Zero-Waste Organic Eco Dyeing Workshop

Learn how to colour cloth with the magic of plants!



3.5 hours Class size 1 to 14

label $130 (or 4 payments of $32.50 Afterpay)

Join artist Nicole Barakat at Reverse Garbage in Marrickville for a fun and engaging workshop playing with plants to colour cloth!

In this beginner-friendly workshop, Nicole will generously share her skills and knowledge from her 20 years of experience working with plant materials to dye cloth in ethical and sensitive ways.

Learn a number of eco-dyeing techniques including, immersive dyeing, resist dyeing and eco-printing. Use readily available plant materials with affordable and accessible techniques that can be replicated at home.

Gather your friends and join us for an enjoyable and creative evening! You will take home your dyed clothing item home with you and the knowledge to continue this practical craft at home.

Please aim to arrive at 5:20pm for a 5:30pm start. The workshop will conclude at 9:00pm.

Add-on available for this class
  • BYO (RSA) ($150)
You can add these when you book (optional).
 
Knowledge required
Perfect for beginners.
 
What you'll get
Light refreshments will be provided.
 
What to bring
Participants should bring a light-coloured (white/beige) 100 per cent silk or wool clothing item or piece of fabric (or two). Please don't buy new, consider something reused or secondhand.
 
Location

Reverse Garbage Education Programs - Reverse Garbage NSW, 30 Carrington Road, Marrickville NSW

Zero-Waste Organic Eco Dyeing Workshop location
Your teacher
Nicole Barakat

Nicole Barakat

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Nicole Barakat is an artist and educator who works with deep listening and intuitive processes, with the intention to transform the conditions of everyday life. Nicole has worked as an educator in the arts for over 20 years, including lecturing in Fine Arts (textiles) at UNSW Art & Design (2003 – 2011) and working as an artist-educator at the Art Gallery of NSW (2016 – 2018) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (2013 – present).

Nicole learnt to dye cloth with plants 25 years ago on the banks of the Murrumbidgee on Wiradjuri Country, under the guidance of Julie Montgarrett and Ruth Hadlow. Nicole has developed her dyeing practice in ethical and sensitive ways, in line with her cultural practices that are rooted in remembering and re-gathering her ancestral knowledge. In 2021, Nicole created a large-scale, collaborative eco-dyed artwork with the Rohingya Women’s Development Organisation for the Powerhouse Museum’s exhibition Eucalyptusdom.




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Reverse Garbage
Reverse Garbage

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We are a creative reuse centre making a difference in the world by reducing waste and creating change in the way we look at resources.

We run workshops for kids, adults and community groups so everyone can learn how to consume less and make more! With us, you'll see the creative potential in leftover and castaway materials to save them from going into landfill.

At Reverse Garbage you’ll find the materials, skills and inspiration you need to live more creatively, more sustainably and more meaningfully.


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