Class Description

This class will use plants and flowers grown at the instructors farm as well as plants and flowers foraged from the surrounding area to create lovely printed silhouettes on silk fabric. Silk picks up the natural color of the individual plants and is a lovely way to record a bit of the summer. This class will go over the technique of eco-printing, design and fabric considerations as well as give students time to explore and design their own beautiful silk scarves. 1 silk scarf included with class price, additional silk scarves can be purchased through the instructor for $5 each. Ages 8+

Please register at least 24 hours in advance by either emailing heronsllyn@gmail.com or texting (970)-471-4691, the sooner the better!

Class length: 1 hour

Spots: 12

Cost: $20/person

Instructor Bio

Aja Ewing (she/her) is a 3rd generation fiber artist who specialises in fiber education and how textiles are connected with our natural resources. She has a BS in Natural Resource Management from Green Mountain College and a MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Unity University. She has 20+ experience in spinning and dyeing as well as knitting, crocheting and weaving. She's spent the last 5 years in pollinator studies, including her masters course, Cornell's Master Beekeepers course, as well as working for commercial native plants nurseries and apiaries. Through her education she has focused on ways that our textile industry impacts our natural environment and ways to improve the ways we source, process and market textiles in a method that can reduce harm or even benefit native pollinators. Aja's teaching style is engaging and hands-on and she takes care to create a learning environment that is a safe place for all. She raises sheep and bees as well as sells her handspun yarn out of her farm in Orwell, VT.