Fiber Arts as Book Arts: Kitchen Printing (2/4)

Fiber Arts as Book Arts: Kitchen Printing (2/4)Course Code: 26STX103V This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Thursday, February 5th, from 6: 30PM to 8: 30PM ET. Thursday, February 5th, 6: 30PM to 8: 30PM ET Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on January 29th, at 11: 59 pm Eastern Time. About the Workshop: This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Iviva Olenick. Students will learn how to use food scraps and local plants to make inks for printing on paper and fabric,

Course Code: 26STX103V

This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Thursday, February 5th, from 6:30PM to 8:30PM ET.

• Thursday, February 5th, 6:30PM to 8:30PM ET

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on January 29th, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.

About the Workshop:

This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Iviva Olenick.

Students will learn how to use food scraps and local plants to make inks for printing on paper and fabric, and how to prepare fabric and paper for printing with natural inks, including tips to prevent excessive bleeding of inks. Skills will include learning how to extract pigment from plants; watching demos of and trying several printing methods, including a potato print, using other cut vegetables as stamps, and making stencils with heavyweight paper and other household materials. The instructor will demonstrate applying ink to both paper and fabric, and will share examples of artists' books incorporating plant-printed surfaces.

This workshop is part two in a four part series which also covers natural dyeing, embroidery, and fiber book forms. 

Required Materials:

• Cotton fabric
• Heavyweight cotton rag or watercolor paper
• Soy milk
• A dedicated dye pot or a plastic water heater
• Paint brushes of different sizes
• Food scraps – purple cabbage, hibiscus tea, coffee, turmeric, avocado skins and pits
• A cutting board and x-acto knife or other blade
• Powdered gum arabic or powdered guar gum
• Optional: baking soda & indigo pigment 

About the Instructor

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.