botanical dye workshops & events
There's a wide variety of ways to discover the color hidden in so many plants! I've designed my workshops to teach skills in various techniques that you can do at home, using plants in your environment.
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A look back at previous workshops
Dragonfly School fundraiser
The staff from Dragonfly School dyed 54 silk scarves for a fundraiser. Half were bundle dyed, half were dyed solid colors with Marigold, Hollyhock, and Cosmos. It was a fun and fast-paced day!
Fill a Dye Flower Press
With the dye garden at its peak, folks at this workshop filled baskets of dye flowers and loaded page after page of pressed flowers. They also made a sampler of the flowers to know what they look like in an ecoprint.
Painting with Dye/Mordants
Whether a beloved garment or a thrifted find, dye/mordant can make for an easy and artsy project. Folks at this workshop learned how to make mordant paste to mix with concentrated botanical dyes, with beautiful results.
Mordant and Dye a Silk Scarf
Designed to take the mystery out of mordants, participants mordanted silk scarves, harvested flowers from the dye garden and made dye baths, and learned some tips for dyeing silk.
Painting with Flowers
Literally! For this workshop at Durango Sustainable Goods, folks learned how to make concentrated dyes from flowers, mix it with mordant paste, and paint lasting images on fabric.
Foraging and Eco-printing
Partnering with the Mancos School of the West, this workshop explored the relationship between tannin-rich plants and iron. We gathered plants from my farm, used an iron solution and dye blankets to make beautiful prints.
Needle Felting a Rainbow Sheep
Thank to Turquoise Raven Art Gallery for hosting this workshop just in time for Christmas! Folks were provided plant-dyed Navajo Churro wool roving, felting supplies, and instruction to make their own adorable rainbow sheep ornament.
