March 14,15 and 16, 2014 I will be having a workshop at the nature preserve and ethnobotanical garden, el Charco del Ingenio in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. In this workshop I will teach how to dye with local materials such as cochineal…
In July of 2013 I will be giving another natural dyeing workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. The focus of this workshop will be dyeing with indigo. More information about the workshop can be found on the post "workshops 2013". First a…
The date of the workshop has been changed to July. So for any of you who could not attend in February-this is your chance! We will be processing (fermenting) our own indigo with the traditional method using only plants-then learning how to dye with…
For a full week participants from Mexico and the U.S. learned the basics of organic dyeing at my outdoor workshop at el Charco Botanical Garden and Preserve in San Miguel de Allende. The location was gorgeous and spacious, and the staff at el Charco…