Cocreating with Plants: Eco-printing in Autumn

Eco-printing is like capturing a photograph of plant onto fabric – the essence, color, shapes, the veins. In a way, you are immortalizing a leaf that might otherwise be discarded or blown into the wind. 

As autumn leaves start to swirl around us, textile artist Verenice Berroa-Torres will guide us in infusing the medicinal, energetic, and physical properties of plants into the fabrics we wear into the world in this backyard Berkeley workshop. Our experience will begin before the workshop, with a guided walking meditation to collect leaves near your home.

Once we arrive together, we will learn how to prepare our fabric to receive the dye, place leaves, and how to care for your fabric afterwards. By the end of this workshop, participants will leave with two completed projects: an eco-printed silk scarf and a bandana.

Through mindful eco-printing textile techniques, we will collectively:

• Develop the confidence and expertise…