Botanical printing teaching UK

In June while I was traveling in London I managed to teach a private group of ladies in talented artist Jenny's studio for the basic botanical printing in Mestham, Redhill. In the well equipped studio with everywhere flower fragrance we started to print on canvas bags. The tannin rich oak leaf, Sycamore leave and wild daisy are good prints with iron mordant.  The Japanese maple and hydrangea are nice with tannin and iron blanket. Shibori printing and dyeing is also the skills for this session.

It's a 2-day workshop. The long day light in England and the promising weather during my stay allowed me to see around the town of Reigate, Redhill even a morning hiking in the hill to view the villages below.

We started with intro of botanical printing - unique and amazing direct prints from plants on fabrics.

 

Printing on silk and wool

Purple from Japanese maple is amazing 

Sycamore is nice 

Red from eucalyptus cinerea is bright 

Layout on wool

Printing on canvas bags

Shibori effects

A walk in town of Reigate

The Castle Ground

Though a short stay in Redhill London, it's peaceful and nice with friendly people.