Workshops and Presentations
One and two day workshops are given throughout the spring, summer and fall seasons in the art of natural dyeing. Classes are designed to develop student's knowledge of the environmental importance, and ease of creating bio-regional color.
Presentations on the 'Ecology of Color' are designed to advance knowledge for both businesses and educational organizations who are interested in greening their supply chains, and transforming their educational curricula.
Contact Rebecca Burgess to discuss scheduling a workshop or presentation.
Scroll down to see a list of workshops for adults and children. Our first workshop of the year, takes place January 30, 2011. For more information take a look at our offerings below
Weekend at Esalen
Esalen Presents
Regenerative Color
Weekend of March 16-18th
Did you know that many of the dye colors we wear are coal tar based? Renewable color alternatives are plant derived and made from the earth's annually produced resource base.
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Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
May 5, 2012
9-4pm
Class description:
Ecological Artist and Fibershed founder Rebecca Burgess leads a day long exploration in native plant dyes.
Explore the deep orange, sage-like greens, and sunny yellows that are offered by the native and naturalized plants of our region. Learn everything from harvesting to preparing local fibers to producing beautiful textiles with natural color from the California chaparral ecosystem.
Class is open for registration!
Spindles & Flyers of California
Berkeley, CA
(location TBA)
April 21, 2011
Spindles and Flyers Presents:
Experience local, native, and naturalized color sources from the recipes of the newly released book Harvesting Color.
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Shakerag Workshop
Shakerag Workshop
St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
June of 2013 (Date TBA)
Experience local color Tennessee style, we will explore the recipes that cover the bioregions of the Southeast, using the local fiber of the area as our palate. Discover the stories of the landscape as they emerge in the botanic and regenerative colors from the regional floristic province.
Date: March 3rd and April 7th 2012