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Eco-Printed Silk Scarves 🧣

August 28, 2022 @ 9:30 am 4:30 pm

*Note date has changed*

Instructed by Renate Britez at the Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre.

Eco Printed Silk Scarves

Saturday, August 28, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Beginner or Experienced / Adult / Youth 14+

Students will come away with an understanding of natural dyeing with fresh raw dye, and surface design techniques and leave with sample swatches in various sustainable fibres, a finished silk scarf dyed with local colour as well as informational handouts on how to repeat the process at home with local plants.

Materials included

Registration Deadline:  Friday, August 5, 2022.

About Renata

Renata Britez is a Textile Artist originally from Brazil and based in Fredericton NB. She is a graduate of the Textile Design Diploma program at the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design (NBCCD). Her main interest falls in traditional printing methods and natural dyes. Renata’s work has been shown and sold across the Maritimes. She travels to teach textile workshops around the Region. For the last couple of years, she taught at various festivals and events including the Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival, Edventures and NBCCD Summer Workshop Series at Kings Landing. Renata’s goal is to explore and share traditional textile techniques using natural dyes and fibres.

$150