CANCELLED: Fibers: NATURAL “BUNDLE” DYE & SUSTAINABLE COLORS with Wai’ala Ahn

Instructor: Wai’ala Ahn
Schedule: Saturday & Sunday, May 7 - 8, 2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
# of Sessions: 2 Sessions
Location: The Great Outdoors / on the lawn
Level/Prerequisite: Beginner / Intermediate
Tuition/Admission: $125 Member / $155 Non-Member
Supply Fee: $20

Class Description: Class will introduce 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 and dye design techniques; including bundle dyeing. Students will become familiar with sustainable colors found locally; that can be gathered, grown or sourced. How to identify them, gather, grow seeds and find colors in the wild.

Bio: 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)
OR
Silk Scarf  

Minimum Enrollment: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 10