Traditional Natural Dyeing: Extraction of dyes, Mordanting, Dyeing

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In this module you learn to make your own dyes from plant sources and mordants from plant and minerals, leading to learning the mordanting and dyeing process.

 It includes colour plant identification, characteristics, making of three or more mordant vats with alum, Harda, and iron salts.

It has three levels and each level gets more and more detailed. You can choose the level according to the level of your interest, time, budget and application. Beginner Level is for curious people, online is for those who want to go deeper but cant travel and are okay to learn on their own with online training, offline level is for those who want to go deeper and want in person training at the centre, training or professional level is for people who want to do business or professional application with this.

Levels:

In this module you learn to make your own dyes from plant sources and mordants from plant and minerals, leading to learning the mordanting and dyeing process.

 It includes colour plant identification, characteristics, making of three or more mordant vats with alum, Harda, and iron salts.

It has three levels and each level gets more and more detailed. You can choose the level according to the level of your interest, time, budget and application. Beginner Level is for curious people, online is for those who want to go deeper but cant travel and are okay to learn on their own with online training, offline level is for those who want to go deeper and want in person training at the centre, training or professional level is for people who want to do business or professional application with this.

Beginner or DIY- kit: Learn how to extract dyes, mordant and dye the fabric with the materials in the kit, manual and a video tutorial

Intermediate level or Online - This is an online workshop one on one, in which we send a kit across to you. Learn about foraging, testing, how to extract dyes, mordant and dye the fabric with the materials in the kit, variations in mordanting, combinations of herbs dyeing process and wash care .

Advanced /Offline : 5 days of learning in details on making of dyes, mordanting, dyeing, wash care and shade variations. Topics covered are:

Why natural colors? Intention of the workshop.

Activity: Circle Meditation:Why return to nature?

Expressions of emotions & vulnerabilities. Responsibility and care towards self & surrounding

Exploring Sources of natural colours

Type of dyes – fugitive, adjective, substantive, Difference between dye and a stain

Activity: Sensory observation of plant material and minerals found in our surroundings through

shape, texture, primary colour, secondary colour, smell, taste. Mention the list of foraged

materials and your observations. 

Understanding types of fabrics and RFD process 

Animal Based, Plant Based, Recycled.

Importance of fabric preparation before dyeing, Impact of the type of fabric on the dyeing process

Mordanting process

Activity: Tannin extraction from Harda, iron and alum mordanting

Making The Dyes 1 flower dye, 1 fruit dye, 1 root dye : Activity: Learn Dye bath making with - Madder root powder, Pomegranate peels & Flame of forest flower.

Fabric preparation process, identification, 5 kinds of mordanting and dye extraction

Dyeing the mordanted pieces, Learning to make indigo vat and indigo dyeing, tie dye

Shade variations, big fabric dyeing, wash care, journaling your shades.

How to establish a stable dyeing formula with raw sources of Color for your specific  requirement