January 9th and 16th, 2025
Alchemy Art Center
65PM - 8PM | San Juan Island, WA
This two-part workshop will introduce students to the fundamentals of screenprinting. This class is taught in a way that makes it practical to replicate in a variety of settings. You’ll learn the history of the process, the materials needed, how to expose screens, and practice different techniques that can be used to create art to burn onto your screens, and, of course, print!
Read MoreJanuary 11th and 18th, 2025
Alchemy Art Center
3PM - 6PM | San Juan Island, WA
An exploration into what is possible with the printing press. In this two-part workshop, we will focus on the basics of relief printing methods, as well as other techniques like collograph printing and making monographs. The intention is that you will leave with a solid understanding of working with the press, its history and its creative potential.
Read MoreSundays in January, (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th) 2025
Alchemy Art Center
5PM - 7PM | San Juan Island, WA
There are a million different ways you can customize your clothing to make it more artful, more fun, last longer, repair it, and otherwise reimagine it. In this series, we will be exploring what it means to creatively alter and mend our clothes, and learning about some easy, accessible techniques you can use in a clothes upcycling practice. We will focus on visible mending, surface design techniques (including printmaking on fabric), destruction, and dyeing. We will also talk about what to look for when you do end up needing to source new clothing to make sure it lasts as long as possible and is as mendable/upcycle-able as possible.
Read MoreSaturday, February 1st, 2025
Sou’wester Lodge
10AM - 2PM | Seaview, WA
Learn about the magic of creating color with plants in this introduction to Natural Dye workshop. This class will lay a solid foundation down to help you understand the fundamentals of how natural dyeing works, so you can continue a dye practice yourself. We will discuss the history of plant color, what fabrics to use, how to prepare fabric for dyeing, and of course, which plants to work with. Students will leave the class with a dye swatch book, a bundle dyed bandana, and anything students brought to class to dye.
Read MoreSaturday, February 8th, 2025
Shaw Island Library and Historical Society
11AM - 3PM | Shaw Island, WA
Learn about the magic of creating color with plants in this introduction to Natural Dye workshop. This class will lay a solid foundation down to help you understand the fundamentals of how natural dyeing works, so you can continue a dye practice yourself. We will discuss the history of plant color, what fabrics to use, how to prepare fabric for dyeing, and of course, which plants to work with. Students will leave the class with a dye swatch book, a bundle dyed bandana, and anything students brought to class to dye.
Read MoreSunday, March 2nd, 2025
Alchemy Art Center
12PM - 3PM | San Juan Island, WA
In this class, students will learn about the history of indigo, which is a natural dye derived from plants in the indigofera family. We'll make an indigo vat together and use them to dye swatches, bandanas as well as anything students bring in that they'd like to dye blue. Preparing fabric, keeping your vat "alive," growing your own indigo, and care for your dyed textiles will also be covered.
Read MoreMarch 13th and 14th, 2025
Alchemy Art Center
5PM - 8PM | San Juan Island, WA
An exploration into what is possible with the printing press. In this two-part workshop, we will focus on the basics of relief printing methods, as well as other techniques like collograph printing and making monographs. The intention is that you will leave with a solid understanding of working with the press, its history and its creative potential.
Read MoreSaturday, April 13th, 2025
Alchemy Art Center
12PM - 4PM | San Juan Island, WA
Learn about the magic of creating color with plants in this introduction to Natural Dye workshop. This class will lay a solid foundation down to help you understand the fundamentals of how natural dyeing works, so you can continue a dye practice yourself. We will discuss the history of plant color, what fabrics to use, how to prepare fabric for dyeing, and of course, which plants to work with. Students will leave the class with a dye swatch book, a bundle dyed bandana, and anything students brought to class to dye.
Read MoreApril 24th and 25th, 2025
Alchemy Art Center
5PM - 8PM | San Juan Island, WA
This two-part workshop will introduce students to the fundamentals of screenprinting. This class is taught in a way that makes it practical to replicate in a variety of settings. You’ll learn the history of the process, the materials needed, how to expose screens, and practice different techniques that can be used to create art to burn onto your screens, and, of course, print!
Read MoreSunday, May 18th, 2025
Alchemy Art Center
12PM - 3PM | San Juan Island, WA
Learn about the magic of creating color with local plants. We will discuss local sources for natural dye both wild and cultivated. This session's focus are the dye plants of spring!
This class will lay a solid foundation down to help you understand the fundamentals of how natural dyeing works, so you can continue a dye practice yourself. Students will leave the class with a dye swatch book and a bundle dyed scarf.
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