Introduction to Natural Dyeing Workshop - Saturday 2nd of November
Introduction to Natural Dyeing Workshop
Takes place in our new studio (Kallirois Parren 3, Athens) - 6 students max
The workshop will last 3 hours (11.00-14.00) and includes all materials as well as snacks.
So many natural materials can produce amazing colours. Flowers and plants from your garden, vegetables and kitchen waste as well as plants, roots, lichens or tree barks found in a park, a forest or a field close to your home. All these can produce the most beautiful colour palette. Natural dyeing is a constant exploration and pleasant surprise.
In the workshop we will use four main natural dyestuff:
Madder (roots), Chamomile (flowers), Onion (skins), Acorn Cupules
With these we will make 8 different colours.
We will also talk about other plants you can use to dye with, the natural dyeing process, the fabric/fiber choices and how mordants work.
Each student will leave with a botanically dyed swatch book with fabric and yarn samples (linen, silk, cotton and wool) dyed with the eight different colours we will create in class.
Please bring a notebook with you. The workshop is taught in Greek and/or English depending on the students.
Introduction to Natural Dyeing Workshop
Takes place in our new studio (Kallirois Parren 3, Athens) - 6 students max
The workshop will last 3 hours (11.00-14.00) and includes all materials as well as snacks.
So many natural materials can produce amazing colours. Flowers and plants from your garden, vegetables and kitchen waste as well as plants, roots, lichens or tree barks found in a park, a forest or a field close to your home. All these can produce the most beautiful colour palette. Natural dyeing is a constant exploration and pleasant surprise.
In the workshop we will use four main natural dyestuff:
Madder (roots), Chamomile (flowers), Onion (skins), Acorn Cupules
With these we will make 8 different colours.
We will also talk about other plants you can use to dye with, the natural dyeing process, the fabric/fiber choices and how mordants work.
Each student will leave with a botanically dyed swatch book with fabric and yarn samples (linen, silk, cotton and wool) dyed with the eight different colours we will create in class.
Please bring a notebook with you. The workshop is taught in Greek and/or English depending on the students.
Introduction to Natural Dyeing Workshop
Takes place in our new studio (Kallirois Parren 3, Athens) - 6 students max
The workshop will last 3 hours (11.00-14.00) and includes all materials as well as snacks.
So many natural materials can produce amazing colours. Flowers and plants from your garden, vegetables and kitchen waste as well as plants, roots, lichens or tree barks found in a park, a forest or a field close to your home. All these can produce the most beautiful colour palette. Natural dyeing is a constant exploration and pleasant surprise.
In the workshop we will use four main natural dyestuff:
Madder (roots), Chamomile (flowers), Onion (skins), Acorn Cupules
With these we will make 8 different colours.
We will also talk about other plants you can use to dye with, the natural dyeing process, the fabric/fiber choices and how mordants work.
Each student will leave with a botanically dyed swatch book with fabric and yarn samples (linen, silk, cotton and wool) dyed with the eight different colours we will create in class.
Please bring a notebook with you. The workshop is taught in Greek and/or English depending on the students.
