The North Thompson Arts Council is proud to have had Coralee Asker, all the way from Australia, in the gallery to teach an eco dyeing class on April 21.
Coralee has been practicing art her whole life, and print making for 27 years. She has a Fine Arts honours degree from Federation University in Ceramics with a minor in Printmaking. She currently practices print making and bookmaking using the papers from her eco dying practice.
Coralee resides in Sunshine Coast, Queensland and teaches through Wallace House, which is an incorporated, not-for-profit art precinct in Australia.
Coralee uses her papers for collage, cards, reprinting imagery on to them of a nature theme and for making book pages and covers. She showed how to use different types of paper in this dyeing process but there was a little information on fabric dyeing as well. If any participants wanted to bring small card-size pieces of silk, wool or cotton they received a bit of an idea of how they print as well.
The class was very educational and entertaining. A good time was had by all.
North Thompson Arts Council is looking to host more classes. If you practice an art form and are interested in teaching, please reach out. We would be happy to host you.
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