===== 185LJ 2023 =====

Week 1 (April 7):

Dyeing with lichens 1
Where: Skofield Park, we will meet at 10AM on the parking lot [map]

I emailed you about carpooling. Please make sure you have a ride.

Wear long pants, there is a fair amount of Poison Oak in the park.

We will be picking specks of Flavopunctelia flaventior from the ground. We will spend a couple of hours or so in the park then go to the Botanic Garden close by to see Lisa's dye exhibition 'Interlopings' there .

Handouts
Lichen Dyeing
Poison Oak

Week 2 (April 14):

Dyeing with Tannins and Iron. Mordanting.
Where: We meet in The Dye Lab, Art 0254 (close to the Wood Shop but towards the parking lot)

We will also walk around on campus.

Handouts:
Tannins and Iron
Mordanting Wool

Assignments Due:

Sign up for a Flickr account.
Post a picture on Flickr of yourself with the tags "185LJ23" and "selfie".

Look at ways to document natural dyes and color charts and think about how you will construct yours.
See examples on Lisa's pinterest board , last years students charts, Lisa's exhibition 'Interlopings'
and look around on the web.

Week 3 (April 21):

What: Dyeing with mushrooms (Omphalotus olivascens - Western Jack-O'-Lantern mushroom)
Where: The Dye Lab

Handout:
Dyeing with Jack-o-Lantern

Tutorial:
Dyeing with Jack O'Lantern Mushroom (a bit different)

Misc:
Jack-O'-Lantern dyes in online Mushroom Atlas

Assignments Due:

Post a current photo of your lichen jar to your Flickr account. Tag it with "185LJ23", "lichen" and "w2"

Post photos of your tannin dye results. Tag them with "185LJ23", "tannins".

Watch Mushrooms for Color

Week 4 (April 28):

Dyeing with non-native plants and cochineal
Where: More Mesa, we will meet at 10AM in the parking area at More Mesa [Map]

Wear long pants, there is a fair amount of poison oak in the park.
We will be picking non-native plants and some cochineal. We will spend an hour or so in the park then go back to the dye lab.

Handouts:
Cochineal
misc. weeds

Assignments Due:

Watch Cochineal Red: The Art History of a Color

Week 5 (May 5):

Dyeing with non-native plants and cochineal round 2
Where: More Mesa again, we will meet at 10AM in the parking area at More Mesa [Map]

Wear long pants, there is a fair amount of poison oak in the park.
We will be picking non-native plants and some cochineal. We will spend an hour or so in the park then go back to the dye lab.

Handouts:
Cochineal
misc. weeds

Assignments Due:
Post a current photo of your lichen jar to your Flickr account. Tag it with "185LJ23", "lichen" and "w4"

Week 6 (May 12):

Eco-Printing/Bundle Dyeing
Where: The dye lab

Handouts
Eco Printing / Bundle Dyeing

Assignments Due:

Bring flowers, leaves, veggie scraps etc. for eco-printing/bundle dyeing. (We will bundle-dye silk scarves mordanted with alum.)

Watch the videos below:

How to bundle dye with flowers and food waste
Plant Magic - Eco Printing with Jennifer Johnson
Inspired by nature
Eco print / Botanical print demonstration

And there are many more videos on the subject, just search around if you are interested.

Week 7 (May 19):

Mordanting
Final project discussion
Testing for final project
Where: The dye lab

Handouts:
Mordanting Wool
Mordanting Silk
Mordanting Cellulose

Reading (search the web for alum, it's use and history, lots of interesting info for example:):
Alum History
The strange story of why human urine was transported to quarries in North East Yorkshire

Assignments Due:
1. Home dyeing experiments:

Make at lest two different dye baths with plants and/or food scraps (avocado pits, red cabbage, onion skins for makes interesting color.)
Dye the sample fabric you got in class for this assignment.
Make several colors from each dye bath by modifying the ph value using lemon/vinegar (acidic), baking powder (alkaline), and by altering time in the bath, the order in which you put the samples in etc.
Post photos to your flickr account. Tag with "185LJ23" and "home". Use the photo descriptions and titles to describe what plants/modifiers/process you were using.
Bring your samples to class.

2. Be prepared to talk about your ideas for your final project and your dye sample charts/display. (see details in week 10 below)

3. If you like you may bring something to mordant.
4. You can also bring plants to make tests for the final project.

Week 8 (May 26):

Indigo and Shibori
Where: The dye lab

Handouts:
Making our indigo vat

Due:

Search the web for information about Indigo. Find information that is interesting to you, you can for example look for indigo traditions in areas where you (or your ancestors) are from. Be prepared to say something in class that caught your attention regarding indigo (it's use, history, politics etc.).

Recommended viewing:
Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo
(Watch for free on Kanopy.com if you have a SB or Goleta library card, unfortunately it does not work logging in via the UCSB library)

Week 9 (June 2):

Lichen, final project lab
Where: The dye lab

Handouts:
Lichen Dyeing (making the dye)
Lichen Dyeing (dyeing)

Assignments Due:
Bring your lichen jar!
Start working on your final project and finalizing your charts.

Week 10 (June 9):

Final project critique, lab cleanup.
Where: The dye lab

Assignments Due:

Final Project:

Use what you learned in class to dye something that can be "used": clothing, bag, towel, sheet etc. Or dye enough yarn or fabric to make something yourself.
Document the process of making the item and the final result on flickr. Use the tags "185LJ23" and "final".

Dye Chart:

Create an interesting way to catalogue/display/store the samples you make throughout the quarter.
Bring chart/notebook/display to class
Document your chart on Flickr. Use the tags "185LJ23" and "chart".