Gorgeous Green House Dye Workshop
September 19, 2010
Our first Regenerative Design Institute textile class was held yesterday, and what a day it was! Re-skilling is happening in our community one step at a time– practical DIY textile education is here! (Check out RDI’s classes)
The Pacific Coast was feeling pretty damp yesterday– so we went into the warm and lovely greenhouse to do our work, and keep from getting too wet.
We put the dry line outdoors– under some trees, it seemed to do the trick. The scarf that Dustin holds is an incredible testament to the late summer horsetail.
More horsetail in the foreground here, on lambswool– the soft pink color it produced was jaw-dropping!
It also proved to work beautifully on silk shibori pieces as well.. Rose is holding her horsetail scarf– a piece that she created with folding and tongue depressors.
Erin made this incredible indigo and california sagebrush piece with a pole wrapping technique.. a lovely outcome to say the least.
A beautiful and creatively dyed wool skein dipped in toyon, sage, on its way to another layer of color in the black walnut bath…
A series of wool strands dyed in all of our native colors (with the addition of indigo)…
A beautiful bowl of samples ready to be rinsed..
It was an honor to collaborate with participants whose life’s work spanned from the home-design-and-build sector– to organic farming.. we had an extremely talented and inspiring group who brought a new and unique flair to the ancient processes. I am so grateful for each and everyone’s participation– what a joy to explore the native colors with you!
Our next Natural Dye Workshop will be held on Oct. 3rd at Lambtown
Click here for the link and scroll down to for the natural dye class
October 1, 2010 at 4:35 am
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