Mushroom Forage, Dyes, Pigments, Paints & Inks

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Join well-known mushroom educator/artist, designer, educator and author Julie Beeler

and Botanical Colors for Mushroom Forage, Dyes, Pigments, Paints & Inks

September 27, 28, 29, 2024

At Botanical Colors Studio

503 S Michigan St, Ste B

Seattle WA 98108

We are thrilled to welcome Julie back for another forage workshop, this time in the forested Puget Sound area. Join us for an amazing weekend of celebrating Julie’s new book, enjoying a mushroom-themed meal, foraging for dye mushrooms, and creating in the studio with dye mushrooms!

Julie says:

We will kick off the weekend on Friday at Botanical Colors for a mushroom themed pop-up and book event for my forthcoming book, The Mushroom Color Atlas: A Guide to Dyes and Pigments made from Fungi, from award-winning publisher Chronicle Books. It is a gorgeous primer on the universe of colors lurking inside fungi. This event is open to the public.

After which we will head just around the corner for a farm to foraged dinner at the fabulous Corson Building with famed chef Emily Dann for a 4-course mushroom themed meal.

Saturday will be spent in the forest, learning about and foraging for dye mushrooms. I will walk students through the mushroom identification process and teach you how to locate dye mushrooms using environmental indicators. You will leave with an understanding of how to find, forage for and identify dye mushrooms.

On Sunday we will spend the day in the Botanical Colors studio. I will cover general mushroom dye techniques as students explore the myriad of shades these forest friends offer us. You will transform the mushroom dyes and explore the process of lake making to create mushroom pigments that can be used in a variety of forms. You will learn different extraction methods for making inks and mull your own watercolor paint. Everyone will create a mini accordion book to record and capture the color. You will assemble wool and silk fiber samples for the mushroom color chart you will create. Everyone will take home some sample mushroom paint and an instructional craftbook including mushroom dye recipes. Throughout class we will have opportunities for questions and discussions on everything we cover  in the class, including best practices for foraging, reviewing a list of available resources and more.

EVENT DETAILS:

Friday, September 27

4-6pm Book Event Pop Up @ Botanical Colors

6:30pm Dinner at Corson Building with chef Emily Dann

Saturday, September 28

9am We will meet at a local cafe, arrive early to grab yourself a coffee and delicious breakfast pastry

10am-4pm Foraging in a nearby forest so be sure to pack your own sack lunch and water

Sunday, September 29

10am-4pm Meet at the Botanical Colors Studio where we will be spending the day. Bring your own sack lunch or pick up something from a local Georgetown establishment.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Lodging is NOT INCLUDED in this event.

AIRPORT: Seattle-Tacoma Airport is 30 minutes from Seattle

TRANSPORTATION: There are public transportation options from SEA-TAC airport to Seattle.

You will be responsible for all meals, except dinner on Friday night, including a sack lunch on Saturday & Sunday. 

Please provide any dietary restrictions and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

COME PREPARED: Attendees will need to plan to bring the following items:

Saturday’s forest forage

• Sturdy walking boots (closed toe shoes)

• Wear longs pants and long sleeves (walking through forested habitat)

• Pack extra layers to stay warm, including hat and gloves

• Bring waterproof pants and jacket (in case of rain)

• Collecting basket

• Knife for mushroom cutting

• Water bottle

• Sack lunch

Sunday’s studio session

• Pen for writing

• Apron to protect your clothes

• Gloves to protect your hands

• Water bottle

SKILL LEVEL: No previous experience necessary, though a fantastic workshop for practicing dyers. Students must be comfortable and physically able to spend 5 hours hiking through the forest, on and off-trail including uphill and downhill traverse. Saturday’s session will be held rain or shine. Limited to 12 participants.

WORKSHOP PRICE INCLUDES:
Workshop
Farm foraged dinner
Materials fee

SCHOLARSHIP:
We are offering a partial scholarship and the link to register is here.  Please note that we will award the scholarship before the workshop opens, so APPLY NOW as registration closes 5PM Pacific Friday May 3!  All are welcome to apply!

CANCELLATION: All sales final and we are unable to offer refunds if you cannot attend.  You are welcome to find someone to take your place, and please notify us as soon as possible if your plans change.

QUESTIONS: email [email protected]

ABOUT JULIE:
Julie Beeler is a designer, artist and educator living at the base of a volcano in Trout Lake, WA. Growing up with a deep love and curiosity for the natural world, she conceived and launched Bloom & Dye along with the Mushroom Color Atlas to grow her work and passion to benefit what she values most: curiosity, education, creativity, collaboration, community, and the environment. For Julie, educating others on how plants, fungi and their colors reflect the beauty of nature is something she is moved to share as a way to inspire care, stewardship and impact. Her textile work is bound up in the landscape; every thread is infused with earthly energy as she gently simmers Mother Nature to unlock her colors. Drawing on cultural traditions and ancient natural dye histories, each textile object is a record of a place and time, reflecting our relationship to the natural world. For seven years she was on the faculty of Pacific Northwest College of Art and Oregon College of Art & Craft in Portland. When she is not out foraging you can find her tending to her flower farm, working in her art studio, or leading workshops.

Did you see Julie on FEEDBACK FRIDAY? Watch the video recording here.