Julie Beeler conceived of the Bloom & Dye workshop series to grow her work and passion to benefit what she values most: curiosity, education, creativity, collaboration, community, and the environment.
I am honored and delighted to be teaching a workshop during the International Fungi & Fibre Symposium January 12-18, 2025 in the Canary Islands. Miriam C. Rice (pictured above) and Dorothy Beebee organized the first symposium in 1980 in Mendocino, California and this will be the 20th gathering. Attendees will learn how to coax a myriad of colors from mushrooms and extract their pigments to make paints and inks. In class we will unlock the pigments of commonly found dye mushrooms. We will cover the lake making process which is a great way to extract pigment from dye baths, and convert the pigment into a solution for painting. Learn the process of making inks and play with mixing pigments into paints by exploring different ways to mix, bind and apply the pigment with natural materials so you can continue your exploration in more depth on your own. Everyone will leave with their own mushroom watercolor paint, a mushroom painted bookmark, and craft notebook.
