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Creating Designs on Cloth with Natural Dyes: Mordant Printing with Amanda Affleck in the Courtyard at Belfast Fiberarts

Belfast Fiberarts 171 High St. Suite 8 & 11, Belfast, ME

Amanda will demonstrate mordant printing: an ancient technique for producing patterns and designs on fabric with natural dye colors. Mordants, or metallic salts such as alum and iron, are applied to fabric using blocks or paint brushes. When the piece is introduced to the dye bath, colors from the plant dyes show up in different shades on the cloth. It’s a fun and magical process that offers endless possibilities for creative expression.

Amanda Affleck of A Skirt of Leaves Textiles is a fiber artist, natural dyer, and weaver living in midcoast Maine. She loves to teach natural dye techniques and to share the creative inspiration that comes from a close collaboration with nature to make meaningful and beautiful pieces of textile art.

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Blooms and Hues: In the Garden

Alan Day Community Art Garden 26 Whitman St., Norway, ME

Come explore a vibrant exploration of nature's palette with Blooms and Hues from Thymeline Print Co. This event celebrates the stunning colors that the natural world can offer. Stroll through the Alan Day Community Art Garden, a public growing space for community members, and witness the beauty of the natural dye garden beds as the growing season comes to a close.

View large artworks displayed next to their dye plant sources and gain insight into various natural dye techniques. Discover the magic that unfolds when you experiment with colors sourced directly from the garden.

This project is made possible with support from the Kindling Foundation via SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME, aimed at creating a dye garden and advancing the learning and testing of new natural dye techniques.