Private Introduction to plant color in Forcalquier in Provence

Discover in a unique Provençal setting how to create colors from dye plants picked on site, fix them on paper or fabric in an eco-responsible way (without toxic products, water used is collected from the roofs and recycled on the plants in the garden. Create your unique colors and custom designs Learn all the techniques of plant color while having fun, to be able to do them again at home. Specific workshops are organized for families with children aged 6 and over.

Depending on the workshop chosen, you will make vegetable colors (inks), dye, learn to use a vat of indigo, make vegetable prints (ecoprint) from plants picked in the garden: -Create a pattern, make your color from plants then dye your cotton or silk linen square - Prepare a vat of vegetable indigo, to use it according to one of the methods you learned during the workshop; first by doing a few tests then by making your pattern on a silk or cotton scarf - Make a color chart of vegetable inks from plants picked in the garden from which the color has been extracted, then thickened as desired to make inks of different colors. - Create prints of plants picked up in the garden on fabric or paper: the plants are picked during a botanical walk where we learn to recognize tannin plants in particular which will give beautiful prints. Then they are placed on a silk scarf, which will be rolled up and put in the oven. You leave with your creations The workshop is located in a 17th century farm in the middle of lavender fields.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.