Bríd Kivneen is hosting an eco-printing day using all natural dyes to obtain colour and design. Using varying types of paper and natural fabrics i.e. cotton, linen you can experiment with leaves, roots and vegetable skins found locally to make some gift tags and printed fabric.
This is a chance to learn about natural dyeing using naturally occurring mordants e.g.rusted metal and pieces of copper to enhance and retain colour, which are safe and easy to access.
There will be a fresh foraged lunch of nettle soup, wild salad with seaweed, oat bread and pesto provided by Cearbhúil. The afternoon will close with a reflection practice called The Active Hope Spiral, an introduction to The Work that reconnects, which is a way of living with empowerment in local community. Cearbhúil Ní Fhionnghusa has facilitated on a number of herbal workshops over the past few years – teaching herbal cosmetic making, land and sea foraging and wild food cooking. She has worked with TG4 on the Garraí Glas Series making natural cosmetics and speaking of her love for the natural world. Phone Bríd 087 9173613