Tickets available HERE.

Resource person: learn@vandusen.org

Location: Via Zoom

Description:

Eco-printing is the technique of transferring the colour, shape, and details of plant material onto paper by using heat. With Czarina Lobo's guidance, we will experiment with different plant materials, learn which are best, make bundles in various ways, and end with stitching a beautiful booklet.

This family-friendly workshop will open up a whole world of creativity, as you can use the same techniques on other fibers.

The session will be recorded. Registered participants will have access to recordings for a limited time.

You can buy a kit with some of the required materials ($7.20 + tax) for pick-up at VanDusen's Yosef Wosk Library. Available only for participants registered by Monday, August 9, 12:00 pm. Kits may be claimed on August 12-13 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. You may choose to source these materials yourself as well.

Required Materials:

Available for purchase in kits or to be sourced by participants:

• Watercolour paper

• Alum powder (check your grocery store spice section, if you are not buying the kit)

• Ferrous sulphate (to be used only by adults under the instructor’s direction)

• Gloves

• Clothes pins

• Needle and thread

Participants to provide: (Note: all containers used will NO longer be food-safe)

• Various fresh leaves and flowers

• 20cm diameter pan

• Large flat container for soaking paper

• Plastic container for iron (optional)

• Heavy item like a pebble to weigh

• Stove or Hot Plate

• Water

• Table Cover

Register: https://museumofvancouver.ca/virtual-workshop-bundle-dyes-and-hapazome

Join CZarina Lobo, a Natural Dyer focused on cultivating plants for colour, in a Bundle Dye and Hapazome Workshop this May!

Learn the techniques of bundle dyes and Hapazome (flower/leaf pounding) by transferring your natural surroundings onto a unique bandana and a reusable drawstring bag. This will be achieved by steaming and also requires hammering locally foraged fresh plant materials onto fabric to show vibrant colours and botanical patterns. Bundle dyes are an artform of transferring leaf and flower colours and prints onto cloth or paper. The material is decorated with the plant material and then wrapped around a stick and steamed. Hapazome is the art of transferring leaf and flower prints by gently hammering them onto paper or cloth.

Participants will learn how to dye safely in a home studio, prepare the fabric to keep the dyes permanently and how and where to forage dye materials. Natural dyes are so much better for the Earth and can be found in the most obvious and most unlikely of places. You are encouraged to work alongside CZarina to get the most out of the class.

Please note: This class will be held virtually on Zoom. You will receive a link prior to the event. If you are new to Zoom, find out more here.

Register: https://museumofvancouver.ca/virtual-workshop-bundle-dyes-and-hapazome
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2021
Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm
Platform: Zoom (Information about how to connect will be sent to participants prior to the event through Eventbrite)
Tickets: $75 for Non-members, $70 for MOV Members, $65 for Indigenous Peoples*

*Please call 604-736-4431 during MOV business hours to obtain a discount code if you are an MOV Member or Indigenous. A service fee and GST is also applied to ticket sales. Please note that this price point is based on covering the artist’s fee and materials.

Required Materials: Students are to provide their own fresh plant materials of the season such as pansies, violas, marigolds, Japanese maple, smokebush, geranium, ferns, carrot and tomato leaves, strawberry, blackberry and currant leaves. They will need a small cooking pot, a hammer and a flat hard surface.

Pre-packaged Supply Kit: Other supplies for this workshop are provided by MOV prior to the start date. You will be notified once kits are available for pick up, and can pick up your pre-packaged supply kit directly from the museum during regular business hours.

Out of town Workshop Registrations: Those wishing to attend the workshop but unable to pick up a supply kit from MOV must pre-purchase their own supplies. A discounted rate for this option is available and the full supply list will be sent out after you have registered. Please call our front desk at 604-736-4431 or email guestservices@museumofvancouver.ca to learn more.

For general inquiries regarding this workshop please contact Indigenous Programs and Community Engagement Coordinator, Jasmine Wilson at jwilson@museumofvancouver.ca