Natures Dyepot

eco dye workshop: Edinburgh

two places left for Sunday: we will forage for spring plants and flowers and use them in the dye process. e mail loomhaus@aol.com to book

 

 

Mixed Media

Come to our workshops and have a go.....

 

Natures Dye pot Workshop 

Still a few places left

Take your dye technique to a new level

book @ loomhaus@aol.com

 

 

EDS Spring/Summer Workshop’s:

Sunday 2nd June and Sunday 23rd June

Natures Dye Pot

 

Kim Gunn

Exploring Hapa-Zome (flower pounding), cold bundling and rusting on cloth; two Sunday’s in late spring to introduce you to natural fabric colouring techniques using flora gathered from the local surroundings. The second session will ‘reveal’ your findings and further explore mordent’s, leaf prints and flower trapping.

Time: 10am – 3pm (bring a packed lunch and mug for tea/coffee)

Venue: The Arts Complex, St Margaret’s House, Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Cost: £95 for 2 days (£55 for 1 day only) – some materials provided at cost price.

Book: Email Loomhaus@aol.com Places limited to 10

Please bring with you to the first session: • Pair of rubber gloves and apron • Ziplock type freezer bags • Small notebook or sketchbook and pencil • 1/4 m each - white silk Habotai, cotton sheeting and/or linen or wool • Small hammer, tweezers and embroidery scissors • Wide masking tape • Wooden chopping board • Soft wire, elastic bands • Spray bottle
Please bring with you to the second session: • Any interesting flower or plant materials you may wish to work with • Embroidery scissors, tweezers, • Baking parchment • Fusible Webbing (Fuse FX) or Bondaweb or Mistyfuse • Backing fabric (Any fabric with a smooth surface) • Chiffon or organza

Kim Gunn (MA RCA) is an artist and lecturer who has been working in textiles for over 20 years. She teaches on a range of textile and design courses at Edinburgh College.

 

 

 Warli Detail 

How about this for great Warli painting in Bhopal. This was inspiration for the Sari below.  Great stuff. 

WORKSHOP June 2nd ... still a few places left. Mail loomhaus@aol.com for details.   

Join us and build a textile Hub

 

 

 

Tribal Block Print

We found this block printed Sari in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is  hand printed using a carved wooden block onto raw silk. We pass it every day at EDS HQ and we love it.

 

Trapped  

This weekend the Edinburgh Design School(eds HQ)  studios have been bubbling and fizzing with the sounds and smell of boiling mordant and vinegar soaked bundles. The results will not be ready for three weeks so here is another of our experiments. Honesty trapped in cloth.

 

Ground Work

This unwrapped bundle detail highlights the depth of pattern printed on the cloth.
This will make an excellent ground to build from. Remember these are means to an end and not necessarily ends in themselves.

 

Another Bundle

Unwrapped

This bundle was made with  Silk and seaweed wrapped in wire and soaked in a light vinegar

Unwrapped 

Three weeks ago we made some textile bundles using plants and seaweed collected in the Scottish highlands. We unwrapped them today with some stunning results. More images to follow in the next few days.

 

 

PRINT STUDY

We have been playing with  cut -outs,

mark making on paper and card.

These small studies are really useful

experiments for print.

 

 

 

EDS Spring/Summer Workshop’s:

Sunday 2nd June and Sunday 23rd June

Natures Dye Pot

 

Kim Gunn

Exploring Hapa-Zome (flower pounding), cold bundling and rusting on cloth; two Sunday’s in late spring to introduce you to natural fabric colouring techniques using flora gathered from the local surroundings. The second session will ‘reveal’ your findings and further explore mordent’s, leaf prints and flower trapping.

Time: 10am – 3pm (bring a packed lunch and mug for tea/coffee)

Venue: The Arts Complex, St Margaret’s House, Meadowbank, Edinburgh

Cost: £95 for 2 days (£55 for 1 day only) – some materials provided at cost price.

Book: Email Loomhaus@aol.com Places limited to 10

Please bring with you to the first session: • Pair of rubber gloves and apron • Ziplock type freezer bags • Small notebook or sketchbook and pencil • 1/4 m each - white silk Habotai, cotton sheeting and/or linen or wool • Small hammer, tweezers and embroidery scissors • Wide masking tape • Wooden chopping board • Soft wire, elastic bands • Spray bottle
Please bring with you to the second session: • Any interesting flower or plant materials you may wish to work with • Embroidery scissors, tweezers, • Baking parchment • Fusible Webbing (Fuse FX) or Bondaweb or Mistyfuse • Backing fabric (Any fabric with a smooth surface) • Chiffon or organza

Kim Gunn (MA RCA) is an artist and lecturer who has been working in textiles for over 20 years. She teaches on a range of textile and design courses at Edinburgh College.