Intro to Botanical Dyes

with Perennial

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ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category

Arts & DIY

Event Overview

Natural dyes are a beautiful and sustainable way to bring color to textiles. From vegetables, nuts, seeds and even tiny bugs, you can achieve beautiful browns, oranges, yellows, reds, purples, and blues. In this workshop, you’ll learn to create dye baths from natural materials. Participants will experiment with the plant-based dyes to create hand-dyed fabrics of various colors. Participants will leave with a test strip from each dye bath to keep for future reference. Please bring in one to two items from home to dye (a scarf, small shirt, or thin skirt) made of 100% natural fibers (white cotton, silk, or wool).


Materials saved from the landfill:
natural fibers

What to Bring

Please bring in one to two items from home to dye (a scarf, small shirt, or thin skirt) made of 100% natural fibers (white cotton, silk, or wool).

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

All dyestuff and equipment will be provided.

What You Can Expect From This Experience
  • tea
  • onion skins
  • avocado pits
  • natural textile dyeing
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST

Perennial

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Perennial is a community workshop + store that transforms trash into creatively restored objects and teaches the St. Louis community how to do the same.

For more information visit www.perennialstl.org or call 314-832-2288.

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