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Come and learn how to use natural indigo in this one-day workshop with Jacqui Symons from Slow Lane Studio. You’ll spend the day using an indigo vat to dye fabric, yarn and paper samples, alongside learning how to use this amazing natural colour for other applications and how to dye with fresh leaf indigo and woad. Jacqui will also teach you how to make up your own two-litre fermented indigo vat, which you’ll be able to take home and use to continue your indigo-dyeing journey.
**What to Wear:** Aprons will be provided, but you need to wear clothing that you do not mind getting a drip or two of indigo on!
Washing up gloves will also be provided for working with the indigo vats but please feel free to bring your own.
**Accessibility:** Our workshop space is fully accessible.
**Age Requirement:** 16+ (Participants aged 16-18 must be accompanied by a participating adult.)
**Times:** 11 AM - 4 PM
**What’s Included?** - Light refreshments - All materials provided - You will leave the workshop with a selection of indigo-dyed samples of fabric, yarn and paper, alongside your two-litre indigo vat. *Please note that lunch is not included in your ticket price. Feel free to bring a packed lunch or enjoy our on-site facilities.*
**Language:** Our programme includes Welsh, English and bilingual courses. This course will be held in the first language of the facilitator, which is English.
**Your Tutor:** Jacqui Symons is a natural colour researcher and contemporary dye artist based in Llandeilo. Founder of Slow Lane Studio, she forages, cultivates and uses plants to create colour for textiles, paper, printmaking and pigments.
Jacqui created Slow Lane Studio to provide resources, information, practical advice and workshops focusing on natural dyeing, plant-based pigments and plant-based artist colours. Alongside working on creative projects and commissions, she is developing a pigment garden and a plant pigment library as a reference and resource for other artists.
**Workshop Outline:** -**11 AM - 1 PM:**
- Introduction to indigo
- Using a pre-made indigo vat to dye fabric, paper and yarn samples
- Using fresh leaf indigo and woad
**1:30 PM - 3:30 PM:**
Creating your own two-litre fermented indigo vat to take home
*Please note that lunch is not included in your ticket price. You are welcome to bring a packed lunch or enjoy our on-site facilities.Full terms and conditions for our courses are available to view here.
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