Painting Textiles with Lake Pigments with Bailey Constas
Tuesday, June 9th
1:00pm-5:00pm
Members: $110
Non-Members: $125
All materials are included in this class!
Class Minimum: 3 participants
Class Maximum: 10 participants
Ages 10+
All levels welcome.
Make Lake Pigments with Natural Dyebaths!
In this one day workshop students will learn how to make lake pigments from natural dye baths, how to create stable paint for textile application, and additional painting technique as well!
Bailey will be using the exhaust dye baths from the previous day's class. If you’re interested in learning how to make these baths, sign up for Monday’s Natural Dye class as well!
Bailey will be pre-scouring cellulose bandanas (cotton) so students can go straight to painting.
First, students will learn how to make lake pigments from existing dye baths. This includes adding alum and washing soda to the dye bath and watching the flocculation take place! This transforms soluble natural dyes into insoluble pigments by bonding with them inorganic materials. We'll watch the pigment settle, and wash the pigment.
Next, Bailey and the class will combine the pigment paste with a binder and vinegar to create the textile paint.
After the lake pigments are created, Bailey will demo a few painting techniques and ideas, and then the class to freely paint on their textile! Bailey will discuss how to set your dyed goods and guide you how to properly fix your textiles.
All materials are provided for this class.
About ARTIST NAME: Bailey Constas’ practice centers on the relationship between material, place, and ecological memory. Working in watercolor, fiber, and natural dye, she creates pigments from plants, soils, and invasive species that I gather from her environment. These living materials shape the palette of my work, grounding each piece in the specific ecologies from which it originates. Working exclusively with natural fibers, she tufts textiles that highlight the tactile presence of handmade objects. By transforming discarded paper into functional forms and producing her own pigments, she aims to close the loop between creation and decay allowing each work to harmlessly return to the earth. Bailey’s process emerged from a desire to counter the waste and disposability embedded in contemporary life. Through regenerative craft and slow material practices, she explores cycles of transformation and the quiet intelligence of natural systems. Her work asks how art can operate within, rather than outside of, the ecological realities that surround us. Her pieces function as artifacts of an ongoing dialogue with land, labor, and impermanence. Objects that invite viewers to consider material not as resource, but as relationship.
Class COVID-19 policy: There are no COVID-19 restrictions for this class. Please do not come to class if you are feeling sick, and it is always advised to wear a mask if you are comfortable doing so.
Class cancellation policy: Please note: All Class cancellations are charged a $15 processing fee in addition to the following policy: Class cancellations 7 days or less prior to first day of class will receive no refund. 8-13 days before beginning of class, students will receive an 80% refund. 14 days or more before beginning of class: Full refund.