Class Description
You all have asked for it, so here it is! This three part class will take you from fabric selection to mordanting to creating a dye bath to actually dyeing your garment!
Students are asked to bring a selection of white items of clothing (light colors are ok too) that are made with natural fibers such as cotton, linen, wool, silk etc.
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(April 15) Day One: Blues and Mordant
This day will be focused on creating beautiful blue tones from indigo. We will also be talking about mordanting fabric and preparing our fabric for next time. We will also be prepping a few dye baths for next class.
(April 22) Day Two: Yellows and Greens and Browns
This day we will get to utilize the dye baths we prepared in the first class as well as talk about different methodologies around dye bath preparation and layering dyes. We will also prepare some dye baths for next time.
(April 29) Day Three: Reds and Purples
Our last day will be spent experimenting with reds and purples, trying to achieve those historically sought after colors. Students will also receive dye materials to take home to continue to practice and learn with!
Registration:
Please register at least 24 hours in advance at heronsllynfarm.com the sooner the better! Class fee is collected the day of the class.
Class cost: $80
Class length: Three 2-hour sessions (April 15, 22, 29, 6-7:30pm)
Spots: 8
Instructor Bio
Aja Ewing (she/her) is a 3rd generation fiber artist who specialises in fiber education and how textiles are connected with our natural resources. She has a BS in Natural Resource Management from Green Mountain College and a MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Unity University. She has 20+ experience in spinning and dyeing as well as knitting, crocheting and weaving. She's spent the last 5 years in pollinator studies, including her masters course, Cornell's Master Beekeepers course, as well as working for commercial native plants nurseries and apiaries. Through her education she has focused on ways that our textile industry impacts our natural environment and ways to improve the ways we source, process and market textiles in a method that can reduce harm or even benefit native pollinators. Aja's teaching style is engaging and hands-on and she takes care to create a learning environment that is a safe place for all. She raises sheep and bees as well as sells her handspun yarn out of her farm in Orwell, VT.