Natural Plant Dye Workshop : £85
Saturday, February 23, 2019
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
This workshop will walk you through the plant dyeing process from understanding fabric preparation - mordants. How to extract colour from different plants, making a dye bath for your prepared fabric and then, using modifiers on the dyed fabric to achieve exciting enhanced tones and shades.
*all materials included, please bring a towel and bag to carry home wet items. Green
Felt Making Course: 4 weeks : 6.30pm -8.30pm
14th March - 4th April 2019 : £85
Introduction to Felt Making Thursday Evening
During these two hours sessions over the next four weeks, you will be introduced to the wonderful tactile properties of wool to make felt. Beginning with basic felt making to understand the process of bonding fibres, making samples, exploring cobweb designs, nuno felting and making a small vessel.
14th, 21st, 28th March 4th April
Saturday, March 16, 2019
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
Wool fibres are so endlessly warm and cosy often great as an outer layer over your coat for extra warmth, or simply nuzzled against your skin. Using blends of colour from the subtle and natural tones of British wool combined with delicate silk, soya and bamboo fibres you will be immersed in the therapeutic process felt making. Simply overlaying fibres, applying warm soapy water, massaging layers to bond and strengthen fibres to then form a fabric, creating the most unique hand made loved wool scarf.
*all materials included, please bring a towel and bag to carry home wet items. Green
Felt Making Course: 4 weeks : 10am -12pm
13th March - 3rd April 2019 : £85
Introduction to Felt Making Wednesday Morning
During these two hours sessions over the next four weeks, you will be introduced to the wonderful tactile properties of wool to make felt. Beginning with basic felt making to understand the process of bonding fibres, making samples, exploring cobweb designs, nuno felting and making a small vessel.
13th, 20th, 27th March 3rd April
Saturday, May 11, 2019
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
Making your own felt bag can be one of the most challenging and exciting things to achieve. Using blends of colour from the subtle and natural tones of British wool combined with delicate silk, soya and bamboo fibres you will be immersed in the therapeutic process felt making. Simply overlaying fibres, applying warm soapy water, massaging layers to bond and strengthen fibres to then form a fabric, creating the most unique hand made felt bag.
*all materials included, please bring a towel and bag to carry home wet items. Green
Eco Prints Bundle Dye Working : £85
Saturday, April 6, 2019
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
This workshop will introucuce you to the magic of eco printing with leaves to create pattern and colour, using the direct leaf contact method of bundle dyeing. Experimenting with a variety of leaves on fabric and paper, endless colour and patterned prints will be achieved, leaving you with the crazy desire want to create prints on every tired and dull item of clothing you own.
*all materials included, please bring a towel and bag to carry home wet items. Green