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BUY TICKETS
YOUR COURSE TUTOR
Anne Foy
Since 2017 Anne has combined travel and learning about natural dyeing from leaders in the field.
This has taken her to Spain and twice to Holland. She also attended the World Shibori Symposiums in Mexico and Japan. Anne has also taught several multi-day workshops in natural dyeing and botanical printing.
She works from her home studio in Sydney, where she explores using colours from natural sources to make paints, inks, pastels, and dyes.
“This course was a great introduction into a new creative hobby that we can continue to develop our skills at home. Anne is a fabulously generous person with sharing knowledge, resources and useful feedback.”
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Be open to the collaboration with plants and their distinctive traits. We will add some colour using traditional natural dyes.
Botanical printing is a direct contact process using plant matter. This is a class about technique (we are not producing items for sale).
Once good technique is mastered you may continue at home to print on clothing and larger pieces .
Our pieces will be suitable to make into cushions, table runners, bags and many other things. We will dye some threads so you may stitch into your work later.
There will also be an opportunity to try printing on paper.
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Please bring the following on your first day of class:
Please don’t bring synthetic fabrics - they don’t take natural dyes.
1 metre wool (woven or jersey)
1-2 metres linen
2-3 metres cotton
1-2 metres silk (your choice - could be dupion or charmeuse or georgette or wild silk or other)
Blanket material 3 metres minimum
Pegs
3 buckets
2 pairs washing up gloves
Painters plastic drop sheet
Roll of 38cm wide Aldi Baking Paper
Watercolour paper 150gsm or heavier (smooth is best) - Some paper will be provided, if you would like to do more then please bring more
Needle
Thread
Waterproof marker
String or 2-3 t shirts to cut into string
Notebook
Fabric scissors
Secateurs or rough scissors for plant
Pen
Camera to record layouts
1 packet large heavy duty plastic garbage bags
4 wooden dowels 45cm or less - old wooden broomsticks are good
Foliage from your garden, neighbours, flower market and the bush
This class has an extra materials cost of $50, which is payable directly to the tutor.
Once you book your ticket, the tutor will be in touch to arrange payment.
Cost includes:Natural dyes, tannins, alum and other additives
Gas cylinders
Dyeing equipment
Two panels of mordanted linen/cotton for use on the first day
Two pieces of watercolour paper, prepared for dyeing
Some natural fibre threads to dye for stitching/embroidery in your work later
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No experience required.
Please note that you will be working with hot liquids.
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NOTE: THIS IS A PLAN ONLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Day One
Introduction to natural dyes - discussion of samples
Preparation of fabrics for tomorrow’s printing
Essential knowledge before we begin
Creating sample prints using fabrics I have already prepared
Iron/tannin reaction, health and safety issues
Foraging and environmental issues
Recording information
Day Two
Finishing fabric prep from yesterday
Looking at yesterday’s samples to understand plant properties
Bundling
Printing
Making a weld dyepot
Tannin blankets
Day Three
More printing - different layout techniques
Demonstration of printing a garment
Making a cochineal dye pot
Under/overdyeing
Preparing and printing paper
Day Four
Variations on intensity - more printing
Day Five
Print print print
Discussion on finishing/fabric care
Analysing everyone’s work
Final wrap
Examination and evaluation
