Wildflower Alchemy: Hand-dyed Scarves & Textiles with Natural Inks
Imagine painting with colors emanating from the wildflowers that live around you! This workshop is perfect for all nature and fashion buffs, anyone who appreciates the beauty of nature, and gets a thrill using what already exists in our natural environment to create beauty. You will be introduced to a most magical realization of the breadth of color and artistry at your fingertips amidst the wildflowers that surround you.
An eye-opening, and inspiring experience, join Waldorf educator and author Mona Lewis as she guides you through extracting colors from wildflowers, and further inspires your inner scientist by introducing the use of natural modifiers to nuance both subtle and intense variations of the base colors.
Once a rainbow of colors have been created, participants will learn how to prepare silk fabric with a mordant enabling the plant-origin color to adhere to the fibers. Students will then dive into the magic of color dying both a wearable silk scarf and a silk velvet patch to use as an objet d'art in your home, or mounted onto paper to create a unique card for correspondence.
Please Note: Workshop fees are non-refundable
Workshop Location:
The Greenhouse
Four Seasons Hotel
2 Dole Drive
Westlake Village, CA. 91361
When you sign up for any of our workshops this fall, you will enjoy complimentary access to The Cove Pool, Kitchen & Bar at Four Seasons, their all-new luxury outdoor space that evokes the carefree and lively spirit of Southern California. As one of California’s largest luxury pool concepts, The Cove features three whirlpool spas, a grand pool, terraced lounge seating, swaying hammocks flanked by towering date palm trees, a raised bocce ball court, and an outdoor restaurant and bar (food & drinks ordered here are additional expense) set among the picturesque Santa Monica Mountains. Parking is complimentary.
Imagine painting with colors emanating from the wildflowers that live around you! This workshop is perfect for all nature and fashion buffs, anyone who appreciates the beauty of nature, and gets a thrill using what already exists in our natural environment to create beauty. You will be introduced to a most magical realization of the breadth of color and artistry at your fingertips amidst the wildflowers that surround you.
An eye-opening, and inspiring experience, join Waldorf educator and author Mona Lewis as she guides you through extracting colors from wildflowers, and further inspires your inner scientist by introducing the use of natural modifiers to nuance both subtle and intense variations of the base colors.
Once a rainbow of colors have been created, participants will learn how to prepare silk fabric with a mordant enabling the plant-origin color to adhere to the fibers. Students will then dive into the magic of color dying both a wearable silk scarf and a silk velvet patch to use as an objet d'art in your home, or mounted onto paper to create a unique card for correspondence.
Please Note: Workshop fees are non-refundable
Workshop Location:
The Greenhouse
Four Seasons Hotel
2 Dole Drive
Westlake Village, CA. 91361
When you sign up for any of our workshops this fall, you will enjoy complimentary access to The Cove Pool, Kitchen & Bar at Four Seasons, their all-new luxury outdoor space that evokes the carefree and lively spirit of Southern California. As one of California’s largest luxury pool concepts, The Cove features three whirlpool spas, a grand pool, terraced lounge seating, swaying hammocks flanked by towering date palm trees, a raised bocce ball court, and an outdoor restaurant and bar (food & drinks ordered here are additional expense) set among the picturesque Santa Monica Mountains. Parking is complimentary.
Imagine painting with colors emanating from the wildflowers that live around you! This workshop is perfect for all nature and fashion buffs, anyone who appreciates the beauty of nature, and gets a thrill using what already exists in our natural environment to create beauty. You will be introduced to a most magical realization of the breadth of color and artistry at your fingertips amidst the wildflowers that surround you.
An eye-opening, and inspiring experience, join Waldorf educator and author Mona Lewis as she guides you through extracting colors from wildflowers, and further inspires your inner scientist by introducing the use of natural modifiers to nuance both subtle and intense variations of the base colors.
Once a rainbow of colors have been created, participants will learn how to prepare silk fabric with a mordant enabling the plant-origin color to adhere to the fibers. Students will then dive into the magic of color dying both a wearable silk scarf and a silk velvet patch to use as an objet d'art in your home, or mounted onto paper to create a unique card for correspondence.
Please Note: Workshop fees are non-refundable
Workshop Location:
The Greenhouse
Four Seasons Hotel
2 Dole Drive
Westlake Village, CA. 91361
When you sign up for any of our workshops this fall, you will enjoy complimentary access to The Cove Pool, Kitchen & Bar at Four Seasons, their all-new luxury outdoor space that evokes the carefree and lively spirit of Southern California. As one of California’s largest luxury pool concepts, The Cove features three whirlpool spas, a grand pool, terraced lounge seating, swaying hammocks flanked by towering date palm trees, a raised bocce ball court, and an outdoor restaurant and bar (food & drinks ordered here are additional expense) set among the picturesque Santa Monica Mountains. Parking is complimentary.
INSTRUCTOR: MONA LEWIS
Artist and Waldorf Educator, author of Nature’s Paintbox, sunspritehandwork.com @sunspritehandwork
Date:
Time: 9am - 12pm