NATURAL COLOUR & FIBRE. GROWN HERE.
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A Day on the Farm: Fresh Flower Dyeing Techniques (28/12/26)
$184.00
Spend a day among the plants that make the colour — harvest it yourself, then put it straight to work.
WHEN: Monday 28th December, 10:00am - 4:00pm. Lunch included
WHERE: Start at the Halswell Farm, Quaifes Road
Join us on the farm for a full day of learning, harvesting, and hands-on experimentation with fresh dyestuffs pulled straight from the field.
You'll move through the field talking about each dye plant, what colour they produce, and the techniques that work best for them. You'll then be taken through a host of different fresh-flower techniques — tatakizome (hammered leaf and petal printing), fresh leaf indigo, bundle dyeing, and solar dyeing — building a real feel for how each plant behaves differently depending on the method. Because everything you work with comes straight from the field, no two results are ever quite the same.
You'll leave with a collection of fabric swatches across the different techniques, plus a tote bag and a silk scarf of your own to wear or gift.
You can even take home plant materials to DIY when you get home.
WHEN: Monday 28th December, 10:00am - 4:00pm. Lunch included
WHERE: Start at the Halswell Farm, Quaifes Road
Join us on the farm for a full day of learning, harvesting, and hands-on experimentation with fresh dyestuffs pulled straight from the field.
You'll move through the field talking about each dye plant, what colour they produce, and the techniques that work best for them. You'll then be taken through a host of different fresh-flower techniques — tatakizome (hammered leaf and petal printing), fresh leaf indigo, bundle dyeing, and solar dyeing — building a real feel for how each plant behaves differently depending on the method. Because everything you work with comes straight from the field, no two results are ever quite the same.
You'll leave with a collection of fabric swatches across the different techniques, plus a tote bag and a silk scarf of your own to wear or gift.
You can even take home plant materials to DIY when you get home.
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Please note before purchasing a ticket:
- This is not a wheelchair accessible event.
- Part of this workshop is outdoors in a commercial farm setting. As such, there will be hazards such as uneven ground and hoses. There will be minimal shade, so we recommend dressing appropriately for the weather conditions on the day and ideally wearing a hat. The other part of the workshop is based in a commercial dye studio, as such there will be hazards such as hoses, open flame and hot pots.
- Refunds will be on a case-by-case basis but as a small business, we unfortunately cannot refund any tickets that are cancelled within a week before the event.
- This is an all weather event
