Kelly Ruth, Ravaging Pine Beetles (Tea Cozy series), wax resist (batik), dyed using osage orange, cochineal and indigo, 2013
- Registration Deadline
Friday, September 25, 2015 at 4:00pm - Saturday, October 17, 2015
- 1:00pm – 4:00pm
- MAWA, 611 Main Street
Natural Dyeing with Kelly Ruth
Saturdays, October 10, 17 and 24, 2015, 1-4pm at MAWA
Humans have been inserting colour into their lives for millennia, using natural processes. This is an opportunity to learn some of these ancient techniques! Part science, part botany, part craft: this workshop will impart the basics of natural dyeing. The first two days will focus on hot water dye baths using a wide range of locally grown plants. The third day deals exclusively with indigo, one of the oldest dyes to be used for textiles and one of the few to produce a true blue colour. By the end of the three sessions, you will have many samples that can be used for reference or future projects.
Price is for all three days and includes materials; places are limited. Registration + payment deadline: Friday, September 25 at 4pm
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Kelly Ruth is a visual and sound artist who has spent 20 years in and out of virtual worlds and this past year has been creating, performing, collaborating, DJing and community-building alongside artists around the globe inside an avatar-based, user-generated virtual world.