Virtual Workshop:
Bundle Dyes and Hapazome with CZarina Lobo
Join CZarina Lobo, a Natural Dyer focused on cultivating plants for colour, in a Bundle Dye and Hapazome Workshop this May!
Learn the techniques of bundle dyes and Hapazome (flower/leaf pounding) by transferring your natural surroundings onto a unique bandana and a reusable drawstring bag. This will be achieved by steaming and also requires hammering locally foraged fresh plant materials onto fabric to show vibrant colours and botanical patterns. Bundle dyes are an artform of transferring leaf and flower colours and prints onto cloth or paper. The material is decorated with the plant material and then wrapped around a stick and steamed. Hapazome is the art of transferring leaf and flower prints by gently hammering them onto paper or cloth.
Participants will learn how to dye safely in a home studio, prepare the fabric to keep the dyes permanently and how and where to forage dye materials. Natural dyes are so much better for the Earth and can be found in the most obvious and most unlikely of places. You are encouraged to work alongside CZarina to get the most out of the class.
Please note: This class will be held virtually on Zoom. You will receive a link prior to the event. If you are new to Zoom, find out more here.
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2021
Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm
Platform: Zoom (Information about how to connect will be sent to participants prior to the event through Eventbrite)
Tickets: $75 for Non-members, $70 for MOV Members, $65 for Indigenous Peoples*
*Please call 604-736-4431 during MOV business hours to obtain a discount code if you are an MOV Member or Indigenous. A service fee and GST is also applied to ticket sales. Please note that this price point is based on covering the artist’s fee and materials.
Required Materials: Students are to provide their own fresh plant materials of the season such as pansies, violas, marigolds, Japanese maple, smokebush, geranium, ferns, carrot and tomato leaves, strawberry, blackberry and currant leaves. They will need a small cooking pot, a hammer and a flat hard surface.
Pre-packaged Supply Kit: Other supplies for this workshop are provided by MOV prior to the start date. You will be notified once kits are available for pick up, and can pick up your pre-packaged supply kit directly from the museum during regular business hours.
Out of town Workshop Registrations: Those wishing to attend the workshop but unable to pick up a supply kit from MOV must pre-purchase their own supplies. A discounted rate for this option is available and the full supply list will be sent out after you have registered. Please call our front desk at 604-736-4431 or email guestservices@museumofvancouver.ca to learn more.
For general inquiries regarding this workshop please contact Indigenous Programs and Community Engagement Coordinator, Jasmine Wilson at jwilson@museumofvancouver.ca
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Artist Bio:
CZarina Lobo was born in India, raised in Australia and currently lives in Vancouver, B.C. Her wealth of cultural knowledge and curiosity feeds her passion as a natural dyer focusing on cultivating plants for colour. CZarina has grown her own dye garden and uses garden waste, windfall and alleyway forages. A graduate of The University of Western Sydney, she finds learning has continued by training with nature and always being open to experiment. CZarina has been playing with colours for many years and besides instructing homeschooling kids and their adults she has also been holding creative workshops with Vancouver Arts Colloquium Society and running natural dye guilds with EartHand Gleaners Society and basketry workshops with Village Vancouver. She is a community advocate who likes to share her knowledge of using invasive plants and garden waste for nature creations.
