Natural / eco printing & dyeing

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Natural printing and eco dyeing courses and workshops all across the UK. Learn how to use natural plants (botanical dyes) and materials to create and transfer beautiful natural forms, colours and patterns onto paper, card and silk, by means of a dye bath or steam. Create beautiful orange and yellows from onion skins, turmeric, chamomile and golden rod, red from madder and St. John's Wort and blue from woad (ideal for indigo dyeing and batik).

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Hand-Spinning & Natural Dyeing Retreat, Highlands, Scotland

Hand-Spinning & Natural Dyeing Retreat, Highlands, Scotland

In-person course

Highlands - Next course on 27th September 2021

Come and join for either our week-long Natural Dyeing and Hand-Spinning course or our 6 day shorter course. We are located in a beautiful part of the Scottish Highlands. Participants spend their first few days foraging for Highland dye plants and making botanical dyes in our woodland clearing. We make our dyes outdoors over fires the traditional way, dyeing our own and local Shetland fleece ready to spin. We have our own small flock of Shetland sheep, which Alex will hand-shear on our longer course -we also sort and wash...

Natural Dyeing & Eco-printing, Highlands, Scotland

Natural Dyeing & Eco-printing, Highlands, Scotland

In-person course

Highlands - Next course on 23rd June 2021

We teach Natural Dyeing the traditional way as well as Eco-printing directly onto fabric. You can join us for a weekend of dyeing fleece, silk and cotton outdoors over outdoor fires. Our courses are run from Crochail woods in the Highlands of Scotland, in a beautiful area just up the road from Loch Ness. Over a weekend you can learn about and make dyes from local foraged plants and ancient imported dye plants. We usually make between 7-8 dyes over a weekend which makes about 25-30 shades, a beautiful rainbow...

Felting and natural dyeing craft holiday in the Highlands of Scotland

Felting and natural dyeing craft holiday in the Highlands of Scotland

In-person course

Highlands - Next course on 15th May 2021

Come and join us in the Highlands of Scotland to get really immersed in traditional wool crafts. We start our week by shearing one of our Shetland sheep and washing and sorting fleeces. We go on to picking dye plants, making natural dyes and dyeing our fleece over outdoor fires the traditional way. Mid week we visit some of the areas stunning scenery for inspiration, including Glen Affric (one of Scotland's most beautiful glens). The last two days of the course are spent either wet felting (usually a wall hanging...

Natural dyeing course in Pembrokeshire

Natural dyeing course in Pembrokeshire

In-person course

Pembrokeshire - Next course on 19th June 2021

Natural dyeing using woodland plants At Coppicewood College, Cilgerran. This weekend course is set in a lovely woodland near Cilgerran where we will forage for plants for dyeing yarns and fleece. Starting by exploring in the woods you will learn about the dyeing process, and then make your own mordant to prepare fibres for dyeing. You can also experiment with eco printing using leaves and flowers directly onto paper. On day two you gather plants to make various botanical dyes and create a beautiful range of coloured samples on cotton...

Indigo Weekend -Shibori & Batik Workshop at Wild Rose Escapes, Highlands, Scotland

Indigo Weekend -Shibori & Batik Workshop at Wild Rose Escapes, Highlands, Scotland

In-person course

Highlands - Next course on 8th May 2021

Come and join us on our 2 day Indigo dyeing workshop. We are located in a beautiful part of the Scottish Highlands. The main focus of the weekend is everything blue! We will look at Indigo recipes and make a up a vat of natural indigo. Over the weekend we will be using both Shibori techniques from Japan and Batik from Java. Shibori uses folds, clips and stitches to create a resist on fabric, so when it is dipped into the Indigo vat the pattern remains. The whole process is...

Dyeing with Natural Dyes

Dyeing with Natural Dyes

In-person course

Shropshire - Next course on 19th January 2021

Come and learn how to use plants from the garden and hedgerows to dye wool, over two days. It's very theraputic, relaxing and fun. Collect flowers, leaves, bark, berries and roots, cook them to extract the colour and turn yarns, fibres and fleece beautiful soft, subtle colours. Learn all about the most environmentally friendly mordants which help to fix the dye to the wool and appreciate which mordants are toxic and harmful. Hopefully we’ll be outside in the garden, weather permitting! Please wear appropriate clothes. As with all my workshops...

Craft Workshop: Learn to dye fleece with natural dyes in a day in Henstridge, Somerset near Stalbridge Dorset

Craft Workshop: Learn to dye fleece with natural dyes in a day in Henstridge, Somerset near Stalbridge Dorset

In-person course

Somerset - Next course on 29th March 2021

Learn to dye fleece in a day! Using natural dyes to create colour you will be able to dye the fleece provided for you, first learning the dyeing process and then enjoying a variety of techniques to give different effects. Some of the colours produced from natural materials may surprise you! The fleece which you have dyed can then later be used for needle felting, wet felting and spinning ready to use as yarn. The fleece is from a local small-holder, Sharon, who breeds and manages just a few Portland...

Eco-Printing and Indigo Dyeing - Weekend 2 night retreat

Eco-Printing and Indigo Dyeing - Weekend 2 night retreat

In-person course

Stirlingshire - Next course on 18th June 2021

Whether travelling as an individual, couple or a group - everyone is welcome! Arriving Friday afternoon for a fun, filled weekend of crafting. Staying in Gartmore House with comfortable en suite bedrooms, situated in 75 acres of beautiful surroundings on Gartmore Estate in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Friendly and warm welcoming staff with excellent tuition for the complete beginner to the more advanced. The course will run Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 4pm and will finish at 4pm on the Sunday afternoon. We...

Textile Design and Sustainability for 15 - 17 Year Olds - Nottingham Trent University

Textile Design and Sustainability for 15 - 17 Year Olds - Nottingham Trent University

In-person course

Nottinghamshire - Next course on 2nd August 2021

Become part of the creative action and develop your textile portfolio and sustainability knowledge on this summer course, perfect for the next generation of designers. The course provides you with knowledge about sustainable textile design and the skills to work creatively with natural materials. You will build portfolio-standard work that’ll support a college or university application or to gain work experience. During this course you will: - be introduced to ethical design - follow tutor demonstrations - learn about various textile techniques and surface decoration - explore mark making -...

Cyanotype print making at Humble by Nature, Kate Humble's farm

Cyanotype print making at Humble by Nature, Kate Humble's farm

In-person course

Gwent - Next course on 16th May 2021

Learn how to create cyanotype prints – the original Victorian blue print. Taking inspiration from the garden and hedgerows around the farm, you’ll use seasonal plants and flowers to produce original prints. At the end of the session you’ll take home your three or four small A6 prints and one larger A4 size print. They’ll look great on the wall at home! Cyanotype print making needs plenty of sunlight so this course only takes place in the summer. Please get in touch for further information and bookings.

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