£20. Booking required.
Alice Burnhope x Colour of Saying
Join textile artist Alice Burnhope and colour forecaster and author Laura Perryman, from Colour of Saying for an immersive late-summer evening workshop inspired by natural dye and colour.
Plants and flowers have been used for centuries to reveal the colours of nature onto our textiles. Introduce yourself to the basics of natural dyeing and enjoy a fun and interactive hapa zome dye technique, learn how to create beautiful botanical patterns and take home swatches and botanically dyed upcycled fabric, creating a visual statement of slow conscious design.
Hapa Zome is the Japanese craft of plant printing also known as Tataki Zome. Tataki is the Japanese word for hammering, and Zomé is the word for dye.
This technique has historically been used to encourage us to connect seasonally and locally with nature. Steaming flowers and dye plants directly onto fabric, avoiding excess water usage.
After the technique explore paint with natural dye inks onto watercolour paper to create nature-positive responses.
We look forward to welcoming you! Ticket price includes refreshments and a tour of Ethical Colour.
This workshop is part of Ethical Colour a series of participatory events and exhibition open over 4 days for London Design Festival, 2024 as part of The William Morris Design Line supported by Waltham Forest.
Ethical Colour combines circular thinking and emerging regenerative colour innovations to reveal and inspire new nuances of meaning responding resolutely to social, environmental and planetary change.
ABOUT Colour of Saying
Colour of Saying is a London based design studio dedicated to empowering designers and manufacturers to harness colour and materials as agents of change. Founded by Laura Perryman, CMF designer, forecaster and author of The Colour Bible, Colour of Saying collaborates with creatives internationally to champion the intentional use of colour for human and ecological good.
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ABOUT Switchboard Studios
Switchboard Studios creative workspace consisting of 26 Studios and an event space. It is managed by Waltham Forest Council. Waltham Forest Council took over management in 2020. Its 26 studios range in size from 14 to 35 square metres. Each provides a dedicated workspace for SME creative business. Switchboard Studio is home to fine artists, record labels and digital creatives such as audio designers, graphics studios and videographers.
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