Dyeing with Native Plants: An Exploration of our Local Ecosystems

Dyeing with Native Plants: an exploration of our local ecosystems

Join me for an hour and a half lecture & presentation on dyeing with native plants. 

A few of the things we will be going over on this zoom call:

-my scouring and mordanting recipes for preparing animal and cellulose fibers for any kind of dye

-the importance of recognizing the history of native plants in America and their uses

-local recipes and examples from native dye plants I have experimented with

-Ethically harvesting plants for dye and growing them in your garden

-A 15-20 min Q&A

-websites and sources to get materials for dyeing at home as well as books and recommendations to further you’re foraging and ethnobotany exploration

-every attendee with get a detailed PDF file emailed to them included scouring and mordanting recipes as well as some native dye plant recipes

When: Wednesday October 16th, 6pm-7:30pm pacific time