We know the power of plants from naturopathy - we may have heard that they can also be used to dye textiles. As part of a course in the textile laboratory at the School of Art and Design in Kassel, in collaboration with UNI:Lokal, students at the School of Art and Design have been experimenting in search of the potential of plants as dyes for fabric.

The results are shown in over 50 fabric samples in an exhibition at UNI:Lokal (Wilhelmsstraße 21). The small presentation of the results is aimed in particular at pupils, to whom the students would like to introduce the work and studies at the School of Art and Design Kassel using the example of this plant dyeing seminar, as well as teachers and anyone interested in textile dyeing methods.

In short 5-minute presentations, the student group of the seminar will show their results, recipes and most exciting findings on woad & indigo, madder, beetroot, tea plant, safflower thistle and turmeric.

Afterwards there will be room for discussion.

Presentation and exhibition

"PFLANZENLOKAL - TEXTILE DYEING WITH PLANTS"

Cooperation of the UNI:Lokal and the textile laboratory of the School of Art and Design Kassel

represented by: Dipl. Des. Nadja Porsch (Teacher for special tasks in the Textile Laboratory of the School of Art and Design Kassel), Kathrin Meckbach (Communication and Marketing Office, Curator UNI:lokal),

Julia Klucowicz, Lisa Kaiser, Lucia Westphal, Robin Siegmann, Josefine Müller, Maria Balura, Amelie Küster and Heidi Jugl (students of art, product design, visual communication, art teaching).

We look forward to your visit!

For questions: porsch[at]uni-kassel[dot]de