Impressions of Nature

Artist/Instructor: Mary Hermans

Fee: Members $45, Not-yet members $60

Supplies included

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Explore the intersection of art, style, and ecology through the process of botanical printing on fabric. In this hands-on workshop, participants will create their own naturally imprinted textiles using foraged and garden-grown plant materials. You’ll learn how leaves and flowers transfer their pigments and forms directly onto cloth through pressure, moisture, and heat, transforming simple fabric into wearable or functional art. Participants will work with a 28-inch square of flour sack cotton, a versatile canvas that can become a kitchen towel, scarf, wall hanging, or head wrap. As you experiment with composition and color, you’ll gain insight into the quiet alchemy of natural dyeing and the delicate, collaborative relationship between plant and fiber.

Mary Hermans 
Mary Hermans is a folk artist and educator whose practice bridges the disciplines of natural dyeing, printmaking, and herbal craft. Through her studio, Nexus Botanical Arts, she creates one-of-a-kind botanically dyed textiles and teaches the art of working with plants as creative collaborators. Her work emphasizes sustainability, slow process, and a deep reverence for the natural world.

Nexus Botanical Arts: https://www.nexusbotanicalarts.com/

For Further information, please contact Kathy Shiroki: shirokkg@buffalostate.edu