Ever wanted to learn everything you could about dyeing with marigolds? This workshop is for you! Using marigolds from Aaron’s dye garden, we’ll explore various ways of passing the beautiful colors of flowers to fiber in long-lasting ways, as well as how to prepare your fabric for best results. We’ll explore bundle dyeing, immersion dyeing, flower pounding and shibori, enabling participants to create their own unique language through textiles and plants.
Students are provided with a yard of fabric for experimenting. Participants are encouraged to bring 3-4 additional small homegoods or accessories. These items must be made of natural fiber, and should be thoroughly pre-washed before the workshop. If you have marigolds from home (or other dye flowers, like cosmos, coreopsis, bachelor’s button, and scabiosa), feel free to bring those as well—fresh or dried will work for different applications.