The Art of Botanical EcoPrinting with Sofia Seldon

Design a beautiful silk scarf with colors and shapes from nature! In this 3-hour workshop led by Sofia Selden of Joyous Silks, you’ll learn how to steam plant pigments onto wearable materials, creating detailed leaf and flower images. Students are encouraged to bring flowers and leaves from their home gardens and the forest, and can sample lightly from Bedrock’s gardens. Bring a lunch to class, and have fun socializing with other attendees.

About the Teacher
Sofia Selden Is a mixed-media fiber artist exploring dyeing techniques in botanical prints, shibori, and hand painted silk, wool, linen and cotton. Her work is found in boutiques in Wellesley and Newburyport (Massachusetts), Kittery and Ogunquit (Maine), and she participates in art/craft fairs in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Introduced to dyeing fabric in 2009 at Haystack Mountain Craft School with Jeannette deNicholas Myer, she has studied with Jan Myers Newbury, Elin Noble, Jane Dunnewold, Carter Smith, Ana Lisa Hedstrom and Irit Dulman. Sofia is a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the Surface Design Association, SAQA, Art Beyond the Surface, Friends of the Textile/Fiber Group-Museum of Fine Arts, and a number of surface design and artists associations in New England and the west coast.

Tickets
Tickets are $100 for nonmembers and $85 for members. The program fee includes 2 silk scarves, all printing materials, and a day pass to Bedrock Gardens that day. Great for adults and kids age 14+. If not requested within 48 hours of the class start time, tickets will not be reimbursed. Class is limited to 6 people.