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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome to the Course

  • 2

    Module 1

    • Safety, Supplies & Terminology

  • 3

    Module 2: Prepairing Fiber

    • Scouring

    • Mordanting

    • Additional Mordanting Method

    • Scouring/Degumming Silk

    • Scouring - A Deeper Look & Alternatives

  • 4

    Module 3: Choosing and Extracting Dye

    • All About Dyes: sources, storage, classification, identification & colorfastness

    • Extracting Dyes Part 1

    • Extracting Dyes Part 2

  • 5

    Module 4: Dyeing

    • Dyeing Fiber Part 1

    • Dyeing Fiber Part 2

  • 6

    Module 5: After Dyeing

    • Post-dye Modifiers Part 1: Modifiers and How They Work

    • Post-dye Modifiers Part 2: Making an Iron Bath

    • Post-dye Modifiers Part 3: Using an iron bath

    • Care and Disposal

  • 7

    PDF Guide

    • PDF Guide

    • PDF Guide Updates

  • 8

    Printable Dye Journal

    • Printable Dye Journal

  • 9

    Resource Guide

    • Resource Guide

Bonus Material

  • PDF Guides

    Printable instructions for all of the methods covered in this course + instructions for pre-treating and dyeing protein fibers.

  • Printable Natural Dye Journal

    Keeping a natural dye journal allows you to create a portfolio of the colors that you've created. Journals can be incredibly helpful for keeping track of details and re-creating colors.

  • Access to a Private Group

    Students in this course will have access to a private group where the instructor will check in to answer questions and chat.

Instructor

Jamie Young

With a passion for nature, exploration and teaching, Jamie creates natural dye education and community spaces that welcome all. Jamie’s courses and workshops are guided by her philosophy: learning is a life long journey, we were all beginners at one point and no question is too silly to ask. Her experience teaching natural dye techniques began in a free community setting, with the belief that art should be accessible to all. Accessibility continues to be a core principle in her natural dye practice. Scholarships are available for her online and in-person courses/workshops and she utilizes her blog and Instagram to share free natural dye education. Growing up in a tiny trailer home in the Texas countryside, Jamie found refuge by escaping outdoors and exploring the surrounding woods and her mom’s flower and vegetable gardens. With a father who was an environmental scientist and botanist and a mother with a enthusiasm for organic gardening, plants and sustainability always played a formidable role in her life. Her fascination with plant color began during those early childhood years. That fascination has led to years of experience studying natural dyeing, tending her own organic dye gardens and foraging local plants.

Social proof: testimonials

Testimonial

@kaytididit

I'm newish to the natural dye world and love it so much and you make such easy to digest and follow tutorials, tips, etc. You are very talented too and take a lot of the overwhelm out of the process and inspire me to try things.

Amanda Pinder

Very informative course, I would highly recommend to anyone new or seasoned in natural dyeing as though I have read many books and taken other courses I still came away learning new techniques and information.

Lucy Huckery

I've been making dyes and dyeing fabric all wrong - now I know why my fabrics were splotchy, but a lot of mordanting and over dyeing will fix that. I can't wait to try this step by step process to get better colors.

Investment

Once enrolling, students have access to all course materials indefinitely.