Eco Printing Workshop

with Nora Ready

Saturday 19 July
10:00am-2:00pm

participants 16 years+, or 12-15 years with adult guardian
$70 + GST / person

eco printing at Sooke Region Museum with Nora Ready

Learn about eco-printing invasive and non-invasive plants, respectful foraging and ethical use of textiles. Each participant will print 2 pieces of fabric with materials gathered together on site and supplied by the instructor. Participants should bring an apron and rubber gloves (to not dye their clothing and hands!)

Lunch break included; bring your lunch/snacks. Coffee/tea provided.

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About the instructor

Nora’s textile work reflects her interest in and ongoing experimentation with botanical dyeing, ethical use of textiles, improvisational quilting, mindful stitching, gathering and foraging, and connection to place. She is a cisgender woman of Irish and British descent who is honoured to live on the West Coast – the traditional territory of the  W̱SÁNEĆ people.

I have a daily practice of mindful stitch using small patches of fabric and what is at hand – remnants and scraps, various types of threads, garden or beach debris. I also work on larger fabric wall hangings and pieces that I mount or frame.

There are so many textile artists that I look to for techniques and to gain inspiration. These include India Flint for extensive knowledge of botanical dyeing, Alice Fox for use of gardens and natural elements in textile work, Sharon Kallis for collaborative, ecological and place based art practice, and Claire Wellesley-Smith for guidance on how stitching can be a mindful practice that aids in well being and connection to self, place and others. I also am fascinated by cultural textile practices such as the Squamish Nation’s cedar bark harvesting and weaving, the Gee Bend quilts, and Japanese sashiko stitch as examples of how textile art and craft can be practical, artful and reflective of community.

Working with fabric and stitch gives me daily pleasure and leads me down endless roads of discovery. Nora is a member of Fibre Art Network and the BC Yukon Surface Design Association.

I am constantly inspired by the land, sea and sky that nourishes me every day, Nora Ready