Lichen Identification and Eco-Printing with Lichen Dyes

Dye Lichen Identification: Learn to identify lichens while following safe-use and sustainable harvest guidelines. Learn about historic uses of local dye lichens and prepare a dyevat to take home. Eco-printing with Lichen Dyes: Print plants onto silk using lichen and mushroom dyes. Create your own myco-printed silk scarf to take home. All materials provided. Instructor Irene Hinkle has been a fiber artist for 40 years and has a Master's degree in Sustainability Education. She taught lichen identification as part of Cascadia AirNET, a lichen bioindicator research project.