Workshop: Colors From Your Compost with Wai'ala Ahn

Title: Colors From Your Compost

Instructor: Wai'ala Ahn

Schedule: Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 10:00am-4:00pm

Level: Beginner/Intermediate

Tuition: $65 Member/$80 Non-Member

Supply Fee: $20

Description: In this workshop, students will be introduced concepts essential for natural dyeing; including prepping materials with scouring, processing/extracting dye stuff, using/creating mordants, color modifiers, and experiment with a variety of resist design techniques. Students will become familiar with sustainable colors found locally in our kitchen, home and garden.

Instructor Bios: Living Color Dyery is a creative collective started by a wife and husband duo: Wai'ala "the artist" and Justin "the alchemist" who work together to share the magic of natural color dyes. Working from start to finish on many of their dyes; wildcrafting, harvesting and sourcing plants from local farmers, growing dyes from seed, processing dyes, fermenting, and maintaining vats to co-create traditional and modern resistance designs and pattern making. Outside the joy of sharing the alchemy of natural dye in workshops, the two love sharing their love for nature and the natural plant world through the process of consciously creativity: weaving art, alchemy, sustainability, and conversation.

Supply Fee Includes: 

• Plants/materials for dye stuff
• Pots and spoons for processing dyes
• Cotton netted bags (1per student)
• Cotton tea towels

Students Should Bring: 

• Pen/Pencil and Sketchbook

Minimum: 5

Maximum: 12