in person workshops -​

Green Summer Series with IS183 in Stockbridge, MA

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Dyeing The Rainbow — July 9 & 10

A rainbow of color is hidden within your garden flowers. Students will create a palette of plant dyed fabric swatches utilizing IS183’s dye garden, as well as foraged finds from the property. Expand your palette with modifiers, like vinegar, on your final project: a yard of silk. Foraging will take place near the start of class, rain or shine!

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Bundle Dyeing: Flower Prints On Silk — August 7

Using real flowers, create permanent, colorful prints on two 21”x21” silk neckerchiefs. Flowers and steam combine in a process called bundle dyeing to imprint abstract, watercolor-esque markings on silk. Students will be provided with two silk neckerchiefs to create two different color ways. Foraging will take place near the start of class, rain or shine!

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Natural Dyeing With Extracts — August 21

Color mixing with natural dyes is not the same as using your Crayola crayons. Yellow plus blue does not always equal green. Using ancient natural dye extracts (like a madder root, cochineal, and weld) create a palette of colors to use as a base for further mixing with other natural dyes (like pomegranate, logwood and alkanet). An introductory foray into natural dye color formulas.