Introduction to plant-based textile printing
Plein air! Saturday 2025 workshops
With Émilie Fayet
Discover vegetable dyes and the main stages in their manufacture.
After an introduction to the history of dyeing, a visit to the Jardin des Migrations will teach us how to identify Mediterranean dye plants. We’ll then learn about the various stages of dyeing: preparing textile fibers (cotton, wool and silk), mordanting, preparing baths and shading the resulting colors.
In the last part of the workshop, it’s time to make a fabric handkerchief, dyed and printed to your own taste.
With Émilie Fayet
Discover vegetable dyes and the main stages in their manufacture.
After an introduction to the history of dyeing, a visit to the Jardin des Migrations will teach us how to identify Mediterranean dye plants. We’ll then learn about the various stages of dyeing: preparing textile fibers (cotton, wool and silk), mordanting, preparing baths and shading the resulting colors.
In the last part of the workshop, it’s time to make a fabric handkerchief, dyed and printed to your own taste.