Botanical Dye Workshop

Learn about botanical color magic using common ingredients from the kitchen!

Learn about botanical color magic using common ingredients from the kitchen! Each student will receive a tea towel pre-dyed with hibiscus or butterfly pea tea which we will modify using lemon juice and washing soda to shift the pH of the colors, creating vivid tie-dye effects. We will be discussing various tie-dye techniques, learning the basics of botanical dyes, and talking chemistry as we use modifiers to shift color. Students will leave with their own creation in a to-go container which can be untied the following day.

Saturday, March 21, 1–3 p.m.

$45 Non-Members, $35 for Members

Devan Horton is a Northern Kentucky–based fiber artist whose work explores environmental impact, activism, and collectivity through botanical and handmade materials. She holds a BFA in Painting from Northern Kentucky University and has exhibited work locally and nationally, including a recent solo exhibition, Tending Stems, at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center through the New Woman Residency. Devan has completed residencies with United Plant Savers and Friends of Black Rock, serves as art curator for the Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit, and is a recipient of the Kentucky Foundation for Women’s Art as Activism grant, using her practice to engage communities in ecological restoration.