Tag: textiles

2021 Summer | Seasonal Natural Dyeing | Morley College

Morley College Dye Garden
Morley College Dye Garden

SEASONAL NATURAL DYEING SUMMER
Course Code: VTX218C
27 April – 25 May, 5 Tuesdays 10 – 4pm
Morley College, Waterloo Centre
Research seasonal natural dyeing on sustainable fabrics. Explore contemporary natural dye practise globally and links to ritual, medicine and folklore. Utilise plants from the Morley dye garden. Develop with support an individual project to showcase your design development.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Learn about and plant dye plants and harvest from the Morley College dye garden
• Experiment with a summer seasonal natural dye palette on a range of fibres
• Explore natural dye printing
• Develop an individual project for a textile artwork, fashion application or interior design
• Research, discuss and use sustainable fabrics
• Complete a book of plant colour swatches with recipes and suppliers

For morel details and to book visit www.morleycollege.ac.uk

Science, Botany, Creativity and Suffragettes

Tune into a online talk via The South London Botanical Institute
Wednesday 3rd March
7- 8pm
A talk and visual investigation – to celebrate International Women’s Day
Focusing on a few female botanists, Zoë will be exploring through artistry and vision, the connecting plant power in protest through direct message and re-useable textile banners and stitch

Women Parade for Womens Suffrage
Votes for Women

The SLBI is a registered charity for botanical education. Bookings via www.slbi.org.uk
They will email you the link and password once bookings close on the day of the talk

21 April – 4th May 2022 I MADE I Morley Gallery

GROUP TEXTILE SHOW CELEBRATING WORK MADE BY STUDENTS AT MORLEY COLLEGE INSPIRED BY THE THEME FANTASTICAL BOTANICAL

& THE COAT OF HOPES – A unique community coat made up of hundreds of patches sewn on by volunteers along it’s epic journey from the south coast to Glasgow to COP26. Stitched with messages, hopes, dreams and worn by children, footballers, musicians, artists, pilgrims, makers, mothers, fathers, delegates, ordinary everyday people, extraordinary everyday people. A powerful coat made by many for everyone. Contributed to by Molrey College textile students amongst a host of other individuals and communities along route.

https://www.morleygallery.com/2204mgmade-2022

Private view Thursday April 21st 6 – 8pm

Morley Gallery, 61 Westminster Bridge Road SE1 7HT

10 – 5pm weekdays, Saturdays 1 – 5pm