Natural Dyeing Workshop: Expand Your Colour Palette

London

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Craft

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Textiles

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Shibori and Fabric Dyeing

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Kid Friendly

Natural Dyeing Workshop: Expand Your Colour Palette

Learn how to expand your natural colour palette for dyeing, printing and painting in simple steps

Renata Minoldo

5.0 (4)

2k followers

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2 hours

7 to 25

£35 (£40 per class surcharge applies for private classes)

London

•

Craft

•

Textiles

•

Shibori and Fabric Dyeing

•

Kid Friendly

What you'll do

In this workshop we will learn how to modify colours on a dye bath as well as in naturally died textiles using a few methods which will include a natural bleach technique, natural painted resists and metal salts to switch colours and expand your natural dyeing palette.

This might sound a little bit too technical but it is actually simple, straightforward and a lot of fun! You will end up with a wealth of options to explore and add to your natural dye practice in regards to surface decoration and colour palettes. These techniques can be applied on paper or textiles. On this occasion we will be working with textiles, but feel free to bring some paper if you’d like to give that a try.

I will be showing some samples, giving some natural dye tips and sharing some basic -and not so basic!- information regarding natural dyes, including some good ways to prepare fabrics for dyeing and what are the fibres that best take natural colour.

This is a family friendly workshop and beginners as well as more experienced participants are welcome to join.

Accessibility:

The building is fully accessible, there are ramps and a wheelchair lift.

Photography:

This workshop might be photographed, please contact me if you do not wish to appear on a photo. Thank you!

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Knowledge required

This is a family friendly workshop and beginners as well as more experienced participants are welcome to join.

What you'll get

Tips and tricks on how to easily modify colours in Natural dyeing for fabric and paper
Any samples they make

What to bring

Please bring a notebook and a pen if you fancy getting a bit technical and take some notes for reference, or bring your natural dye journal if you have one.

Suitable for

This class is great for a birthday or hen do.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 5 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids. The adult may observe at the class for free.

Location

Civic Rooms at The Baths - The Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick, London

7 min walk from Hackney Wick station

Your teacher can also travel within 15 miles of London, to a venue of your choice for a private class

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Your teacher

Renata Minoldo

5.0 (4)

2k followers

I am a visual artist and arts educator working with colour, textiles, minerals, clay, seeds, flowers and pigments that I extract from plants around me and nearby.

I specialise in sustainable wellbeing workshops and mindful sessions for community groups, CPD and staff training for small companies and institutions.

I have been working with natural dyes since 2019 and have an extensive experience planning and delivering creative and engaging sustainable workshops for people of all ages and many backgrounds.

I see these experiences as tools for learning but also for grounding and reflection that aim to connect with ourselves and with others in a supportive, non judgemental safe space. Interested in mental health and wellbeing, I nurture environments where people can reach a deeper level of understanding of their feelings and emotions, allowing time for play and exploration with a focus on the process of making and collective learning.