Workshop Sunday 15th November: Speed dyeing.

You've heard of speed dating? This is speed dyeing. 3 tutors in one day. The day starts with a discussion about colour and method for 30 minutes: Rae Cummings will then step you through cotton dyeing. Kelly Goodwin of Beautiful Silks will take you through yarn and fibre dyeing. Marion Hera-Gorr will conclude with Kelly as we look at results. (thanks Hannah French for the pictures)

Class description:

Rae Cummings : colour dyeing on cotton. You will make one series of colour swatches in the 2 hours allocated for this section. You will rinse these swatches out at the end of the day.

Image thankyou Hannah French Rae's dyed cotton

Rae Cummings is a successful craftswoman with many talents. She's one of life's quiet achievers. Her business Rae's Rags supplies Beautiful Silks with hand dyed embroidery threads, beautifully dyed. Rae is also a hand maker of beautiful books.

Marion Hera-Gorr and Kelly Goodwin - (this is a picture of Kelly)

will present you with the problem: How do we get this to go that colour? It's a constant issue for every dyer, we show you how we do it in our workshop and then set you the task of dyeing fibres fabrics and yarns all together in one dye batch.

Kelly Goodwin is a protege of Jacinta Leishman . Kelly spends her days dyeing fibres yarns and fabrics to a highly professional standard. Kelly will show you her technique for getting her brilliant hues and good colour saturation.

Marion Hera-Gorr. Managing partner of beautiful Silks, her background with dyeing is extensive, beginning her commerical dye life in a hat factory with industrial equipment, and working occasionally in the film industry doing colouration and dyeing. Marion will explain how to get that tint you want and to look for the subtle hue. We will also walk you through an instant dye process that is fabulous for textile artists when they just need to get the right thing quickly.

$132.00 inc gst. Notes and materials pack is available for this workshop at an extra cost of $25.00. (Swatches of yarn, swatches of cloth, notes that are laminated and all use of dyes on the day.) Total fee including fabric and yarn pack for this workshop is $157.00

Arrive at 9.30 am for our introduction. Bring your lunch - or buy it at one of the many local cafes- we provide complimentary refreshments including a range of healthy teas. Limited numbers- please book early to secure a place.

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Beautiful Silks liquid dye range.

These dyes are liquid - they are much safer to use than powder dyes as you do not have the risk of inhalation of dye stuff.

You can dye cellulose and protein based materials, and we will guide you to know what will and won't dye.