Dyeing

This is an in depth look into resist-dyeing where students will learn how to effectively apply wax-resist to cloth in order to create patterns. Students will learn how to prepare their cloth canvases, create their dyes, and learn how to treat and care for their creation. By using wax-resist the students are able to control where they want to dye the cloth and with what color. The first class students will be exposed to traditional resist-dyed cloths, and will begin practicing using the wax-resist.

This workshop explores the basics of extracting color from plants for accessible and sustainable naturally patterned fabric. We'll experiment with eco printing, directly transferring color and shape from the petals, leaves, and roots of dye plants. Local and kitchen-foraged dye materials are encouraged, or students can opt to purchase a kit of materials at the time of registration.

This class will take students through basics on dyes, chemicals and additives while focusing on how to mix and blend colors to get your desired effects. Once you prepare your dyes students will learn immersion dyeing, direct application, tie-dye, and hand painting. All techniques will be learned through fun projects that students can take home with them.

Students will learn the process of applying metal leaf to fabric. Using a contemporary version of gilding, the process of applying paper-thin sheets of metal to a surface, workshop participants will learn how to add metal to various kinds of fabric in their own shapes and patterns. Over the course of two 2 hour sessions, Solange will walk participants through the nuances of this technique from how to effectively seal their fabric, apply sizing and finally metal leaf. This process is decorative and once metal is applied, fabric can be washed.

In this workshop, students learn the basics of creating an all organic indigo dye vat, and how to dye with it. Fabric will be provided, but feel free to bring along some light colored natural fabrics to experiment with (cotton, linen, wool, etc)!

Katazome is a Japanese resist dyeing using rice past. Students will learn to make a cut-paper stencil, makea traditional rice resist paste, print/paint with paste resist, and finally dye the work created. Students will also explore the basics of stencil design for repeat patterns or single design motifs.

In this 12 hour class, students will learn the basics of dyeing fabric using natural materials, including natural dye sources, how to extract colors, what mordants are, and how to use them to fix color.

This virtual workshop introduces students to the world of beautiful, accessible, and sustainable botanical dyes of works on plant fibers. We’ll cover the basics of selecting and preparing cotton, linen, hemp, and other cellulose fibers in our first session, using a mordant recipe to maximize saturation and lightfastness. Our second session will delve into color extraction, dyeing, and Q+A. Kitchen-foraged dye materials are encouraged, or students can opt to purchase a kit of materials at the time of registration.

Shibori is an ancient Japanese resist-dye technique that involves creasing, folding, dyeing, stitching, binding and knotting, to create beautiful and well defined patterns. Students will learn the techniques of shibori dyeing with fun dyeing projects.