tinctoria
printing pasta's with natural colours
March 20-21, 2015
2days masterclass in Printingpasta at atelier Fiberfusing, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Leentje van Hengel from Tinctoria in the Netherlands is a master in natural dyeing. She knows precisely what to do and how to make the strong colours. She can give you all the answers you have about natural dyeing and printing.
you can bring your own handmade felt and other woolen and silk fabrics too. We shall use alum-mordanting and printing colours with high light- en wash fastness, reproducible. Extracts from madder, weld, genista, chestnut, cochineal, persian blue are mixed with a mordant into a pasta. This can be used with a brush, a printbloc, a stencil or simple screen.
We are also going to work with an etching paste, which will bleach the textile in a safe way. It is possible to combine this with the printing paste.
Who is Leentje van Hengel
Leentje van Hengel, owner of Tinctoria since 1991, is a passionated textiledesigner working with only natural dye-pigments. More than 20 years she investigates the dyed products on light-fastness and wash-fastness. Her knowledge brought her customorders for wellknown designers all over the world. For Claudy Jongstra she dyed the huge wallhanging in the OBA, she helps to developped the rubbia extract for the company Rubia in the Netherlands. Recently are the products for Thomas Eyck, designed by Christien Meinderstma.
Atelier Fiberfusing is located in a beautiful countryside, but still close to Schiphol and Amsterdam. It is welknown by their experienced and qualified national and international instructors. All workshops will be taught in English and/or in Dutch. We will serve fresh coffee and homemade lunches, with healthy salades, warm dishes, farmers bread and several Dutch cheeses.
Registration Atelier Fiberfusing
Email: fiberfusing@gmail.com
Website: www.blogspot.fiberfusing.com
Location: Amsteldijk Zuid 180, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Phone: 0031(0)297-582384
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