Instructor: Karen Zukas
Ages: 10 up
Format: 90 minute workshop
Date: Saturday, June 14th
Time: 10:00 to 11:30
Course Fee: $45.00 - All materials included - fresh flowers, water color paper cards, paper towels, calligraphy pens, etc., PLEASE BRING a small hammer (or any hammer if you don't have a small one)...and if you have an abundance of soft petal garden flowers like pansies, zinnias, roses, delphinium, mums, honeysuckle, please bring to use and to share. if you have em. The more we have, the more we can make.
Flower Power ~ Flower Pounding on Paper
Tatakizome is an ancient Japanese way of transferring flowers to a fabric - usually silk and/or onto paper. It is a simple technique which renders gorgeous results. Create your composition on cottton rag watercolor paper, then tap your hammer to get gorgeous painterly results. Make cards, framed pictures, gift tags, the sky is the limit.