In October 2018, Nicky Oliver came to Boston, MA to teach a phenomenal 2-day workshop in leather dying for our members. Here are some photos from that workshop to inspire you to keep an eye on your inbox for our future workshops. Our Chair, Erin Fletcher, has already emailed members about the next workshop, which will be in March, with Madeleine Durham and her special paste paper techniques. Sign up quickly, as spots are limited.
Nicky Oliver had us working with powder dyes and spirit dyes on fair leather scraps of many shades. Nicky demonstrated techniques like marbling, masking, and craquelure, which we practiced before we each prepared a final plaquette. As always, test your materials before moving to a final project! We all came away with big ideas for applying these techniques to our own work.
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