Myco-color: Mushrooms for Dye and Pigment
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Date & Time
Sat, Jun 03 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Address (map)
677 N. Turnpike Rd, Santa Barbara, 93111
Venue (website)
Multipurpose Room at the Church of Christ
Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild presents, Myco-color: Mushrooms for Dye and Pigment
Natural Dye enthusiasts and Guild members Anna Bower and Hallie Silva will share information and photos from a Julie Beeler Workshop: Mushroom Color Atlas. Their presentation will include South Coast area mushroom identification for dye, methods for successful mushroom dye baths, and using exhaust dye baths for pigment making.
Anna is the Assistant Curator of Living Collections at Ganna Walska Lotusland. She enjoys propagating and harvesting dye plants, knitting, and making plant-based pigments for paint.
Hallie teaches art at La Colina Junior High. She loves the experimental process of dyeing with natural materials. She forages for mushrooms and lichens in the Santa Barbara foothills and backcountry to create dyes for fabric and yarn.
9:30 am to noon, Saturday, June 3rd
The Multipurpose Room at the Church of Christ
677 N. Turnpike Rd, Santa Barbara