Overview
Using plant matter gathered on the ESAC property, students will learn multiple imaging techniques to inform their artistic practice. Day one will jump-start with Botanic Ecoprinting, a methodology whereby flora and plant life imprint on paper in a heat process. Students will also create fugitive anthotype sun prints of plant matter on paper using plant and berry emulsions. Plants will also be photographed and image transfer techniques will be explored to imprint imagery onto the botanic ecoprints and anthotypes. Additional color embellishment will also be explored. Finally, students will create a small concertina handmade book of their prints.
Botanical Printmaking: Nature as a Muse
with Bryant Whelan
Date: Jan 10 and 11 2026
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Price: $375/$350 MEMBER PLUS $25 SUPPLY FEE
Students do not need to bring supplies. Instructor will provide each student with a SUPPLY KIT to use in the workshop to include: dyes, mordants, chemicals, fabrics and paper, image transfer supplies sunprinting glass forms, supplies for making concertina books. Instructor will also have on hand other supplies for student use for ecoprinting process and to embellish prints such as colored pencils and watercolors.
A $25 fee will be charged for all class refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to fourteen days prior to the FIRST DAY OF TERM CLASSES. Thereafter, no refunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the class.
A $75 fee will be charged for all workshop refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to one month prior to the workshop. Thereafter, no refunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the class.
Bryant Whelan
Instructor
Bryant Galloway Whelan is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work reflects her sense of awe and wonder for forms of nature and their intrinsic beauty. Through her work she hopes to inspire others to see nature through an expanded lens, inspiring a reverence for its beautiful biodiversity. A lifelong artist, Whelan earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Auburn University and only began making art as a full-time practice in 2023 upon retirement as Executive Director of Eastern Shore Art Center in Fairhope, Alabama. Whelan has won numerous awards for her work as well as been awarded artist residencies in Nantucket, Cape Cod, and Seaside, Florida. Whelan is a member of Fairhope Signature Artists and Mississippi Art Colony and enjoys teaches classes and workshops in experimental printmaking techniques. When not in her studio Whelan is likely on a coastal beach foraging for seaweed and beach fauna, walking in the woods gathering flora, seed pods and moth wings, or traveling to explore remote natural environs
- A $25 fee will be charged for all class refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to seven (7) days prior to class start date. Thereafter, no refunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the class.
- A $75 fee will be charged for all workshop refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to one (1) month prior to the workshop start date. Thereafter, norefunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the workshop.
