Heart of Madder Natural Dye Retreat 2024
I'm excited and honored to be collaborating with wonderful plant people, Kendra Rivers and Lauren Kemple, immersing ourselves in the world of madder.
We'll dye garments to take home, make ink to paint or draw with, experience the medicine of the roots.
While we get our hands dirty cleaning, chopping and preparing the madder, we'll explore the history of madder, how it is tangled up with imperialism, slavery, and the invisible work of women. We'll share stories and dig into questions such as how can we engage with madder (and other plants) not just for the craft of it, but as way of stepping more deeply into relationship with the land, each other and ourselves?
This is sure to be a rich taste of community, nourishment and beauty.
Date: TBD
Time: 9am-5pm
Place: Magical Botanical Studio at Sunny Joy Farm in Talent
Cost: $75/$150/$190 tiers (flexible payment arrangements by request)
Number of participants: min 4, max 8
Upon registration, you will receive an email from me with instructions to order your dress if you chose that option. If you chose Tier 1 or 2, your item will already be ordered.
Details about how to be prepared and the address will be emailed 3 days before the event.
Other Natural Dyeing Classes
Come explore fungi dye! We will extract color from 2 common local area dye mushrooms, producing the colors orange/red, grey/purple or dark olive. You will take home 1 mushroom dyed silk scarf, 1 skein of mushroom dyed yarn, and recipes to carry on your own experiments!
Closed-toe shoes required
Minimum age is 18
Sunday Oct 12, 10am-1pm
Talent address provided upon registration.
$95, all materials included.
You may register by clicking add to cart here, OR you may send me an email at sunny@sunnyjlindley.com and pay via Venmo, Paypal, or Cash on arrival.
Date doesn’t work for you?
All classes are available on demand for individuals and groups. Just purchase the class, or send me a message to schedule a date that works for you.
Mother/Daughter class. Harvest fresh leaf indigo from my garden and using only salt and the juices from the leaves, dye a silk satin handkerchief a lovely teal green. When dyeing with indigo on silk fibers, no mordant is necessary. Leaves are simply macerated with salt and the pigments transfer to the silk like magic. You will finish the workshop with your own 17”x17” silk satin hanky that can be worn as a scarf or a head wrap.
Sunday Sept 13, 10am-12pm
Talent, Address provided upon registration.
$65
This class is available scheduled at your convenience for yourself or a group. Just send me a message to schedule a date that works for you.
You may register by clicking add to cart here, OR you may send me an email at sunny@sunnyjlindley.com and pay via Venmo, Paypal, or Cash on arrival.