NEXT MEETING THIS SATURDAY 15th JUNE - NATURAL DYEING
Natural Dyeing: Achieving the full spectrum, talk by Liz McCarron-Heal
Liz McCarron-Heal's tumble down
into the natural dye 'rabbit hole' was enabled by a packet of Japanese Indigo
seeds passed to her at Wiltshire Guild. She still remembers the thrill of her
first indigo vat, and from then embarked upon another learning adventure,
embracing tangents such as amateur mycology in order to experiment with dye mushrooms.
Her washing line is now a permanent homage to light fastness tests.
In her talk
to the guild on Saturday 15th June (11-12.30) she will show us many examples
and encourages guild members to bring along examples of their own.
Liz is
the current spinning teacher at Wiltshire Guild and one of her loves is
spinning flax. She will bring some flax and her wheel to spin with in the
afternoon. Guild member Chris Pegler, who met Liz at the 2018 Certificate of
Achievement accreditation, emphasises that Liz's flax spinning is simply
superb.
Liz will also bring some of her Certificate of Achievement work
including her marvellous project cape (pictured). Altogether a very colourful
day!
