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Sun, Jun 02
|My Creative Outlet
Bugs are the Best! Natural Dyeing Yarns with Mona Lewis
Mona Lewis is an artist and arts educator in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, specializing in revitalizing the lost art of using plant dyes and earth pigments and teaching students how to use them in their work.
Time & Location
Jun 02, 2024, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
My Creative Outlet, 21758 Devonshire St, Chatsworth, CA 91311, USA
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About The Event
Bugs are Best!
One natural dye that changed history actually comes from insects! The Cochineal is a scale insect which lives on the Prickly Pear cactus. Since 1,000 BCE, Cochineal was used in South and Central America. When it became available in Europe in the 1600s, it was worth it's weight in gold.
The Cochineal Red was used exclusively by the military and the clergy for some time. In recent years, it has been used in cosmetics and as food coloring… ( Strawberry Frapuccino anyone? I am not kidding). If you love pinks in all shades, this is your class!
Using wool yarn and 2 silks that I have prepared for you, we will discover the vibrant reds and sweet pinks this special dye can yield. (Don't worry, we don't have to gather them, I have a source for the freeze-dried version- more convent I think.) I will also introduce the modifying bath, or after bath technique, for some extra surprises.
About Mona
Mona's website can be found here
Mona Lewis is an artist and arts educator in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, specializing in revitalizing the lost art of using plant dyes and earth pigments and teaching students how to use them in their work.
She has been an educator in Waldorf education 1998, and is co-director of the Waldorf Practical Arts Teacher Training program. Mona has illustrated three books for writer Alan Salazar, exclusively with natural earth pigments.
Her own book, Nature’s Paintbox, is a collection of easy plant dye and earth pigment projects for artists of all ages.
Tickets
Eco Dyeing
$125.00Sale endedArtist Co-Op Member
Active artists in MCO
$90.00Sale endedKids-12+
$50.00Sale ended
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