Natural Dyeing Workshops

Upcoming dates:

Sydney: The Nest Creative Space, 76 Botany Rd, Alexandria, Saturday December 7, 1-4pm

This workshop is designed as a beginners workshop that covers three plant pigment activities: bundle-dyeing, ink painting and flower pounding. By the end of the three hours you will go home with an introduction to natural dyeing including:

Bundle-dyeing (or eco-printing)

Painting on paper with natural inks

Flower pounding

Dyeing with food waste

Dyeing with leaves and flowers

Dyeing with natural extracts and powders

Using plant and protein fibres

Using mordants and modifiers

Included in the workshop:

1 x silk scarf to dye

An abundance of leaves and flowers and other plants

Natural dye extracts and powders

Natural inks to play with on paper

Tea & snacks

What you need to bring:

Closed-toe shoes

1 small clean, wet white item from home that we can mordant and dye together (preferably silk but can also be cotton, linen, hemp or bamboo). Some suggestions include a tea towel, pillowcase, single top, small t-shirt or any item of similar size.

A plastic bag or green bag for taking home your wet fabric.

Any plants from home that you’d like to try dyeing with (some suggestions include onion skins, geraniums, roses, hibiscus, lisianthus, delphinium, marigold, cosmos, cornflowers, butterfly pea, eucalyptus leaves.)

Join Katie from Studio Tinta for 3 hours of creative fun and go home with your very own hand-dyed textiles.

10% discount when you bring a friend! Select ‘two tickets’ from the dropdown menu below.

Workshop tickets are non-refundable. In the event that you cannot attend on the day we are happy to transfer your booking to a friend or family member. Thank you for your understanding!