Jan 6 2025 - Jan 6 2025

MAY 24 – Create Natural Dye from Sea Urchins

Date
  • Jan 6 2025 - Jan 6 2025

Location

Class Title: Create Natural Dye from Sea Urchins
Instructor: Margaret Seelie
Tuition: $125/Members –  $145/Non-Members
Class Dates: Saturday,May 24, 2025
Times: 12:00 noon – 4:30 pm
Place: Pacific Textile Arts classroom
Number of Students: Minimum: 6  Max:15
Materials fee: $25, pay directly to the teacher

Class Description: Purple sea urchins have eaten 95% of the kelp forests along the California coast. In this workshop, we’ll explore one solution to the urchin problem by creating a soft peachy dye from their spines. Then we’ll go meet this incredible creatures in the wild on a tide pool tour with local intertidal expert Sue Coulter. Last, you’ll learn how to urchin-dye silk and wool items to take home.
Materials fee includes:
Ingredients for a 1/2 gallon sea urchin dye bath
1 silk pillowcase, 14″
2 silk squares
1 wool scarf 8″ x 54″

List of items students need to bring:
Appropriate clothing for dyeing and wandering around tide pools.  Bring a towel and a bag lunch.

BIO: Margaret Seelie is a natural dyer and textile artist based in San Francisco. Her work is about elevating alchemy in a digital and detached world and climate justice by way of Indigenous knowledge.

She is the founder of Seelie Studio, a natural dye company, and the zine Seawitches. She has a BA in art and design from DePaul University and an MFA in writing from Mills College. Her artwork has been showcased in various solo and group exhibitions in California since 2022. She has taught natural dye workshops since 2012 for clients like San Francisco Public Libraries, Bodega Marine Lab, The Sea Ranch, and more.

Questions: Email classes@pacifictextilearts.org

 

 

CLASS POLICIES: By signing up for this class you are agreeing to our cancellation policy. Please read before registering.
Tuitions include a 20% non-refundable deposit up to a maximum of $50. If you have not paid your 2025 membership yet and would like to take this and future 2025 classes at the member price, become a member before you register. It’s only $15/yr & you can JOIN HERE

Your tuition, or balance if you are making payments, is due 15 days before the first day of class. At this point we have committed to paying the teacher whether you attend or not. Tuition is subject to the cancellation policies below and includes non-refundable deposit of 20% of the class fee up to a maximum of $50 to hold your space in the class.

If the minimum number of students is not met, or for any reason Pacific Textile Arts or the teacher must cancel the class, your tuition including deposits will be refunded or you may credit them toward a future class.

CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS & CREDIT TERMS:

Full refund terms: If you cancel more than 30 days before the start of class you may receive a full refund minus the non-refundable, non-exchangeable deposit, or you may request a credit minus the non-refundable deposit toward a future class within 1 year.

Credit toward a future class: If you cancel between 30 days and two weeks before the start of class you may request a credit toward a future class minus the non-refundable deposit.

If you cancel within two weeks of the start of class, including if you have an illness or emergency, tuitions are non-refundable unless the minimum number of students can be met without your presence OR you are able to find a replacement for your space. Only then may you request a credit toward a future class minus the non-refundable deposit. 

No Shows – No refunds or credits will be given.

These policies have been revised in an effort to ensure, as an all-volunteer organization, that we provide a full roster of classes, offer reasonable tuitions, and guarantee our teachers will receive full payment for their work. By signing up for this class, you are agreeing to the above policies.

If you need clarification on these policies, please email classes@pacifictextilearts.org prior to registering for the class.

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