Everything from the world of plants has some kind of color. Boiling, steaming, fermenting and pounding are just some of the ways to extract those colors. In this class, students will learn techniques for extracting colors from leaves, flowers and roots by bundling and steaming over simmering water (eco-printing), beating color into cloth by pounding out the colors from flowers and leaves with hammers on boards (flower pounding), and ice flower printing. Students will work with silk, cotton and linen fabric, and 100% cotton garments such as T-shirts and simple cotton tops. Previous to the steaming and pounding process, the fabric and garments will be treated with a mordant to keep the colors from fading, and natural plant dyes will be used to dye the fabric first. While the steamers are working, students will learn how to extract colors from plants by pounding plant materials onto their pieces. Bring earplugs!