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Join Michel Garcia in Lauris, France as he shares his knowledge as one of the leading natural dye experts in the world. Learn how he has revised traditional European methods - once laborious and polluting - into simpler, safer, modern recipes sensitive to issues of sustainability.

Includes in-depth explorations of indigo pigment extraction with woad, brewing easy organic vats with fructose and with henna, and building shades with clay paste resist; mordanting with alum and ferrous on cotton including brush and block printing techniques, fixing mordant with wheat bran and dyeing yellow with artichoke, and combining techniques for simple polychromatic effects; a mordant project painting and printing with cochineal and red vine leaf; dyeing with madder, discharging with lemon, cleaning with sulfonated castor oil and marseille soap; polychromatic effects with resist paste, block printing, and over-dyeing, using a variety of mordants and dyes.

Extended Bonus Notes on https://naturaldyeworkshop.com/extra are made available with purchase. Please email [email protected] for the access code.

TOPICS

Indigo Workshop

Indigo Pigment Extraction with Woad
Indigo Vat 1-2-3! with Fructose
Dyeing Various Fibers
Indigo Vat 1-2-3! with Henna
Indigo with Resist: Shades of Blue with Clay Paste

Mordants

Dark Mordant for Cotton: Ferrous Mordant including Brush Techniques and Block Printing
Bright Mordant for Cotton: Alum Mordant
Fixing Mordant with Wheat Bran and Yellow Dye from Artichoke Leaves
Simple Polychromatic Effects by Diluting Alum and Ferrous Mordant
Color Swatch Project Using Yellow Dye from Artichoke
Summary: A Variety of Possibilities from Garden Plants and Logwood Extract

Mordant Project: Using Cochineal and Red Vine Leaf

Color Swatch Review and Thickened Mordant Preparation
Fabric Painting with Alum Mordant
Block Printing with Alum Mordant
Dyeing with Cochineal and Red Vine Leaf

Madder

Discharging Mordant with Lemon Juice
Dyeing with Madder and Cleaning with Sulfonated Castor Oil
Immersion Dyeing: White Designs on a Colored Background Using Lemon Juice Discharge
Enhanced Cleaning with Marseille Soap

Polychromatic Effects

Reserving Colors Using Resist Paste in an Indigo Dye Bath: Over-dyeing with Blue on Gall Nut Dyed Fabric
Four Shades of Madder Immersion Dye
Indigo Blue and Clay Resist
Osage Yellow and Block Printing with Alum Mordant Paste
Ferrous Mordant as a Rust Color
Designing with Ferrous Mordant and Dyeing with Gall Nut
Using a Clay Resist and Over-dyeing with Indigo
Multicolor Effects on Indigo: Using Pomegranate/Alum and Ferrous/Osage/Alum Mix
Over-dyeing with Cochineal: Multicolor to Polychromatic

Produced by Yoshiko I. Wada (Slow Fiber Studios); directed and filmed by Andrew Galli (Studio Galli); Music composed by Andrew Galli of Galli Creative; 2011. 2 discs combined to one video; 4:3 aspect; 183 minutes; English audio; SUBTITLED VERSIONS COMING SOON!