“Color is the place where our brain and the Universe meet.“
- Paul Klee (Painter, Printmaker, Teacher)
An invitation…
To help us make sense of a world awash in oil, plastics and toxic chemicals.
To understand ‘the true cost’ of exploiting nature.
To feel it in our bones, heart and mind.
We need much more than statistics.
More than cold artificial intelligence.
More than sympathy or apathy.
This is a plea for feeling and healing.
The kind of knowing that happens in art and poetry.
This can only make sense if we align the economy with sustainability.
‘Let us live and dye naturally’
What do we mean by ‘Natural Color’?
By natural color or dye, we mean the color that is sourced from a plant or mineral that is not toxic to our water, skin or soil. The dye is applied with a natural or nature based mordant/ fixer/ binder which is also bio-degradable and will not pollute or harm the environment even if used in larger quantities.
If this is what you use, you are welcome to bring your product, work, to the festival. Our larger goal is to define how natural dyes can add color to our lives without creating waste or toxins for all living beings.
What can you do at the festival?
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Buy natural dyed products
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Learn about natural dyes
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Paint/print/dye with natural colors
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Meet the natural dye community
Meet the Brands exhibiting their natural dyed products
How can you engage with the Natural Color Festival’24?
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Come as a curious visitor
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Meet Natural Dye Brands
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Learn With Us: Workshops
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Create Art, Display and Sell
Earlier Festivals:
Artists, illustrators and designers explored the new language of natural water colors
Guests were stamped with natural colors and wooden blocks to register them for a particular activity
A collective space discussing toxic evolution and need to embrace natural way of consuming
Artists have started using the language of natural colors and will carry the message of Color Re-Evolution, let us look beyond synthetic colors.
Corporates who never picked up a brush in ages, painted to connect with nature and themselves
People expressed how they relate to water pollution and our planet, our life!
An artist's work on display using natural water colors from ColorAshram
Young children loved the possibility of the magical change of natural colors when painted
Shoppers enjoyed to find a natural dyed wardrobe
Designer learned about indigo and Shibori
Students painted fabric using natural color paints
Children learned how to make natural dyes from flowers