During term 3 the students and I are going to be looking at natural and synthetic dyes.  To start with we are going to be experimenting with different commercial dyes, looking at how they work, the different techniques for dying and how they are applied to different fabrics.  Then the fun bit...

we are going to find our own materials and create our own dye.  There are lots of items in our natural environment, such as lichens, onion skins, fruit skins and barks that can be used to create dye.  We will then get to apply these dyes on the same type of materials that we used with commercial dyes and compare the results.  

We will also take some time looking at traditional use of natural materials to achieve a range of colours, and explore why some colours are more valued than others.