WORKSHOPS  FOR  2013 !       

 

Acid dyes - dyes for wool, silk (& nylon)

March 9th  Saturday

Don't be put off by the "acid" name - white vinegar is all that is required !  These dyes are traditionally used hot (simmered in a pot), but they can be used succesfully in so many more ways - in a glass jar in the sun or painted on cold and then steamed, to name but two.  The perfect dye for spinners and weavers, and felters too.

We provide the dyes, chemicals, equipment, and notes.  You just need to bring a glass jar and yarn, fabric, felt, etc.

$75.00 for the workshop, plus $5.00 materials fee

 

Screen Printing - how to get your design onto the screen & into print

May 4th  Saturday  -  NEW DATE !

Learn simple and cheap, but still very effective, ways of creating images on the screen ready for printing.  Paper stencils, baby powder, and cold wax for example.  With no expensive or specialist equipment required besides your screen and squeegee.  

Screens, squeegees, and fabric paints provided.  As well as the baby powder, etc.  You bring your fabric (or paper) to be printed.

$75 for the workshop  plus $10.00 materials fee

 

Silk Painting - paint a scarf

May 11th  Saturday

A day of colour, experimentation and creativity. Learn basic silk painting techniques whilst painting your own pure silk scarves - your choice of colours and design.  Applying the gutta (resist lines), painting on the dyes, effects with salt & urea, blending & shading colours, and how to fix the dyes to make them permanent will all be covered.

All materials supplied (silk, frame, paintbrushes, dyes etc)    Bring your own design ideas.

$75 for the workshop  plus $5 per scarf materials fee

 

Drimarene K & Procion dyes - cold water dyes for patchworkers, embroiderers, & textile artists
June 8th  Saturday
$75 for the workshop  plus $5 materials fee

 

Sublime transfer printing - working with Polysol dyes on synthetics
July 20th  Saturday  - please note - New date !
$75 for the workshop  plus $5  materials fee

 

Devore  -  to burn out/eat away one part of a fabric

August 10th  Saturday

Make holes in fabric in a controlled creative manner.  Take away one layer of blended fibre fabrics - think velvet - to create patterns in sheers and solids...  Go to our Devore page for a full description of the technique. 

We provide the expertise and knowledge and chemicals and some specialist fabrics, you bring your curiousity and some more fabrics.
$75 for the workshop plus $10.00 materials fee

 

Shibori - with Indigo 

September 14th  Saturday

Simply put - shibori is Japanese for tie dye.  But it is so much more than rubber bands and string !  Learn how to stitch, wrap, tie, fold, clamp, and twist fabric to create beautiful patterns with the traditional blue indigo dye.  No experience required - just some homework to be done before the class...  We provide the expertise and knowledge and indigo, and you just need to bring fabric and enthusiasm.  

$75 for the workshop plus $5.00 materials fee

 

Oh so blue...  Indigo day

September 28th  Saturday

NOT a workshop.  I will not be teaching you how to do shibori nor how to make up the indigo vat.  Just a day to dye everything wonderfully blue !  You come along with your fabric, yarn, whatever and... dye it.

We will provide the bottomless indigo vat, and buckets of water, and clothesline and the factory backyard we don't mind being splashed with a bit of blue.  Full use of our arashi poles (please bring your own string) and clamps too.

$25.00 per person.  Unlimited use of the indigo vat.

 

Doing it Naturally - working with natural dyes

October 19th  Saturday  

Spend a day with alchemy.  From the everyday mundane gum leaves and onion skins, to the ancient and exotic cochineal and madder - all natural dyestuffs that produce yellows, golds, greens, pinks, mauves, and reds...  Learn how to change the colours available with pH manipulation and different mordants, how easy it is to dye silk and wool naturally, and the secret to getting the same stunning colours on cotton.  

All dyestuffs and chemicals supplied, but you can bring along cuttings from your garden to test as well.

$75 for the workshop plus $10.00 materials fee

 

High School Textiles student's Special 
November 9th  Saturday
Try silk painting, and tie dye, and fabric crayons, and plain dyeing, and transfer printing, and whatever else we have time for on the day.  A hands on taste of all sorts of ways of getting colour onto fabric and fibre, and a chance to ask lots of questions for the Yr 9 - 12 textiles student.
$55 for the workshop.    All materials provided.

 

 

 

WORKSHOPS AT BATIK OETORO

Workshops are ONLY held on weekends.  9am for a 9:30 start.  Finish approx 4pm.  

$75 per day per person plus materials fee

Inc. is comprehensive notes, tea & coffee and biscuits.  You need to bring lunch, pen and paper, at least an apron, and some other basic items (depending on the workshop), that you will be informed of when you enrol.  Eg. cotton fabric, needle and thread.  Any specialist items/products - we will provide.

 

Possible topics include....

SILK PAINTING - beginners

SILK PAINTING - advanced

SILK PAINTING - paint a scarf

SHIBORI - using Indigo or Naphtol dyes

NATURAL DYES

BATIK - wax resist

ACID DYES

TRANSFER DYES

DYEING FOR PATCHWORKERS & EMBROIDERERS - using Drimarene K & Procion MX dyes

TIE DYEING

PAINTING WITH PROCION MX & DRIMARENE K DYES

MARBLING

DEVORE

SCREEN PRINTING - basics

SCREEN PRINTING - image making

BLOCK PRINTING - making your own blocks & printing with paints & thickened dye

NAPHTOL DYES - dip dyeing and working with thickened diazos

DISCHARGE - removing dyes in creative ways

 

A workshop can be tailored to suit your group's needs and preferences.  These can be held at our premises or Lynne can be booked to come to you.