We held a day workshop on eco-dyeing at Wyaston in July 2018. The workshop was run by Pam Keeling and was enjoyed very much by the partipants. I went as IT Rep to take photographs and was intrigued by the process. I couldn’t take photos of everything so would be pleased to receive more pictures of the dyed fabrics and any later embellishments.
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Work  Preparing the fabric  Plant material  A demonstration below by Pam of adding plants, rolling and preparing for dyeing and steaming   How to roll the fabric  Helping hands  ...and more   Intrigued!  Going in or coming out?  Lesley's double decker steamer loaded  Wet colourful rolls straight from the bullet steamer  Who owns which roll?  Lovely colour from Kate's flowers     Unrolling the fabric - caught on camera below     I look forward to seeing what Maxine will do with her lovely piece of fabric ECO-DYEING PAPER  Pam demonstrates folding and cutting   Was it this way?   Well wrapped  Delicate pages  |  begins    Dyes and potions prepared by Pam and ready for us  Kate's colourful collection for dyeing  Another arrangement for the dye bath  Rolled and ready to go  Pam's 3 tier steamer - loaded  A bullet steamer ready for off  You too can have hands like this ... if you forget to put on gloves!   Soggy steamed plants being removed  All will be revealed And the Revelations: Some of the fabrics as they emerged from the steamer and the plant material was removed         Jacqui has made a garment from her eco-dyed fabric - folded books     Out of the steamer   One of Pam's books showing different ways of binding  |
