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Chiusi: Botanical Colors Experience: natural dyeing workshop 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

Chiusi: Botanical Colors Experience: natural dyeing workshop

By Valdichiana Living
Free cancellation available
Price is RM 369 per adult

Features

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

Overview

  • Discover the ancient art of natural dyeing with plants and fibers
  • Learn to extract pigments from plants and transform them into colors
  • Create your own “herbarium of colors” 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 Colors Experience: natural dyeing workshop

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Price details
RM 368.50 x 1 AdultRM 368.50
Total
Price is RM 368.50
Until Wed, 1 Jul

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entry or admission fee
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Botanical dyeing laboratory to create a 'herbarium of colors'
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pigment extraction from plants
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Dye of wool, silk, cotton in different colors and creation of a dyeing notebook
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transportation 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 colors were not bought ready-made but were searched among leaves, flowers, bark and roots?

ConBotanical Colors Experienceyou will discover the ancient art of natural dyeing, learning to extract pigments from plants and to transform them into colors for fibers such as wool, silk and cotton. During the workshop you will create your own“herbarium of colors”, 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

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