ECO-DYEING WORKSHOP
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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The Eco-Dyers
Work
begins
Everything ready, even the coffee
Preparing the fabric
Plant material
Dyes and potions prepared by Pam and ready for us
A demonstration below by Pam of adding plants, rolling and preparing for dyeing and steaming
Kate's colourful collection for dyeing
How to roll the fabric
Another arrangement for the dye bath
Helping hands
Rolled and ready to go
...and more
Pam's 3 tier steamer - loaded
Many hands ...
A bullet steamer ready for off
Intrigued!
You too can have hands like this ... if you forget
to put on gloves!
Going in or coming out?
The steamer steaming
Lesley's double decker steamer loaded
Soggy steamed plants being removed
Wet colourful rolls straight from the
bullet steamer
All will be revealed
And the Revelations:
Some of the fabrics as they emerged from
the steamer and the plant material
was removed
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
Jacqui has made a garment from her eco-dyed fabric
- folded books
ECO-DYEING PAPER
Pam demonstrates folding and cutting
A different shape
Was it this way?
and put in the dye
Working it out
Out of the steamer
Well wrapped
The muslin wrapping was dyed as well as the book
One of Pam's books showing different ways of binding
Delicate pages
