Natural dyes  & Eco-printing with Plants

Dada Sch

Give your old clothes a make-over with natural dyes and prints extracted from the plants that surround you everyday!

International School Of Sosua

Natural Colors Workshops (DR)

Connect and better understand the power of  plants that surround us and earths we walk on everyday.
Learn millennia-old methods for extracting color from plants & earths. 
Make beautiful & natural fabrics & art supplies.

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Join me and learn how to give your clothes a second life with natural dyes extracted from plants (&amp; even bugs). We will be making beautiful patterns with basic Japanese Shibori &quot;tie-dye&quot; methods and plant prints that can hide any stains to up-cycle and save your favorite clothing items!At the end of this half-day (9:00-12:45) workshop, you will know how to:<ul><li>prepare fabrics (scouring and mordanting) for receiving dye to ensure that colours will be as vibrant and wash-fast as possible), </li><li>extract dye from different plant parts (and even from bugs!)</li><li>create beautiful natural patterns using some basic Japanese Shibori folding and resist techniques </li><li>create beautiful prints with foraged plants and flowers </li><li>care for naturally dyed fabrics to ensure they last longer </li></ul>We&#x27;ll be giving our clothes a make-over or second life with natural plant dyes and prints, so don&#x27;t forget to pick out 2 of your old (or new) clothes ! Anything made of natural cellulose fibres (e.g. cotton, linen, hemp, viscose, lyocell) or protein fibres (e.g. silk, wool, cashmere) will work perfectly. Polyester blends can work at low levels (&lt;30%), but results may vary more. A﻿ll clothing items must be dropped off at the ISS or Sea Horse Ranch front gate (in a bag labelled with your name on it) no later than Thursday March 9th at 12pm.T﻿his workshop is family friendly and is open to accompanied children 6 years old + and unaccompanied children 12 years old +.T﻿o avoid payment fees, please contact me directly for cash/wire transfer options (contact info at www.dadasch.com)

Calendrier

Arrivals, Show & Tell table, Layout of day

Welcome & Introduction

Brief history of natural dyes, Types of dye compounds, Importance of scouring fabrics, What are Mordants?

Introduction to Natural dyes

Different types of mordants & modifiers (alum/soda ash, ferrous sulfate, tannins, pH modifiers), Preparation of modifiers (acidic & alkaline, iron) Preparation of cochineal dye bath, heating of other dye baths.

How to Prepare Dye Baths & Mordants

Slide show of shibori & eco-printing examples, Design selections for personal clothing

Inspiration & Design

Shibori folding & resists (Japanese tie-dye methods), Using dye baths

Shibori tie-dye techniques

Foraging walk to collect flowers and leaves for Eco-Printing, Eco-printing w/ leaves & flowers, Dye blankets, Iron blankets

Foraging & Eco-print designs

Reveal of Shibori (batch 1), Using modifiers (ferrous sulfate, soda ash, citric acid) on Shibori batch 2

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