Grow and identify dye plants and utilise the Morley dye garden. Experiment with seasonal plant dyeing, contact printing, solar dyeing and eco printing. Create and test natural dye mordants on a variety of fabrics. Plan a dye garden design. Develop a beautiful book of samples and recipes.
Five Tuesdays, 10 – 4pm
£265
Course code: W22TTSE02C
61, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT
https://www.morleycollege.ac.uk/courses/course/seasonal-natural-dyeing-spring/
23 February – 23 March, 5 Tuesdays
What you will learn
Grow and identify dye plants with a miniature dye garden seed set. Experiment with seasonal plant dyeing, contact printing, solar dyeing and eco printing. Create and test natural dye mordants on a variety of fabrics. Plan a dye garden design. Develop a beautiful book of samples and recipes.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Experiment with seasonal plant dyeing on a range of fibres
Identify dye plants, grow dye plant seedlings and design a dye garden
Explore botanical contact printing, eco printing and solar dyeing
Test natural dye mordants and modifiers
Investigate global dye practitioners and fibreshed models
£270 or £205 concession, booking via the website www.morleycollege.ac.uk, course code VTX218B