Discover the wide range of dye colors available from nature. Contrary to popular belief and Hollywood, the world before chemical dyes was not a drab world of grays and beiges. Natural dyes made from plants, barks, roots, and insects can provide a wide range of colors, both muted and bright.
This introductory workshop will show you how to create beautiful, lightfast and washfast color from natural dyes. We will teach you how to find dye materials and use them to obtain the best results, prepare protein fibers for dyeing, and dye the fibers. We will use natural dye plants from Lori’s dye garden, native and imported dye material. You will learn to prepare the dyes, to mordant, to dye protein fiber, and to experiment with color by using postmordant baths and afterbaths. Proper safe handling of natural dyes and mordants will be covered.
The two classes will cover different dyes and will depend on seasonal availability of plant materials.
Enrollment: 4 to 15
Minimum age: 14
a/ July 21, 2012, Saturday, 9:00-5:00pm
b/ September 22, 2012, Saturday, 9:00-5:00pm
Tuition: $100
Materials: $15
Cook's Mill, Scotts, MI
With Lori Evesque
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