Join Isobel Spence and learn how to naturally dye textiles using plants.
Plant dyeing is a slow, sustainable craft that uses natural materials to yield extraordinary dyes to colour textiles. This is an ancient craft practiced for millennia. Working with plants in this way forges a beautiful connection and appreciation for plants and the seasons.
In this hands-on workshop you will be taught how to safely and sustainably forage for dye materials; create a dye bath and and dye your own textiles. To celebrate London Craft Week and honour sustainability, you will have the opportunity to dye and up-cycle a linen or cotton textile piece that Isobel has sourced from charity shops. Each textile is unique with its own patterns, embroidery, and story.
This is a beginner-friendly workshop, giving you the confidence to continue experimenting with your local plants and plant dyeing practice at home.
For more information: https://www.isobelspence.co.uk/
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Isobel Spence
Isobel Spence
Isobel is a gardener and plant dyer using grown and foraged plants to create hand-dyed textiles.
Growing up in the countryside, Isobel has always had a connection to the outdoors. On completing an Arts degree in Edinburgh, Isobel returned South to pursue a career in horticulture. Working for two years as a gardener at Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Isobel deepened her understanding of plants. She now works as a gardener, forager, and plant dyer; living and working with the seasons.
Fascinated by the history of art, craft, and textiles, Isobel revives traditional methods in her practice, celebrating native plants and natural fibres. The process is therefore slow, sustainable, and gentle to the Earth. Through her practice, Isobel hopes to inspire and reconnect people to the land and the slow and simple stories of the seasons.
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