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April 15, 2021

5/22,29 Online Plant Dyeing Workshop



This year, we will be holding an online vegetable dyeing workshop hosted by Nippon Tenaraido. Let's try vegetable dyeing for the first time using flowers and plants that are close at hand. Of course, repeaters are also welcome! The dye material used this time is mugwort. We hope you will enjoy the calming, pale color and scent of mugwort.
When dyeing with plants, various types of minerals are sandwiched between the fabric to fix the colors of the plants to the fabric. This is a process called "mordanting." The best part of dyeing is that the color changes depending on the mordant used. In this workshop, we will try alum mordant in the first session, and iron mordant in the second session. This is a two-part workshop where you will learn how to make iron mordant at home using common items, and how to dye with it!
WS details: https://www.tenaraido.jp/tenarai/kusakizome/

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Total 2 sessions
1st: Saturday, May 22, 2021
2nd time: Saturday, May 29, 2021

Each session is from 1pm to 3pm

Application deadline: May 13th (Thu) 23:59

*This is a two-part workshop. The first will teach you how to use alum mordanting, and the second will teach you how to use iron mordanting as an application. You can also participate in just the first session.

*Those who participated in the plant dyeing workshop held last September can also participate in the second workshop only. Please note that we cannot accept those who did not participate in the workshop to participate in the second workshop only.