus on rendering text, culminating in introducing materials and techniques for transforming plant-dyed and stitched pages into sculptural books.
In this one-day workshop, participants will learn multiple dye and printing methods using kitchen and yard waste and responsibly foraged plant matter. This is a great opportunity to make use of natural materials and work from home to learn a new skill! In this virtual workshop, you’ll learn more about natural materials and how to set up a safe fabric and paper dyeing area in your home. You will learn how to prep fabric for dyeing, and learn about types of fibers and how they interact with natural dyes.
This workshop will also go over how to harvest and forage for natural materials in your neighborhood and area, and how to identify potential natural dye sources. During class, you’ll complete a project using bundle dyeing, petal and leaf pounding, and discuss dip dyeing.
Students will learn from examples of artists’ books made with dyed fabric and thread, and will go over tips and tricks for mordanting and dyeing your fabric. This class will set you up for “Dye, Stitch, Fold, Mend: Part Two,” where you’ll learn sewing and stitching techniques to add on to your dyed fabric creations.
Required Materials:
- Fabric and yarn with natural fibers
- Large pot
More detailed materials lists will be provided in the email sent upon registration
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 is part two in a series of four workshops focusing on incorporating fiber techniques into the book form. You may register for one, two, or all three sessions. You can sign up for Session 2: Embroidery here, Session 3: Fiber Book Forms here, and Session 4: Kitchen Printing here. This class will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.
