COLOR BLENDS USING NATURAL DYES ON SILK – TUCSON HANDWEAVERS & SPINNERS GUILD

Tucson Hand Weavers Guild TBA, AZ, United States

COLOR BLENDS USING NATURAL DYES ON SILK DATE: March 22, 23, and 24, 2025 LOCATION: Private home in Oro Valley TIME: 9:30am – 3:30pm COST: Member: $335 Non-member:$360 MATERIALS FEE: $75 includes dyes, mordants, fabrics MAX NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 14 SKILL LEVEL: All   Participants will work with color blends to create a harmonious color symphony using natural dye extracts and indigo. Each group will work in a team and dye a range of shades using concentrated natural dye powders and liquids. We will also add to the color spectrum using indigo. You will be thrilled with the unexpected and ... Read more

A Nerd’s Guide to Mordanting at Sanborn Mills

Sanborn Mills 7097 Sanborn Rd, Loudon, NH, United States

A Nerd's Guide to Mordanting at Sanborn Mills This is the nerd’s guide to mordants – what they are, why they are important and how they are used in natural dyeing. Everyone wants to create long-lasting and beautiful plant color and the best way to do that is to mordant properly.  The class will experiment with the most popular plant-based tannins and alum accumulators, mineral salt mordants and other binders to see the effects on animal and plant fibers. Each mordant variable will be dyed so that we can see results and we will build a reference folio for students to ... Read more

SOLD OUT – Jogakbo Workshop with Youngmin Lee

Botanical Colors Seattle 503 S Michigan St, Ste B, Seattle, WA, United States

Jogakbo Workshop with Youngmin Lee   We are so excited to host the renowned Korean Textile Artist Youngmin Lee May 1st - 4th, 2025 (Thursday-Sunday) 10AM to 4PM Botanical Colors 503 S Michigan St, Ste B Seattle WA 98108 Bojagi are traditional Korean wrapping cloths. They were used to wrap, cover, carry, or store objects in daily life, on special occasions, and in religious rituals. Koreans believe that bojagi can not only wrap an object but can also enclose bok (福, 복, good fortune or happiness). The act of making bojagi also carries wishes for the well-being and happiness of ... Read more