Natural Dye Workshop

In this hands-on workshop, you will explore three different ways to connect with nature through natural dye techniques.

• Learn about stove-top dyeing and observe how iron can drastically change a plant's colour palette.
• Experiment with flora pounding to create stunning patterns and layered colours.
• Lastly, begin the journey of solar dyeing - a slow process that you will take home with you to finish.

Over 2.5 hours, we will work together to celebrate and demonstrate the wonders of natural dyes.All materials will be provided, plus every participant will receive a handout about the natural dye techniques to take home. Everyone is welcome to join the workshop, no matter if you are a natural dye pro or a beginner. Children under the age of 16 must be supervised by an adult during this workshop.
About the instructor
Sarah Zanchetta (she/they) is an artist, educator, and writer whose textile practice dives into her loss of connection to nature through hands-on mending and research of poisonous plants. She questions what it means to be in kinship with the poisonous, creating intimate works as a space to unfold curiosities, care, and anxieties about what grows beneath our feet.
Zanchetta is a graduate of the Master of Visual Studies Studio program at the University of Toronto and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University. Her practice has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, and has collaborative community-based work in the permanent collections of the Kortright Centre for Conservation and Evergreen Brick Works. Their work has been shown internationally, with most recent exhibitions at Fais-Moi L'Art (Montreal, Canada) and the plumb (Toronto, Canada).

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