This is the first year the SEOhio Fibershed will have its own presence at Ohio Pawpaw Fest! Look for our booth near the Mother Earth News tent.
- Ohio Pawpaw Festival *New Location!*
- 5685 Happy Hollow Rd
- Nelsonville, Ohio 45764
This year we are participating in a unique event on Sunday morning, a SEOhio Fibershed mini-Meetup and DIY Natural Dye Hands-On Workshop. We are so excited to meet you there to talk textiles, crafting, botanical dyeing, and whatever is on your mind!
Our speaker for this event is Aubrey Jo Blue of Contemporary Hand, a fiber artist and historian. Aubrey will talk about botanical dyes, what they are and how to use them.
There is no fee for the workshop, and participants are encouraged to bring a pre-mordanted piece of 100% natural fiber cloth, such as a handkerchief or head wrap (tannin and alum for plant fibers, alum for animal fibers/wool) to use for dip dying or other mordanted items for flower pounding. Yes, you read that right, flower pounding!
Useful video about botanical dyes and mordanting.
Southeast Ohio Fiberworks will have a limited supply of mordanted wool mini-skeins (20g) available for purchase at the event if you are more interested in yarn craft.
Dye vats will include indigo (no mordant required) and madder, so please visit the Mother Earth News tent Sunday morning to see what other dyes will be available. This event is new and intended to showcase locally sourced botanical dyes and methods to apply it to cloth.
If you would like to support the Southeast Ohio Fibershed, please consider becoming a member!
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