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On-line registration for this course is now full. For availability or to be added to the wait list please contact our store at 1 604 669 3939. Mud Cloth 
Michele returns this year to give her outstanding workshop on mudprinting. This three-day class is designed to help the student understand the rich assortment of colour that can be gathered and brewed from the earth’s crust. In Africa this technique is known as Bogolanfini. Colour can be found in the most unlikely places. Clay-like mud pools that appear after a heavy rain can be dried and strained to yield pigments for cloth. The darker the mud, the richer the mineral deposit and the more interesting the colour for printing. This class will explore the yellow, orange, and red ochres like those found throughout France (including the caves at Lascaux) to create brilliant hues and a sense of light. An historic selection of exotic mineral pigments will be used to yield the intense violet, blue, and aqua colours associated with lapis hematite and turquoise. The workshop will focus on cloth preparation and pigment/mud application; the role of tannins to intensify the colour; the process of curing cloth; the appropriate media for painting and stencilling; and the specialty techniques used to layer colour and images with mineral-infused pigments. Instruction in mixing pigments will prepare the student to achieve an extended range of exotic colours. Pre-cut stencils will be used to create artwork on antique lines. A full notebook with fabric, images, instructions, and an inspiring range of samples of muds, ochres, and mineral pigments will be provided. Michele Wipplinger is also teaching Colour Institute I and Colour Institute II Michele Wipplinger Michele is president of Earthues Inc., an international colour and design consulting company specializing in ecology and the artisan. She has over 30 years’ experience in the field of natural design and ecological process, with an emphasis on natural dyes. She lectures worldwide and creates an exclusive line of hand-painted silk shawls with natural plant dyes. Michele has been a consultant in Nepal for the development of colour and natural dye processes for the Tibetan hand-woven carpet industry. She has developed products and consulted on colour for Aveda, Origins, Martha Stewart Living, Esprit, Terra Verde, and Nature Conservancy. Michele is on the Executive Board of Directors for Colour Marketing Group and received the United Nations award for her environmental stewardship on the development of an ecological natural dye process for the American textile industry. To view her work visit www.earthues.com.
© Maiwa Handprints Ltd. 2008.
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