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CANCELLED -Natural Dye & Ecoprint – Day 1- with Amanda Duke

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Thursday 10th September 2020 | 9:30am - 2:00pm

CANCELLED -Natural Dye & Ecoprint – Day 1- with Amanda Duke
CANCELLED
Day 1  Natural Dyeing-an introduction: Natural dyes or colorants derived from plants, invertebrates or minerals. The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources – roots, berries, bark, leaves, and wood and other biological sources such as fungi and lichens. You will make a series of samples and document/record/label your findings. The aim will be to equip you with sufficient skills to get started at home should you wish to.
 
Day 2 Eco-print dyeing is a fascinating way of printing onto fabric. You will use flowers and leaves from the grounds in a contact printing method that allows them to transfer their colour, texture and patterns. The effects and results you can get from a range of plants is fascinating. This course is an exploration into the surprising and exciting effects that can be achieved by wrapping plants in cloth and processing the bundles through a simmer or steam process. You will make a few practise bundles before bundling a full-sized silk scarf.
 
This course includes materials that have been pre-prepped (scoured and mordanted) fabric and a silk scarf blank 180 x 45cm ready to print.
Book before 1st June pay total £155 (incl. £25 materials )
Book after 1st June pay total £165 (incl. £25 materials )
 
For further details and course booking contcat amandagduke@gmail.com


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      Fraser BishopFraser Bishop
      10:50 11 Jul 22
      Wonderful garden well worth a visit. Great variety of plants showing so many ways of portraying a garden layout. Must comment on the great tea and cakes selection, our dog loved the doggy ice cream!
      Joan DaniellJoan Daniell
      15:13 06 Jul 22
      Beautifully planted area, in which you are encouraged to walk along paths between the plants so can be completely surrounded by foliage - a lovely effect.
      Peter WardPeter Ward
      08:40 28 Jun 22
      Beautiful garden, very relaxing, and bigger than you might think. Cafe is nice too
      Mike CleggMike Clegg
      16:07 08 Jun 22
      Tea room not brilliant nice cake but coffee in paper cup. No other options other then tea coffee and cake. Opening times short 1 to 5 but gardens beautiful
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