Natural Dyeing with Wool with Bailey Constas
Monday, June 8th
1:00pm-5:00pm
Members: $110
Non-Members: $125
All materials are included!
Class Minimum: 3 participants
Class Maximum: 10 participants
Ages 12+
This is a beginner class, all skills welcome!
Learn to Naturally Dye your wool with Bailey on Monday, June 8th!
n this class, students will learn how to mordant and dye protein fibers with small wool skeins.
Bailey will scour and mordant the skeins ahead of time for time-saving, but explain the importance of this process in the class, and demonstrate exactly how this is done for future dyeing. Bailey will explain the benefits of scouring, mordanting and curing the wool fiber.
Students will be making three different color yarns in this class. You will be creating yellow from marigold, red from madder root and iron additive, and Purple from logwood. Students will also explore exhaust dyes with a few extra wool skeins.
Materials provided for class:
All materials are included in this class. Students will receive 3 skeins of yarn to dye with during the class and all dye materials: Logwood, Marigold, and Matter dye baths!
Materials students must provide for class:
If you have dishgloves and aprons, bring them! If not, there are quite a few in the dye lab.
About Bailey Constas: Bailey Constas’ practice centers on the relationship between material, place, and ecological memory. Working in watercolor, fiber, and natural dye, she creates pigments from plants, soils, and invasive species that she gathers from her environment in Albuquerque, NM. These living materials shape the palette of my work, grounding each piece in the specific ecologies from which it originates. Working exclusively with natural fibers, she tufts textiles that highlight the tactile presence of handmade objects. By transforming discarded paper into functional forms and producing her own pigments, she aims to close the loop between creation and decay allowing each work to harmlessly return to the earth. Bailey’s process emerged from a desire to counter the waste and disposability embedded in contemporary life. Through regenerative craft and slow material practices, she explores cycles of transformation and the quiet intelligence of natural systems. Her work asks how art can operate within, rather than outside of, the ecological realities that surround us. Her pieces function as artifacts of an ongoing dialogue with land, labor, and impermanence. Objects that invite viewers to consider material not as resource, but as relationship.
Class COVID-19 policy: There are no COVID-19 restrictions for this class. Please do not come to class if you are feeling sick, and it is always advised to wear a mask if you are comfortable doing so.
Class cancellation policy: Please note: All Class cancellations are charged a $15 processing fee in addition to the following policy: Class cancellations 7 days or less prior to first day of class will receive no refund. 8-13 days before beginning of class, students will receive an 80% refund. 14 days or more before beginning of class: Full refund.