Art Class - Flower Pounding

June 26th  |  6:00 pm

We're thrilled to welcome Tami back to our beautiful space this summer. This always proves to be a magical night under the shade of the pergola in our perennial area!

Make art and support the bees for National Pollinators Month! Discover the art of using natural pigments through flower power in the courtyard at Masterson's Nursery for Flower Pounding. Use ornamental and native flowers plucked right from their gardens to create botanical prints while learning how to express natural dye compounds found in the petals and stems of flowering plants and vines. Students will learn basic natural dyeing methods before choosing their plants, imprinting onto pre-mordanted muslin for an organically "dyed" tapestry piece that will stay vibrant long after the snow comes back.

Instructor Bio:
Tami Fuller is a second-generation fiber artist, curator and educator. Her work integrates the traditional foundations of hand-constructed processes with modern technique. Her workshops are designed with an eye toward revitalizing and modernizing fiber, ensuring the continuation of these skill sets by exposing the art form to new people within new contexts. She teaches retreats and workshops throughout the North East and is an exhibiting member of the Buffalo Society of Artists and a Roycroft Emerging Artist in Fiber. Her work has received awards from NY Sheep and Wool, Carnegie Art Center and Lake Affect Magazine. In 2022, she was defined as a WNY artist culture-maker and a recipient of the NY Council on the Arts “Creatives Rebuild NY,” tasked with rebuilding arts access post-COVID. She has shown in several solo and group shows locally, most recently at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, and her work can be found in collections in the United States, Canada and Australia.