About this session
Natural Dye Workshop is a Half-Day source-to-textile experience.
Participants prepare selected botanical or clean food by-product color sources, explore extraction and textile preparation, build a simple pattern, develop color through a longer dye process and finish a provider-confirmed textile project.
Staged materials are used where a full process takes longer than the live session.
What your people take away
- Source selection and source preparation
- Extraction, textile preparation and mordant concept
- Pattern / resist, immersion, layering, rinse, finish and care
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What the session covers
Half day
Half Day — Natural Dye WorkshopExplore the deeper natural-dye process from botanical source preparation and extraction through textile patterning, longer dye application, color layering, reveal, finishing and care.
- Source selection & preparation
- Extraction
- Textile preparation
- Pattern, immersion & layering
- Rinse, finish & care
What’s covered
Source selection & preparation
Botanical / food by-product color sources
- Select provider-confirmed botanical materials or clean food by-products
- Prepare the selected source for extraction
- Treat fermentation as a deeper method that is explained or demonstrated, not completed live
Extraction
Color extraction
- See how color moves from source material into a dye bath
- Use staged extraction and a developed bath so the workshop does not stall
- Leave hot equipment with the facilitator
Textile preparation
Scouring & mordant concept
- Understand why fiber, scouring and pre-treatment affect dye uptake
- Work with a provider-prepared, pre-scoured or pre-treated textile project
- Learn the mordant concept without live unfamiliar metallic mordant experiments
Pattern, immersion & layering
Pattern / resist, dye application & layering
- Build a simple fold, bind or other facilitator-approved physical resist
- Develop color through a longer immersion process
- Compare or apply a second treatment where the selected Focus supports it
Rinse, finish & care
Finishing & care
- Reveal, rinse and finish the textile project
- Record dye source, textile, pattern, color application and observed result
- Leave with drying, washing and care guidance for the selected dye process
How booking works
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- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Natural Dye Workshop
How long is Natural Dye Workshop?
Natural Dye Workshop runs as Half day. You choose the length when you book.
Can Natural Dye Workshop be delivered online or in person?
It is delivered in person, at your site, in any country.
How do we book Natural Dye Workshop?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Natural Dye Workshop to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.