Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA),
Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Back to the Roots – Workshop on Textile Dyeing with Natural Organic Dyes
Second Announcement
The workshop is aimed to promote a better understanding of the nature, preparation and use of natural organic dyes, which were relevant for textile dyeing in pre industrial times. The training will be targeted at conservator-restorers, scientists and art historians who have a special interest in historical textiles, and who wish to deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge of the dyeing mechanism with traditional natural dyestuffs.
Audience: conservators, scientists, art-historians
Venue: Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Dates : from 30.11.2011 to 02.12.2011
Duration: 3 days
Participants: 10
How to apply: Please fill in the accompanying application form and send it to
Deadline for application: Sept 10, 2011
During the 3-day workshop the participants will learn to prepare dye baths from a selection of dyestuffs and mordants according to laboratory recipes based on historical information. Dyestuffs from plant and insect source materials will be used, representative for historical textile dyeing, such as dyer’s greenweed, redwood, fustic, cochineal, logwood, gall, sawwort, madder, weld, annatto, quercitron oak, turmeric, saffron and Persian berries. Secondly, dye experiments will be done with madder and weld following different base recipes varying systematically process parameters to demonstrate their effect on the final result. A third session will be dedicated to some more complex dyeings. The practical experiments will be accompanied by theoretical presentations on the provenance and historical background of the natural dye sources, historical recipes as well as the chemistry of dyeing and analytical identification of dyes. The workshop will be supervised by Jo Kirby Atkinson (National Gallery London), Maarten van Bommel (RCE), André Verhecken (Belgium) and Ina Vanden Berghe (KIK/IRPA).
The workshop is free. Participants are required to cover their travel expenses.
The application form as well as the preliminary agenda are added on the following pages. All information will also be available on the websites of CHARISMA (http://www.charismaproject.eu) and KIK-IRPA (http://www.kikirpa.be).
Application Form Textile Dyeing Workshop
/ CHARISMA – Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures: Synergy for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/RestorationRoyal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA)
TEXTILE DYEING WORKSHOP
1. General information
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2. Education – Institution where candidate acquired the degree
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3. Current researchAre you currently engaged in research?
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4. Current research – Institution where candidate is actively engaged in research (if applicable)
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/Subject area of research project
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/The application must include:
1. The application form completed in all sections
2. A motivation letter (max 1 page, 1500 characters) in which the applicant explains clearly reasons for taking part in the workshop.
3. A brief curriculum vitae (including language skills, and any publications).
DEADLINE
The application form, motivation letter and CV should be sent by Sept 10, 2011 as an email to the coordinator Ina Vanden Berghe, e-mail:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA),
Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Back to the Roots – Workshop on Textile Dyeing with Natural Organic Dyes
Preliminary Agenda
Day 1: Wednesday, 30.11.2011
TIME / SUBJECT / SPEAKER9:30 / Welcoming address & introduction / Ina Vanden Berghe
9:45 / Talk: natural organic dyes: origin and historical background / Jo Kirby
11:00 / Talk: principles of textile dyeing / translation of historical recipes to lab recipes / Maarten van Bommel
12:00 / Outline of the first practical session / Ina Vanden Berghe
12:30 / Lunch break
13:30 – c. 17:30 / Practical course (series 1): recipe variations for madder and weld dyeing / all
Day 2: Thursday, 01.12.2011
TIME / SUBJECT / SPEAKER9:00 / Discussion on results series 1 / all
9:30 / Talk: Historical recipes / André Verhecken
11:00
/ Talk: Analytical identification of natural organic dyes / case studies) / Maarten van Bommel
11:30 / Outline of the second practical session / Ina Vanden Berghe
12:00 / Lunch break
13:00 / Practical course (series 2): recipe for dyeing with a wide range of dye sources / all
17:00-17:30 / Discussion on results series 2 / all
Day 3: Friday, 02.12.2011
TIME / SUBJECT / SPEAKER9:00 / Outline of the third practical session / Ina Vanden Berghe
9:30 / Practical course (series 3): complex dyeings part I / all
13.00 / Lunch break
14:00 / Practical course (series 3): complex dyeings part II / all
15:00 / Discussion on results series 3 / all
15:30 / Résumé and feedback / Maarten van Bommel / Jo Kirby
c. 17:00 / End of workshop
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