About this Event
Finding My Roots Creative Nature Workshops
Join the Lo-Fi Alchemists for a series of fully funded & free seasonal, sensory & nature-based workshops that celebrate Wakefield's rich botanical heritage & outdoor landscapes. Discover traditional dyeing techniques inspired by mediaeval crafts, explore foraging, and transform natural & recycled materials into beautiful, handcrafted artworks.
- We can help you with your public travel costs too! Please bring your travel receipts with you.
- All the materials will be provided but please bring your own should you wish.
- Feel free to bring a packed lunch.
- No experience needed!
- Fully funded & free
- Gathering together
- Using natural plant dyes
- Foraging to make a natural Mandala
- Painting a bookmark with earth pigments
- Spending time outdoors
- Herbal lore & plant medicine
- Heritage crafts
- Local histories
- Approachable & simple art activities
- Creating
- Being in the moment
- Holistic wellbeing
Finding My Roots Project Launch Day- SOLD OUT
Saturday 12 September, 11am-2pm - , WF1 5NU
Explore the colours hidden within hedgerow as we forage berries to create dyes for silk & cotton threads, cotton fibres & upcycled cotton cloth before painting unique bookmarks with the dye along with other natural paint & pigments.
Saturday 19 September, 11am-2pm - Green Tracks Enterprise, WF1 5NU
Create a dyepot from Coreopsis flowers & discover the magic of cloth bundle dyeing. Using foraged plants & flowers, fleece, linen, silk & cotton, you'll wrap & dye fabrics to reveal beautiful organic patterns & colours.
The session also includes bookmark painting using handmade dyes and natural pigments.
Saturday 3 October, 11am-2pm - Green Tracks Enterprise, WF1 5NU
Learn how to create a natural dyepot from Buddleia before dyeing fabrics & fibres with the colours you make. Then weave with foraged materials including honeysuckle, clematis, ivy, grasses, twigs, wool & fleece, using willow frames to create your own unique nature-inspired artwork. Finish by decorating project bookmarks with handmade dyes & natural paints.
Friday 30 October, 10am-2pm - - Halloween Half Term
Join the Lo-Fi Alchemists for a free drop-in workshop packed with Halloween-inspired creative activities for all ages. Experiment with "magic plant potions”, earth pigments, natural dyes & the Castle’s plant life.
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This project is supported by Wakefield Council Culture Grants & the West Yorkshire Combined Authority as part of Nature Season.
Event venue & nearby stays
Green Tracks Enterprise, Barnsley Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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