Day 1 - Introduction to Natural Dyeing

This modest adobe hacienda in Taos, once the home of Don Tintamos la Lana, is located on part of an original Spanish Land Grant from King Carlos III.  The building, now used as a pottery studio and shop, was used by the Taso Wool Festival for the Natural Dyeing Workshop. Here in secret ceremonies, ten novices learned Natural Dyeing at the feet of the masters...

Instructor Gail Denton Assistant Alison Greene

Secret Ingredient

Natural Dye Concentrates

Lets try it like this...

About this much...

First you weigh the dye

Then the wool...

Then mix the dye concentrate with water...

Then into the dye pot!

Oh, first the calculations...

Mix 'em up...

A young visitor from away...