natural silk dyeing
Two hours dyeing a silk scarf with pigments taken from the bark, flowers and roots of local and Indonesian plants. You learn to prepare the silk, apply the colour and fix it — and the scarf goes home with you.
About the workshop
The silk dyeing workshop, using natural pigments derived from native and exotic plants, is designed for adults.
Each participant will receive a silk scarf to dye using plant-based pigments extracted from the bark, flowers and roots of local plants, as well as exotic plants from Indonesia.
Participants will learn how to prepare silk for dyeing, apply natural pigments, and properly fix the colours to ensure lasting results. Through hands-on practice, they will explore the silk dyeing process and the creative possibilities offered by natural pigments.
At the end of the workshop, each participant will take home their own unique creation – a one-of-a-kind silk scarf dyed with nature.
Silk and plant pigments are provided.
Radionica bojanja svile prirodnim pigmentima domaćih i egzotičnih biljaka namijenjena je odraslim polaznicima.
Svaki polaznik dobiva svilenu maramu na koju će nanositi biljne pigmente dobivene iz kore, cvjetova i korijena biljaka iz naših krajeva, kao i egzotičnih biljaka iz Indonezije.
Polaznici će naučiti kako pripremiti svilu za bojanje, nanositi prirodne pigmente te ih pravilno i trajno fiksirati. Kroz praktičan rad upoznat će se s procesom bojanja svile i mogućnostima koje pružaju prirodni pigmenti.
Na kraju radionice svaki polaznik kući nosi svoj autorski rad – jedinstvenu svilenu maramu obojenu prirodom.
Svila i biljni pigmenti su osigurani.
Your host
Ana Ratković Sobota
Ana Ratković Sobota (b. 1988) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She has shown her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, and her practice spans painting, installation, participatory projects and artistic research. She has taken part in international residencies in Europe and Asia and has realised projects in public space and in institutions. In her work she explores the relationship between nature, society and personal experience by experimenting with materials and processes.
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