Chiusi: Botanical Colours Experience: natural dyeing workshop

By Valdichiana Living

Free cancellation available

Features

Discover the ancient art of natural dyeing with plants and fibres
Learn to extract pigments from plants and transform them into colours
Create your own “herbarium of colours” to take home as a keepsake
Enjoy a manual, creative, and surprising experience in a workshop
Rediscover a simple and ancient technique that combines beauty and craft

Dates

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time

Price details

NZ$156.22 x 1 AdultNZ$156.22

Total

Until Tue, 8 Sept

Entry or admission fee
Botanical dyeing laboratory to create a 'herbarium of colours'
Pigment extraction from plants
Dye of wool, silk, cotton in different colours and creation of a dyeing notebook
Transport on request

Do you know how our ancestors dyed fabrics, when colours were not bought ready-made but were searched among leaves, flowers, bark and roots?

ConBotanical Colours Experienceyou will discover the ancient art of natural dyeing, learning to extract pigments from plants and to transform them into colours for fibres such as wool, silk and cotton. During the workshop you will create your own“herbarium of colours”, a notebook of dye to take home as a keepsake and as a small guide to continue experimenting.

A manual, creative and surprising experience, designed for those who love nature, herbs and crafts, and want to rediscover a simple and ancient technique that combines traditional knowledge, patience and beauty.