Natural Dyeing Made Easy
Working with natural colors opens up a world of learning - extracting hues from plants and minerals and applying them to different media like fabric, wood, paper etc. However, this journey is also one that requires patience. Each process involved - extracting colors, choosing mordants, preparing the medium, applying dyes, and curing them - takes anywhere between a few hours to days or weeks to complete. Natural color hobbyists and artists seldom complain about these time-consuming processes. On the contrary, find them therapeutic and grounding. The true challenge, however, emerges when you attempt to scale up natural color application. Achieving consistent and even results, especially on larger quantities of fabrics, yarns, or other media, is a task that most practitioners struggle with.
These challenges can now be overcome with ColorAshram’s innovative solution for natural dyers - ready-to-use dye powders and paints. The formulas, developed through two decades of intensive research in natural colors, considerably shorten the process duration and help achieve standardized shades on fabric, wood, pottery, paper, and walls. What’s more, you can learn to use these simplified colors through workshops hosted by ColorAshram.
DIY Kits For Beginners
Are you a newbie? Do ColorAshram’s innovations excite you? Would you prefer sampling ready-to-use dyes and paints before delving deep? The DIY natural color kits are a great beginner resource. The fourteen variants developed for fabric, paper, wood, and walls give you a sneak peek into ColorAshram’s unique formulations and processes. What’s more, there are tutorial videos that simplify dyeing, printing, and painting methods for first-time users.
Online (Intermediate) Sessions
For Deep Dive
Do the DIY kits leave you yearning for more? Are you an artist or practitioner who wishes to explore the ColorAshram way of natural dyeing or painting? If so, the intermediate (online) workshops are the ideal next destination in your journey. Designed for learning at the convenience of your home, office, or studio (or any place of your choice), these sessions notch up your dyeing, printing, and painting skills. The modules familiarize you with preparatory processes, curing methods, and post-dyeing care tips while also enabling you to apply natural colors to larger media.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Offline (Advanced) Workshops For An Immersive Experience
Using natural colors on a production scale demands specific skills learnt typically through many years of practice. The advanced-level workshops simplify this for designers, artists, brands, and textile professionals and help you master those skills in your area of your interest in a short period. Through one-on-one workshops at the studio in Ahmedabad, the founders impart training on consistency, scalability, and other nuances necessary for small-scale production with natural dyes and paints.
Ready to take your first (or next) step in natural colors? We’re ever willing to help and connect with you here.