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ONSITE | Friday, May 5, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Instructors: Barb Kotts & Penelope Reed

$95 Non-member Adult**

(**Arboretum Members receive a 10% discount on all classes.)

Course Capacity: 10

3 hour credit | BREG Elective - Design & Botanical Illustration | BRN Elective - Growing in Place & Special Topics

Borrow inspiration from nature and make what seems like magic in this workshop that  features eco printing on paper using plants! No artistic experience is necessary – just a willingness to experiment and enjoy a fun day with two engaging teachers. Eco printing is the process of making direct contact botanical prints from the natural pigment found in plants. Instructors Barb Kotts and Penelope Reed will guide you through preparing your paper and choosing the leaves and blooms that provide the best results. You will also be introduced to the art of using natural dyes and will learn how to bundle and transfer plant material to paper via steam – where the magic of pigment to paper transfer happens! Your finished eco prints on paper can be used in making books, journals and cards, and can be embellished with items such as small twigs, shells, stones, or small pieces of metal. So join us in magical surroundings while our Bloom with a View festival is underway and create some magic of your own.

Barb Kotts and Penelope Reed are makers who incorporate natural elements in their eco printing, book making and photography. Both Blue Ridge Naturalists and Arboretum volunteers, they find endless sources of inspiration in the natural world for what they create.    

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