Dye Club meets on a monthly basis with topics developing organically based on member interest and upcoming project alignment. We host two open public sessions a year.
The next one will be in March 2025 at Chimaera Gallery.
Below you will find a list of some of the topics we have explored as you embark upon your own dye journey.
Workshops are available – reach out to connect! info[at]phillydyeclub.com
Pattern and Motif
- Repeat Pattern Design
- Screen-printing with modifiers: iron and soda ash [both after and before dyeing]
- Screen-printing with natural and lake pigments
- printing on rice paper with soy based ink and natural pigments
- stamp printing with natural color
- hand painting with modifers
Natural Dye Baths have included:
- walnut
- sumac (mordanted/un)
- pokeberry
- black bean
- red cabbage
- goldenrod
- marigold
- sage
- rosemary
- turmeric
- onion
- avocado
- indigo – fresh/iron fermented/fructose
- logwood
- wolf lichen
- cochineal
- madder root
- Russian Sage
- Rosemary
- Woad
- Weld
- annato
Alternative Techniques explored include:
- eco-printing
- bundle dyeing
- weaving
- paint making
- stab book binding
- upcycled fashion
- mending
- stitch shibori
- papermaking