From (kitchen) herb to colourful cloth

In this workshop, Wildpluk Moos will teach you how to create the most beautiful fabrics using colourful herbs. You can use herbal ink to draw on paper, but you can also use it to dye fabrics. We’ll be working with natural materials such as cotton and wool, and natural dyes. We’ll treat the fabrics using various knotting and wrapping techniques. The end result will be your very own handmade ‘tie-dye’ cloth. Cost: €35 per person (+ 0.80c service charge) Book: BUY YOUR TICKET via Hipsy Participant review: It was a really fun and informative workshop led by Moos with a small but enthusiastic group. After a brief introduction to the theory and some examples, we got to work. The instructions were clear and we were also given a written copy. There was plenty of material and we worked with colours – purple (blue wood) and orange (annatto) – that you wouldn’t find in your own garden or kitchen cupboard. The timing was spot on too; we didn’t have to rush and didn’t get bored – lunch was served during the 60-minute hot dye bath. We each went home with two lovely tie-dye pieces of fabric. The welcome at the Hemkerhof, with herbal tea made from herbs we picked ourselves, a cup of hot soup in between, and picking our own apples and quinces, was also very warm – thank you, Pedro!