Top 10 Best Dyeing classes, courses, learnings kits and gifts in the UK

Zoë Burt is an artist, collaborative designer, educator and author with a passion for botanical colours and sustainability. As well as having her own studio & arts practise she tutors and tailor makes creative events for museums, schools and design meets horticulture venues. Explore a sample of natural dyes made from Bio-waste or Madder & Weld Discover the links to food and medicine and a brief history of natural dyeing and the resurgence of interest in contemporary practise Learn how to prepare fabric for dyeing Create a mini swatch card of modified natural dye colour samples Naturally dye and uniquely pattern a 35cm piece silk scarf July 15th - Dyeing with the ancient plants MADDER & WELD Sept 16th - Dyeing with KITCHEN BOTANICALS

In this beautiful class you will learn how to dye cloth and wool in a variety of shades and tones using natural dyes from plants, lichens, rust and even tea! With Designer Maker Rob Jones, the class also combines the Japanese art of 'Shibori' (stitch & bound resist patterns). You will also dye a silk scarf with a design and colour combination of your choice. You will use different bindings to resist dye and create pattern including the basic kamosage knot used to secure all bound work and how to make the kumo (spiderweb), hitta (binding with beads) and tesuji (stripes) patterns using binding. You will also understand different natural mordanting and dyeing methods, including how to mordant your fabrics with Myrobalan, Aluminium acetate and iron and how to dye your fabrics with the following natural plant dyes and indigo. Tansy (yellow) Madder/Bloodroot (red) Madder/Bloodroot and Tansy (orange) Tansy and indigo (green) Myrobalan and indigo (teal green) Indigo (blue) Madder and Indigo (purple) Tea (brown) Tea with rusty iron (brown and black) Finally, you will learn how to overdye with indigo and modify colours with Iron and unpick your finished work to reveal your designs!

Learn how to dye with indigo and natural plant dyes using Shibori, the ancient Japanese art of resist dyeing. You will learn the basic binding techniques and then dye a series of samples using natural dyes and indigo on cotton, silk and wool (cashmere!) fabrics. You will take home an A6 natural dyed hardback sample book for future reference. Over the 6 hour workshop you’ll master a variety of binding skills and learn all about indigo and how to dye with natural dyes: Use ne maki shibori (bound beads) to resist dye and create pattern including the basic kamosage knot used to secure all bound work. Understand different natural mordanting and dyeing methods: How to mordant your fabrics with Myrobalan, Aluminium acetate, Alum and iron How to dye your fabrics with the following natural plant dyes and indigo to produce a wide range of colours; Tansy (Yellow), Madder (Red), Indigo (Blue) You will also dye with a Mystery dye which is different each time the workshop is run! How to overdye with indigo and modify colours with Iron How to overdye with a different coloured dye Unpick your finished work and reveal your designs. Please note: The studio is up a flight of stairs and there is no lift and there are uneven floors in part of the building so not suitable for disabled access. This class is run at other locations with disabled access so please enquire direct if you would like to attend. Thank you. All materials and tools are provided. Includes pre-mordanted cotton, silk and wool fabric for samples that you will be able to take away as a sample book. An A6 hardback natural dyed notebook is provided to stick your samples in. Instructions on how to create and maintain your own indigo vat and how to dye with natural dye extracts and mordants will also be provided. You will take home a set of samples for reference. Silk scarves will be available to purchase on the day if you want to take other finished projects home with you.