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Special 5 day Workshop with India Flint 'Talisman Dress' .....a dress created from precious fragments and orphaned treasures- a class for those who have experience in ecologically sustainable plant dyeing.
Talisman Dress Code IF09 $875.00 for the five days March 8-12th inclusive
Create a dress inspired by the amulets and talismans of history, embellished with collected treasures, beads, buttons, the stash of plant-dyed textile fragments you have collected over the years, kantha stitching and even partnerless earrings. We’ll begin by dyeing a substantial length of silk using very simple ingredients - leaves, water and heat; using non-toxic pre-mordant techniques to add variation to the colour. From the cloth we will form a dress influenced by the zero waste cutting techniques of traditional nomadic garments. Throughout the week we will build on our garment, adding pockets [both obvious and secret], sewn detail and our personal treasures. Participants may wish to bring botanical matter from their own gardens to colour their piece of cloth. There will be instruction in and opportunity for thread dyeing. We will make stitch samplers on dyed textile fragments and build them into the garment. Each dress will reflect the personality of the maker as well as becoming a kind of personal amulet, something to be worn on special occasions or when needing protection. At the end of the week, we hope you will agree to show your finished talisman dress in an exhibition at the Beautiful Silks Textile Gallery for the duration of the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Things to bring: A pre-loved garment to form the foundation of the bodice [if desired] Your collection of partnerless earrings, special buttons, beads and trinkets Needles + threads, pins and safety pins A ball of cotton string or wool yarn [both if you wish] Scissors Notebook and writing implement, digital camera Nametag if you would like to be addressed personally [rather than as Petal, Darling, Blossom, Kevin or Dearie] A marker to affix to your bundle for easy identification in the dyepot A shopping carrier bag full of leaves/flowers/bark gathered from your garden [or local park] A three metre length of silk or wool cloth [this may be collected at Beautiful Silks on the first morning, aim to arrive 20 minutes early if you plan to do this- we have a selection of fabrics included in your fee] Sewing machine [or arrange to hire one from BS] A handful of small interesting metal pieces [iron, copper or brass] Wear Clothes that don’t ‘matter’ Stout shoes with covered toes
link to our blog here to see our 2010 workshop with India at Beautiful Silks - Code IF09 Fee $875.00 This fee includes 3 mtr of base cloth to start your dress. India is a world-renowned textile artist specializing in bio-regional ecologically sustainable plant dyes, India Flint www.indiaflint.com oors open at 9.am for a 9.30 start. Workshop closes daily at 5pm, tutor free to go home at 4pm
Above, Brenda Harrison, results New Zealand Beautiful Silks India Flint workshop 2009 Also check out the ....Natural Dye Symposium June 26th-July 11th 2012, 'Nature's colours in the City' Email us to express your interest rebuilt by the elephant on 2010.10.01 |
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