Natural Colour Immersion Workshop With Ari Terehova

Finding a natural source of colour made me do more art! Now any size and length project is doable and I don’t need to worry about sourcing the materials, or skimping on the experimental and improvisation stage, which is always the fun part!

Sepia brown and soft purplish blues, delicious brownish-black, and feminine layered pinks. All colours are in nature and ready to be used.

Immerse with me in the grounding experience of natural colour.

This workshop is a beautifully relaxing and fulfilling day of learning how plants from your everyday environment can produce the most incredible colours and patterns on fabrics.

As a winner of the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards 2021 with the Urban Forager collection I endorse the message that fashion is our social skin, it manifests our market trends as well as our beliefs.
Natural dyes in the textile sector take approximately only 1% due to certain technical and sustainability aspects involved in production and application.

Using natural dyes and fibres is a beautiful soft way of mindful fashion.

Maker and an architect, I’m inspired by traditional methods and old ingredients, but I am very much about making something for a modern man, looking to the future and preserving knowledge.
Te Reo sums it in the word - Kaitiakitanga. Everything we do in life has to be done sustainably, casting thought for the future.

My work is grounded in my childhood; mushroom and berry picking in the forest, the smells of flowers from my grandmother’s front garden, folk stories and traditions about herb harvesting.
In my walks I pick the leaves and try the new prints with them, the whole process is very meditative.

Built on ancient and traditional knowledge I have learned as a child from my grandmother and have spent years experimenting with local flora to create similar and spectacular results. I will generously share these methods with you as in detail as well as tips and secrets that I honed over years of practice and research.

Colours can come from common flowers, tree leaves, berries, herbs, nuts, shells, clays and barks. If you are looking at a plant, you are looking at a potential dye and a chemical-free process makes it safe.

What we will do:
- print a fabric piece
- discuss traditional ways of making dyes
- learn how to gather your dye elements for the next project

Materials: everything is provided.

You will rummage through collected windfall from forest and beach and select your dye ingredients. Make your own eco-printed panel, a permanent wearable impression of your learnings.
What we will learn: how to keep imprint on natural fibre, how to extract organic colours from fallen leaves. You will write down easy-to-make to use at home recopies and talk about the differences between natural and eco dyes.

What you will take home with you from this workshop: fabric panel, fabric ribbons, upcycled paper book with written down recopies.

There will be limited garments for printing at the workshop for purchase: cotton, silk and wool options. Those are separate items, bring cash or can be paid online.

Places are limited to ensure you get the most out of your experience.

Bring a friend ticket option available.

Participants must be aged 16 or over and under 18's must be accompanied by an appropriate, paying parent or guardian.

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