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17th and 19th October 2019
School of Sustainability at The Bukky Baldwin Shop
The Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
Fancy learning how to extract colour from botanical ingredients creating a wide variety of shades, patterns and textures onto swatches of natural fabrics? Come and join me!
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Natural Dyes an Exploration
This workshop will all be about experimentation and play. We will be working with the bundle technique, working with seasonal and readily available natural ingredients, this workshop is designed for you to explore these techniques and experiment to create seasonal colours on cloth.
A starting point
An interaction with fabric.
An interaction with the outside,
tying
looping
hanging
placing
a physical approach
Collecting ingredients
hanging, arranging & matching
do they sit together?
do they communicate?
boiling, steaming, pressing.
collecting again.
starting to become a cycle
a cycle of ingredients
like a growth
naturally growing
becoming a space
Earthly pigment -
bleeding
fighting
falling
resting
a growth
Spotting spaces
out in the landscape
drawn, circular
ritual,
cycle,
continuity
Burnt ground, new material to draw
from landscape to fabric
a connection in colour
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