Eco Printing Workshop with Jasmine Bains

Eco-Printing Workshop with Jasmine Bains: A Day of Alchemy & Art

Step into a world where nature leaves its signature on silk. The Jasmine Bains Eco-Printing Workshop is an intimate, hands-on experience that transforms the simplest of leaves into breathtaking botanical imprints—each piece an echo of the earth’s quiet poetry.

Held in-studio at House No. 230, Level One, Sector 36, Chandigarh, this immersive one-day workshop invites you to slow down, observe, and create. It is not just a craft; it is an awakening—a dialogue between fabric, flora, and your own artistic intuition.

What Awaits You?

From the first light of morning, we step into the wilderness, gathering leaves—eucalyptus, rose, marigold, and whatever nature gifts us that day. The act of foraging itself is meditative, a reconnection to the raw, untouched beauty of the land. Back in the studio, the magic begins.

    •    The Art of Placement: Like composing a love letter to nature, you will arrange leaves on fine silk, letting instinct and design merge.

    •    Preparing the Fabric: Learn the alchemy of natural mordants, unlocking vibrant hues hidden within botanical pigments.

    •    The Steaming Ritual: As the fabric rests in tightly rolled bundles, we let heat and time work their enchantment, coaxing colors and textures from the plant’s very soul.

By evening, when we unroll our creations, every piece will carry a secret story—pressed in deep ochres, misty lavenders, and golden ambers, unique to your hands, your touch, your journey.

This is more than a workshop; it’s an experience. A pause. A remembering. You will leave with not just the knowledge of eco-printing but a tangible piece of your day—a pure silk scarf, usually valued at ₹5,500–₹6,000, now infused with your own artistry.

Join us in this dance of nature and craftsmanship. Seats are limited, ensuring an intimate, immersive experience. Come, create, and carry a piece of the forest with you.

Reserve Your Spot in Our 3 Packages - 

The Full Palette (Package 1)

Botanical prints on silk - printing all kinds of plants and flowers, getting a wide palette of colours 

10 Sessions

Beginners / Advanced 

Language - English, Hindi, Punjabi

INR 30000

My flagship course, the best gateway to the world of eco printing and natural dyeing. Regardless of your previous experience, you will reach a mastership level. You will learn how to print on silk, linen and cotton using different concentration of mordants. I will show you different bundling techniques, as each have their wonderful colour transfers. You will learn to analyse different botanical textures and my beautiful pattern placement. 

Get Started 

• Kinds of fabrics we can use in this class
• How to prepare your fabrics 
• Equipment & materials required

Analysing Plants 

• Become an active observer of Nature & getting to know the tannins that plants contain 
• Use this knowledge to know what to expect plants on the fabric 
• See all my vast variety of dye materials from all over the world 

Mordant 

• Influence of metals in the mordant - Aluminium, iron, aluminium + iron (the combination method), and their special relationship with the different organic substances that plant contain 
• How to use easily available substances at your local grocery store, to prepare an accurate mordant solution 
• How to use the mordant as a creative tool - you will get 3 different concentrations of mordant recipes that will yield different results: a milestone for light, medium and dark results. You will also be able to adjust the recipes and create more recipes on your own. This is a powerful tool that will give you not only control on the final results but also a method that will help you to achieve your unique style
• How to process your fabrics in the mordant in a quick, easy and innovative way

Tannin 

• The tannin and ferrous reaction and how to take advantage of this reaction for printing and for backgrounds 
• Plants we can extract tannin from 
  
• How to extract tannin from plants that are available that you can gather in your local environment 
  
• Colours we can get from different natural dyes 
• How to use natural dye extracts 
  

Printing

• How to get beautiful, colourful & crisp prints on the natural colour of the fabric 
• How to prints with different colour backgrounds 
• 3 different bundling techniques for 3 different printing styles 
• How to bundle large pieces of fabrics 
• How to steam your bundles and finish your work

Colourful Silk, Linen & Cotton (Package 2)

Get colourful prints on silk, linen & cotton using only homemade iron water: a simple and sustainable approach that includes a game changing and systematic technique of the famous iron blanket. 

5 sessions 

Beginners / Advanced 

Language - English, Hindi, Punjabi 

INR 17500

In this course I will teach to print on silk, linen & cotton, preparing your fabrics with only diluted iron water and still getting colourful results. Focusing on sustainability, I will explain how to create your home made iron water using no chemicals and how to use it. You will get two beautifully printed fabrics with a different style of print from the same bundle. You will learn how botanicals behave on fabrics with this method and also get spectacular colours from a range of leaves. I will also teach how to create  colourful background. 

Get started 

• Fabrics suitable for this technique: silks, linen & cotton 
• Different fabrics, different results

The Double Printing Bundling Technique

• Constructing a bundle for double printing
• Going deeper working with iron water including the iron blanket technique 
• Different styles of mirror images 

Plants 

• Plants best suited for this technique 
• My top ten favourites 
• Both side of a leaf - a key concept to understand how a key stores food, and how to print both sides of it to get a variation in texture of prints, 1 leaf = 2 prints 
• The graphic charm of needle leaves: how to print them 
• Eucalyptus: that amazing rich in tannin and touch of colour

Eco Printing Process 

• How to prepare iron water and using it sustainably 

Bonus & Colour Stories 

• Creating a coloured background using different natural dyes 
• Creating colourful leafy prints using different dye pigments 
• How to combine colourful prints and earthly natural prints on the same fabric

Monochromatic (Package 3)

A technique especially designed for printing tannin - rich plants and silver oaks on protein fibre such as silk. 

1 session

Beginners / Advanced 

Language - English, Hindi, Punjabi 

INR 5000

In this course, we will deal with an Eco printing technique which yields monochromatic results. We will learn how to print different parts (leaves, barks, buds, flowers etc) of a variety of silver oaks and other tannin rich leaves. We will learn how to prepare the fabrics to get this monochromatic look, how to work with tannins and different folding methods. This technique explores the beauty of imperfection, the modesty and the rustic calmness of Nature. 

Get Started 

• What kinds of fabric would best suit this technique 
• How to prepare your fabrics 
• Equipment and materials for mordanting and printing 

Mordant 

• How to use available substances to prepare homemade mordant solution 
• How to process your fabrics in the mordant solution innovatively 
• You will get an accurate mordant recipe that allows you to get the desired results 

Printing

• What are tannins and how to use them for printing and creating different prints 
• How to work with tannin rich plants and learn placement on the fabric 
• How to lay and arrange plants with 3 dimensional parts and achieve clear prints 
• How to make bundles, different folding techniques 
• Mirror images and free style 
• How to create dark and light leafy impressions on the same fabric 
• How to cook your bundles and finish your project