Workshop on dyeing textiles

Back to the Roots
Workshop on Textile Dyeing with Natural Organic Dyes
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA),
Jubelpark 1
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2011

The workshop is aimed to promote a better understanding of the
nature, preparation and use of natural organic dyes, which were
relevant for textile dyeing in pre industrial times. The training
will be targeted at conservator-restorers, scientists and art
historians who have a special interest in historical textiles, and
who wish to deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge of the
dyeing mechanism with traditional natural dyestuffs.

Audience: conservators, scientists, art-historians

Participants: 10

To apply please send a request for the application form to
ina.vandenberghe<-a t->kikirpa< . >be

Deadline for application: July 15, 2011

During the 3-day workshop the participants will learn to prepare dye
baths from a selection of dyestuffs and mordants according to
laboratory recipes based on historical information. Dyestuffs from
plant and insect source materials will be used, representative for
historical textile dyeing, such as dyer's greenweed, redwood,
fustic, cochineal, logwood, gall, sawwort, madder, weld, annatto,
quercitron oak, turmeric, saffron and Persian berries. Secondly, dye
experiments will be done with madder and weld following different
base recipes varying systematically process parameters to
demonstrate their effect on the final result. A third session will
be dedicated to some more complex dyeings. The practical experiments
will be accompanied by theoretical presentations on the provenance
and historical background of the natural dye sources, as well as
their chemistry and the analytical identification. The workshop will
be supervised by Jo Kirby Atkinson (National Gallery London),
Maarten van Bommel (RCE) and Ina Vanden Berghe (KIK/IRPA).

The workshop programme is available on the websites of CHARISMA

    <URL:http://www.charismaproject.eu>

and KIK-IRPA

    <URL:http://www.kikirpa.be>

The workshop is free. Participants are required to cover their
travel expenses.

Ina Vanden Berghe
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK/IRPA)
Jubelpark 1
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium
+32 739 67 11 (general)
+32 739 68 46
Fax: +32 732 01 05


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