ABOUT THIS EVENT

Event Category

Arts & DIY

Event Overview

Materials saved from the landfill:
wool, cotton, silk

Skills you’ll learn:
prepping fabric, setting up a dye bath, natural dyeing, mordants



Do you love the beautiful, earthy tones of natural dyes? Learn the process of more complicated dyeing using mordants with Perennial’s Director, Jenny Murphy. Participants will take part in the step-by-step process of choosing and preparing fabric for dyeing, learning how to create a dye vat with local materials, as well as how mordants work to fix color and increase light-fastness. The colors produced by natural dyes vary depending on the mordant and fabric used. The class will cover dyeing wool, cotton, and silk with an alum mordant made from rusty nails! Each participant will dye a set of 4 cloth napkins.

What you leave with:
a set of naturally dyed napkins

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

All materials provided.

Location