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Yarn balls, a wooden bowl with dried herbs, and a mortar and pestle on a wooden surface. 1
A bowl of marigold flowers surrounded by cotton bolls, dried herbs, and other natural elements on a wooden surface. 2
A rustic outdoor setting with a wooden table filled with various herbs, spices, and a mortar and pestle. 3
By Valdichiana Living
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$126 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Discover the ancient art of natural dyeing with plants and fibres
    • Learn to extract pigments from plants and transform them into colours
    • Create your own “herbarium of colours” to take home as a keepsake
    • Enjoy a manual, creative, and surprising experience in a workshop
    • Rediscover a simple and ancient technique that combines beauty and craft

Activity location

    • Chiusi
    • Chiusi, Toscana, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 53043 Chiusi SI, Italia
    • Chiusi, Toscana, Italy

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Chiusi: Botanical Colours Experience: natural dyeing workshop

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Price details
AU$125.78 x 2 AdultsAU$251.56
Total
Price is AU$251.56
Until Sun, 25 Oct

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Entry or admission fee
  • Inclusions
    Botanical dyeing laboratory to create a 'herbarium of colours'
  • Inclusions
    Pigment extraction from plants
  • Inclusions
    Dye of wool, silk, cotton in different colours and creation of a dyeing notebook
  • Exclusions
    Transport on request

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Children under 12 years

What you can expect

  • Do you know how our ancestors dyed fabrics, when colours were not bought ready-made but were searched among leaves, flowers, bark and roots?

    ConBotanical Colours Experienceyou will discover the ancient art of natural dyeing, learning to extract pigments from plants and to transform them into colours for fibres such as wool, silk and cotton. During the workshop you will create your own“herbarium of colours”, a notebook of dye to take home as a keepsake and as a small guide to continue experimenting.

    A manual, creative and surprising experience, designed for those who love nature, herbs and crafts, and want to rediscover a simple and ancient technique that combines traditional knowledge, patience and beauty.

Location

Activity location

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    • Chiusi
    • Chiusi, Toscana, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 53043 Chiusi SI, Italia
    • Chiusi, Toscana, Italy