Seasonal Colour Making Hannah Elisabeth Jones x Colour of Saying

About Seasonal Colour Making Hannah Elisabeth Jones x Colour of Saying

Join us for an informative and hands-on workshop with natural dye researcher Hannah Elisabeth Jones and Laura Perryman, Colour of Saying.

Learn to gather, transform and responsibly make natural colours from local and seasonal plants by respecting natural marshland and hedgerow rhythms. Deep dive into the fascinating world of natural dyes, inks, and regenerative practices for an afternoon of learning alongside plants.
 

• 11.00am-11.10am Meet inside the Ethical Colour exhibition at Switchboard Studios
• 11.10am-11.30am Introduction talk focussed on holistic regenerative/circular practice with Hannah Elisabeth Jones
• 11.30am-12.30pm Local foraging walk for biobased plant colours
• Lunch break - 30mins 
• 1.00pm-3.00pm Demystifying natural colours with hands-on activities and colour swatch making
  
  Come away with a fascinating palette of colour swatches on various materials.
  
  We look forward to welcoming you!
  
  Ticket price includes refreshments and snacks but please
  bring a light lunch with you. 
  
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  This workshop is part of Ethical Colour a series of participatory events and exhibition open over 4 days for London Design Festival 2024, as part of The William Morris Design Line supported by Waltham Forest. 
  
  Ethical Colour combines circular thinking and emerging colour innovations to reveal and inspire new nuances of meaning responding resolutely to social, environmental and planetary change.
  
  More information about Ethical Colour happenings can be found here.
  
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