UPCOMING ONLINE ZOOM-BASED PROGRAMS
SUMMER 2022
The course is intensive and project driven – all concepts presented are partnered with a wide range of projects that make use of diverse techniques and materials.
Zoom recordings may be downloaded and saved.
COLORS OF INDIGO
Persicaria’s Hidden Treasures
Saturdays in September
10, 17, and 24
10:00 to 12:00 noon California time.
John Marshall Natural Dyes + Vegetable Prints Class
The workshop dates are October 1, 8, 15 with a November 5 followup session.
Workshop times are 10AM to 12PM Pacific. Sunday, 10/2, 2022, 2 - 4 p.m. EDT
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We’ll begin the session one with the basics of indican, the foundation of our blue,
to make sure that we are all starting from a shared base of knowledge.
In session two, we’ll venture into extracting what most of us just throw away–the yellow found in indigo cells, kaempferol. So right there we have blue and
yellow, and by extension, green. Why stop there?
Also found within the cells of our friend Percy, is a dye called indirubin that
will amaze us with shades of magenta. And, armed with this red, we will be able
to produce a full color palette of blues, greens, yellows, oranges, reds, and
purples. Percy is so like some our very best friends–perhaps quiet and retiring in appearance but overflowing with hidden treasures
if only we show a little patience and take time to get to know them.
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