Newcastle: Natural Dyeing & Ink Painting Workshops

Join us at Hudson St Hum for our natural dyeing and ink painting workshops. Suitable for complete beginners, this workshop will cover a range of fun techniques including:

• Bundle-dyeing (or eco-printing)

• Dyeing with food waste

• Dyeing with leaves and flowers

• Dyeing with natural extracts and powders

• Using plant and protein fibres

• Using mordants and modifiers

• Natural ink making

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

• 1-2 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.

Venue: Hudson St Hum
Address: 7 Hudson St, Hamilton NSW
Parking: There is limited parking in front of the building. Street parking can be found nearby.

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