8/31:noon – 2pm
9/17:noon-2pm
Price: $65 per person
Sign up link:
www.mudhandcraft.com/art-craft-classes
Get an introduction to the art of flower and leaf pounding. The Tataki Zome is a Japanese technique of dyeing by hammering the leaf or flower to get beautiful prints on your textile. Each participant will design and dye their own pre-mordanted 27 x 27 towel.
The best part about Experiences with Botanical Dyes, is creating your own textile art. By using the flower and leaf pounding method or the bundle dye method, participants in this art workshop can create their own towel. The fabric used by students in the class is pre-washed with soda ash that gets rid of contaminants and a metal salt mordant used to help the natural dyes bind to the fabric. This process helps create beautiful and vibrant textile designs that last a long time and don’t fade. Participants will be given a wash and care guide for their new towel or shirt to keep the colors as bright as possible. Botanical dyeing with leaves and flowers is a fun and easy way to create beautiful and natural designs on textiles to wear or to use in your home.
I offer private group workshops on Botanical dyeing if the above dates don’t work for you. Please email Tara@mudhandcraft.com with email subject “Private Event” to check availability.
