Botanical Leather
Penny Jewell
It is surprisingly easy to create beautiful botanical prints on leather. The secrets to success are correct mordant recipes, combined with the right choice of leather plus careful attention to processing temperature.
In this course participants will try several mordants plus different ways to change background colours using tannins and dye blankets.
The printed leathers will be able to be sewn on a domestic sewing machine and can be used for journal covers, bags or shoes. We will not be making shoes in the class but I will give you the contacts for an expert shoemaker in Java who I use to make my shoes, an inexpensive and good way to personalise your wardrobe.
Students who have no prior experience of botanical printing will be able to successfully do this workshop, but of course those who have experience of the process on fabric will find such knowledge helpful.
All skill levels welcome!
See Student Requirement List (COMING SOON)
Class Fee
$700
PLUS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Residential Shared Residential Single Non-residential
$800 $900 $350
*Please note all meals are included for residential participants.
Only lunch & morning/afternoon tea included for non-residential participants
All prices include access to talks, activities and dinner on Party Night*
Penny Jewell
Penny has had an obsession with plants nearly all her life . She became interested in natural dyes many many years ago and for more than a decade has been interested in botanical contact printing .
Several years ago when she was giving a workshop in Indonesia involving botanical printing on fabric, she learnt techniques that enabled her to translate those skills into printing on leather . She has both studied and taught botanical printing in several countries plus she is an active participant in an annual dye festival in Java .
