Workshop
Nature’s Palette Natural Dyeing Course
13 Jul 2021 – 3 Aug 2021
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 13:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 13:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 13:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 13:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 13:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 13:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 13:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
The 4 full day course costs £220 and tickets can be purchased through our eventbrite page.
Address
- St. Saviours, Aberdeen Park, Highbury
- London
- N5 2AR
- United Kingdom
‘Nature’s Palette’ Natural Dyeing Course is an outdoor 4 day comprehensive natural dyeing workshop at the Florence Trust.
About
‘Nature’s Palette’ forms the foundations of a comprehensive natural dyeing course and is delivered in our ‘COVID Safe’ outdoor teaching space in the Dye Garden.
We refer to Jenny Dean’s ‘Colours From Nature’ as our dyeing resource. The knowledge and technical skills gained will explore the beauty of Nature’s Palette, covering all natural dyeing groups. On completion, you will have the ability to be a competent natural dyeing practitioner and confidently pursue your own creative direction. Included in the workshop package
– All dyeing resources
– A sample pack of yarns; wool, silk, cotton and linen for each workshop
– A sample pack of fabric swatches: silk, cotton and linen for each workshop
We operate ‘COVID Safe’ workshops teaching in our outdoor teaching space in the Dye Garden.
13th July – An Introduction and Mordants & Modifiers
This workshop provides the essential information required for best practice, the proper use and safe disposal of natural dyes, and the importance of mordants and modifiers.
20th July – Substantive Dyes: YELLOW
Substantive dyes are so called because the colour can be fixed without the need of another substance. This is the easiest type of natural dye to apply. We will prepare and dye samples of wool, silk, cotton and linen thread.
27th July – Adjective Dyes: RED
Adjective or additive dyes must use a mordant (a substance that fixes a dye) to permanently bond with fibres and allow the colour to fully develop. We will prepare and dye samples of wool, silk, cotton and linen thread.
3rd August – Vat Dyes: INDIGO
Vat dyes are a class of water insoluble dyes, such as indigo. We will prepare and dye samples of wool, silk, cotton and linen thread and explore various shibori techniques traditionally associated with an indigo vat.