Hunting for Color - Found and foraged plants for natural dyeing
We will be on the hunt for beautiful browns, creams, khaki greens and grays for the workshop the following day - Block Printed Natural Dye Camo! This class is designed to be paired with the following, but it does not NEED to be.
Please join for one or both for a 30% discount on the second class - use code HUNTINGCAMO
604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 10:00 to 4:00 PM
All experience levels welcome and all materials are provided! No previous dye or textile background necessary.
Pack a lunch or grab a bagel from next door around noon.
How can you tell whether a plant will be good for dyeing? If you’re not testing, you’re guessing!
In this workshop we will build the tool necessary to test a plant for all kinds of use in natural dyeing! We will be designing a printing a matrix of mordant mixes onto fabric (don’t worry we’ll learn all about it) that will develop in an infusion of any soluble plant material! Its as simple as shoving a piece of fabric into a cup of tea, but we’ll be doing fancy things to the fabric up front and you probably wont want to drink these mixes of barks, roots and leaves!
We will make infusions of a bunch of different plants gathered from around the studio. I welcome you to bring in a collection of plant material of any type of plant that you’re curious about and we can see what its capable of!
These test swatches will give information on how much and what types of colors are available from each plant. We will then set up light-fastness tests to see how well the colors hold up against Ultraviolet light.
You’ll leave the class with a whole stack of swatches with information about local plants as well as unused swatches that that will allow you to test other plants. These test swatches do not have an expiration date so you can use them up to decades later to gather information about any plant you’re curious about.
We will be on the hunt for beautiful browns, creams, khaki greens and grays for the workshop the following day - Block Printed Natural Dye Camo! This class is designed to be paired with the following, but it does not NEED to be.
Please join for one or both for a 30% discount on the second class - use code HUNTINGCAMO
604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 10:00 to 4:00 PM
All experience levels welcome and all materials are provided! No previous dye or textile background necessary.
Pack a lunch or grab a bagel from next door around noon.
How can you tell whether a plant will be good for dyeing? If you’re not testing, you’re guessing!
In this workshop we will build the tool necessary to test a plant for all kinds of use in natural dyeing! We will be designing a printing a matrix of mordant mixes onto fabric (don’t worry we’ll learn all about it) that will develop in an infusion of any soluble plant material! Its as simple as shoving a piece of fabric into a cup of tea, but we’ll be doing fancy things to the fabric up front and you probably wont want to drink these mixes of barks, roots and leaves!
We will make infusions of a bunch of different plants gathered from around the studio. I welcome you to bring in a collection of plant material of any type of plant that you’re curious about and we can see what its capable of!
These test swatches will give information on how much and what types of colors are available from each plant. We will then set up light-fastness tests to see how well the colors hold up against Ultraviolet light.
You’ll leave the class with a whole stack of swatches with information about local plants as well as unused swatches that that will allow you to test other plants. These test swatches do not have an expiration date so you can use them up to decades later to gather information about any plant you’re curious about.
We will be on the hunt for beautiful browns, creams, khaki greens and grays for the workshop the following day - Block Printed Natural Dye Camo! This class is designed to be paired with the following, but it does not NEED to be.
Please join for one or both for a 30% discount on the second class - use code HUNTINGCAMO
604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 10:00 to 4:00 PM
All experience levels welcome and all materials are provided! No previous dye or textile background necessary.
Pack a lunch or grab a bagel from next door around noon.
How can you tell whether a plant will be good for dyeing? If you’re not testing, you’re guessing!
In this workshop we will build the tool necessary to test a plant for all kinds of use in natural dyeing! We will be designing a printing a matrix of mordant mixes onto fabric (don’t worry we’ll learn all about it) that will develop in an infusion of any soluble plant material! Its as simple as shoving a piece of fabric into a cup of tea, but we’ll be doing fancy things to the fabric up front and you probably wont want to drink these mixes of barks, roots and leaves!
We will make infusions of a bunch of different plants gathered from around the studio. I welcome you to bring in a collection of plant material of any type of plant that you’re curious about and we can see what its capable of!
These test swatches will give information on how much and what types of colors are available from each plant. We will then set up light-fastness tests to see how well the colors hold up against Ultraviolet light.
You’ll leave the class with a whole stack of swatches with information about local plants as well as unused swatches that that will allow you to test other plants. These test swatches do not have an expiration date so you can use them up to decades later to gather information about any plant you’re curious about.