Natural & Botanical Dye with Indigo vat & Shibori
An in-depth Introduction to Natural & Botanical dye and Indigo. (Listed in Australian Dollars $AU)
With these hands on videos you'll learn the magic, science & art of natural botanical dyeing. Using plants, flowers, gathered supplies and even powdered dye stuffs, you'll be creating colour onto fabric, cloth, yarn, paper and more.
Natural & Botanical Dye, as well as Indigo is currently receiving all the love on social media, new modern books and the online world. In my experience you can never stop learning about natural dye - always discovering something new each time you explore.
Videos and downloadable instructions will show how to mordant fabric and yarn, how to direct colour (bundle dye), hot dye and solar dye. Using many different plants and flowers from my local region, you'll explore the possibilities of natural dye - and start to look at your environment in a new way.
Just like at my hands-on Natural Dye workshops, you'll become addicted to this magical creative way of working. It's ancient, witch-like, fairy-like all at once....
I'll also show you a simple easy yet oh so beautiful Indigo vat process, and Shibori methods so you can join the blue love with the rest of the world.
There'll be kids-focussed projects too - because everyone loves playing with petals!
First lessons will go live on Monday 6th February, with new lessons being added throughout the month of February. The aim is to not overload you with all the processes at once, but slowly build up.
Your Instructor
Hi, I’m an artist, author, creative maker & mentor. My ethos is about slowing down, creating intentionally & gently guiding Creatives on how to listen to your inner whisper.
I’m also a mother, lover of walking bare-feet in the forest & swimming naked in the ocean, textile crafter & creative teacher.
I share stories & heart-ful living, in a slow intentional manner. I’m truly happiest talking with my flowers in the garden, a light sprinkle of rain tumbling on the heads of my children who are gathering blooms beside me. And watching the way the light falls on the tall gum trees in our forest.
The complex aspect of me means that I love both the quiet of crafting & art-making alone, but also feel energised by spending time with other creatives sharing our time together, stitch by stitch, word by word.
Tea & cake, & lots of messy fabrics & tangled threads, along with gathered leaves, twigs, seedpods or bird nests play a big part of my life