Natural Dye Intensive with Jessie Mordine Young Sunday, Nov 3 12:00-6:00pm
In this full day intensive class, students will gain a comprehensive, foundational understanding of the natural dye process through presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on application.
We will cover fabric preparation, including scouring, tannining, and mordanting, as well as modifying pH levels to achieve various shades. Students will explore color using thoughtfully sourced materials such as The Roof Crop grown dried flowers, pigments and produce. This course equips you with techniques and skills to practice natural dyeing independently, allowing you to enhance your artwork, home goods, or garments sustainably.
A digital presentation will provide information on sourcing materials, implementing dye techniques, and highlight contemporary artists using these methods for inspiration.
For this in-person class, all materials will be provided. Students will dye a set of four napkins and a tote bag. You are also welcome to bring additional items, such as garments and accessories, for dyeing (please ensure these are made of 100% natural fibers).
Sunday, November 3rd 12-6pm
This is an introductory class for beginners, but all skills levels are welcome.
BioJessie Mordine Young (b. England, 1993) is a Brooklyn-based artist who researches, writes about, curates, makes and teaches textile art. She believes that textiles can be carriers of empathy, memory, and lived experience and that they are evidence of humanity. This sentiment is at the root of her art practice. In one of her more recent bodies of work, she embarked on a project of creating daily artworks, which she calls “woven drawings” or “thread sketches.” These pieces directly connect to her experiences in nature, where color and texture become tangible references to sites, sounds, and forms she finds when immersed in the landscape. Jessie is also enamored by the alchemy of the dye vat; she often paints her yarn and woven fabrics through a natural dye process and by thoughtfully sourcing plant matter.
She earned her BFA in Fiber and Material Studies and Art History from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and an MA in Material Culture, Design History and Object Study from the Bard Graduate Center in NYC. She is a part-time faculty at Parsons School of Design. Through extensively researching various craft histories in her academic and former curatorial practice, she has developed an appreciation for slow, thoughtful acts of making as an act of autonomy.
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Event will be held in the Third Season Design Studio. Please enter on the Justine side of the building.
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