This two-day online workshop will delve into the wonder and nature of living color “stories.” Using her latest book NATURAL PALETTES as inspiration, Sasha will guide students in a variety of ways to connect us both practically and poetically to plant-based color palettes.
This workshop will focus on conceptual aspects of working with plant-based hues and exploring the basic steps of getting started with plants as ingredients for unique, personalized and vibrant color. Sasha will also highlight ways in which NATURAL PALETTES can widen our “color senses,” by sharing examples of experimentation, fieldwork, plant-based research and identification, documentation, as well as regenerative tips for reuse, zero waste, and experiential meaningful practices in the process.
Besides teaching accessible step-by-step and practical ways to begin, Sasha will also share conceptual inspiration through slides and visuals, as well as helpful tools, techniques and resources for creating your own -or collective – deepened relationship with plant-based color and the awe-inspiring nuanced palettes they can create.
The workshop will culminate in sharing a wide array of natural “color stories” and your own uniquely foraged, gathered or grown plant-based palette. This palette will be created as a result of experimentation and exploration in our class with Sasha Duerr.
This class would also be such a great way to start the New Year for those interested in applying more zero waste techniques to their life and of course starting 2021 out right with natural color in their life.”
DETAILS
The class will be held as a Zoom meeting with a dedicated TA to manage the chat, questions and any follow up.
We will be sending you wool fabric, mordant, and auxiliaries and two natural dyes for your experiments. You will also forage for holiday trimmings, citrus rinds or other greenery leftover from the holidays to create palettes of your own. You will mordant the fabrics prior to class. A full materials list will be sent to you shortly after registration.
This class uses wool fabrics to create our palettes. We regret that are not able to provide plant fabric substitutions.
Class dates: January 9 and 10, 2021 (Saturday and Sunday). Class times are 11-2:30 Pacific (2-5:30 Eastern) and 9-11:30 Hawaii
Installment payments are available. Please contact sienna.botanicalcolors@gmail.com for information.