workshops

I teach classes and workshops in book making, textile art, and natural mark making. My workshop schedule for 2024 is listed below. Please contact me if you want more information or if you are interested in hosting one of my workshops at your venue.

2024 workshops

Woven Spine Book / Virginia Center for the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia, February 10, 2024, 10 am – 4 pm. Registration is open. For more information and to register visit the Virginia Center for the Book events page.

Memento fabric book / Virginia Center for the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 13 & 14, 2024, 10 am – 4 pm. Registration is open. For more information and to register visit the Virginia Center for the Book events page.

Botanical Contact Printing / Virginia Center for the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 22 & 23, 2024. Registration is open. For more information and to register visit the Virginia Center for the Book events page.

Select past workshops

Cloth bound: textiles in book form / Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, May 2023.

Nature Inspired Soft Covered Books / Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee, Tennessee, June 2023.

Botanical Bounty: Exploring Natural Mark Making / Fibre Arts Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, & Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, July 2019.

Botanical contact printing / Virginia Center for the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 2018.

Eco printing, bookbinding, and embroidery / Langwe Ateljé, Mora, Sweden, August 2018.

Botanical contact printing / Florence Thomas Art School, West Jefferson, North Carolina, September 2018.

Botanical Bounty: The Foundation of Eco-Printing / Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts / Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA, October 2017

Natural Mark Making

Monday, June 6, 2016 9:00 AM 09:00
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 5:00 PM 17:00

The Barn Swallow 796 Gillums Ridge Road Charlottesville, VA, 22903 United States (map)

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Three day workshop in eco-printing and other natural mark making methods on fabric and paper. The class is an introduction to contact printing with plants (eco-printing). In addition, we will experiment with natural dye methods, simple shibori techniques, and stitching effects. Topics such as sustainability, safe and proper practices for harvesting, and ethical issues related to natural dye practices will be discussed. There will be ample opportunity for hands-on experimentation with the various techniques. Samples, notes, and recipes will be assembled into a simple hand-bound book during the class.

The workshop will be held at The Barn Swallow, a former tobacco barn from the 1800's converted into a beautiful art gallery, located a few miles west of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Teacher: Lotta Helleberg

Dates: Monday, June 6 – Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 9 am - 5 pm

Workshop Fee: $375

This workshop is full. Please contact us via email to be added to the wait list.