“From Nature’s Pallette” Natural Fiber Dying Talk and Demo with Corinne Lilie

“From Nature’s Palette” will introduce you to local Watercolorist and Fiber Artist, Corinne Lilie, a Master of Natural Dyes since 1980 and how to dye fiber with natural dyes.  The cyclical nature of her craft is a life that is in sync with nature and has become a way of life for Corinne.  In her world, everything is connected and everything comes full circle from the colors yielded by dye plants to the availability of fiber and dye materials to their disposal.  She will share with you which barks, berries or plants have dye properties from Queen Anne’s Lace on the side of the road to Madder Root from exotic countries like Morocco.  Along with a demonstration of a natural dye, she will explain how to prepare the dye pot itself and how to manipulate the dyes to produce a variety of rich wonderful colors that are both stunning and colorfast.  Samples of some dye material, mordants as well as some of Corinne’s handspun, natural dyed yarns and weavings will be available.