Griffin Dyeworks – Ancient. Medieval. Modern. Handmade.

Griffin Dyeworks is a non-profit corporation dedicated to teaching historical textile arts skills and techniques, providing affordable space for educational workshops, and redistributing donated sewing and art supplies to the community.

What does this mean?

This means you can support our organization and charitable mission by SHOPPING our natural dyes, supplies, and handmade fiber arts tools.

We are available to teach WORKSHOPS in a variety of textile arts and natural dyeing, for parties, guilds, classes, employees, or yourself!

We will be hosting Fiber Frolics and Retreats each year!

Want to be involved? Please Join Our Facebook Group, follow us on social media (see right column), or sign up for our email newsletter!

griffindyeworks

Los Angeles-based non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting historical textile arts. Have dyepots, will travel!

Hope you’re interested in blending your own batt

Hope you’re interested in blending your own batts and spinning at this year’s retreat! 👀👀

I fixed up this Ashford Traditional and it’ll be

I fixed up this Ashford Traditional and it’ll be for sale at WEFF tomorrow! Support Griffin Dyeworks’ mission to promote historical textile arts skills by shopping our booth!

I was going through my bags of roving and I found

I was going through my bags of roving and I found this set of naturally dyed roving samples! What do you think, if I started selling naturally dyed yarn and fiber, would it sell? (And yeah I’d filter out the dyestuff when dyeing for sales!) #naturaldyes #dyeworks #indigo #cochineal #osageorange #logwood

What would you call a group of inkle looms? A herd

What would you call a group of inkle looms? A herd? A warped set? These locally-made looms come in two sizes and will be exclusively available at @socalhandweavers’ WEFF event this Sunday!

March 18 was the first Frolic in a few years! It w

March 18 was the first Frolic in a few years! It was great to get back together to spin, weave and dye. Lots of great connections were made and new skills achieved. #losangeles #viewpark #naturaldyeing #dyeworkshop #aciddyeing #weaving #tabletweaving #handspinning #greatwheelspinning

I love dye books. This is from “California Dye P

I love dye books. This is from “California Dye Plants” by Marilyn Wilkins pub 1976.

Exclusive shot of the rare “natural dye drying b

Exclusive shot of the rare “natural dye drying bush” in bloom on Catalina Island last year! 😆

Spring Frolic is Back in LA

Spring Frolic is Back in LA

Registration is now open for our Spring Fiber Frol

Registration is now open for our Spring Fiber Frolic! $40 entry and free to low class fees for whichever classes you want. Find out more and sign up at the link in bio!

It’s true! We can do demos or full workshops in

It’s true! We can do demos or full workshops in washing wool, carding, spinning, plying, braiding, lucet, weaving, and natural dyes! I’ve taught kindergarteners through adults, in schools and zoos and gardens. Hosting a sheep shearing open house? Enhance the experience! Is your class learning about the Colonies or Pioneers? Bring the field trip to you! DM for more info.

Now booking workshops for Dec-Feb! Happy to go a

Now booking workshops for Dec-Feb!

Happy to go anywhere in the LA area and will consider offers further afield. Indigo workshops, general natural dyes, dyes of a particular time or place in history.. for kids, adults, guilds, employees, friends, birthdays.. DM for more info!

Final dye results! We used cochineal, madder, weld

Final dye results! We used cochineal, madder, weld, and indigo. The blue triangle hanging up alone in one picture was done with cyanotypes! #naturaldyes #dyeworkshop #cochineal #madder #indigo #weld #griffindyeworksretreat

Griffin Dyeworks Retreat – just the dyepots. Cochi

Griffin Dyeworks Retreat - just the dyepots. Cochineal and Madder, and Jen straining out the weld. Next post will be more drying line results! #naturaldyes #cochineal #madder #weld #dyeretreat #medievaldyes

Some of the stuff we’ve dyed (and overdyed) with

Some of the stuff we’ve dyed (and overdyed) with today at the retreat - the winds have kicked up a lot of dust so we’re stopping early to let things soak. Indigo, madder, cochineal, weld, and walnut with copper and alum as mordant options.

Good morning from the Griffin Dyeworks Retreat!

Good morning from the Griffin Dyeworks Retreat!

Dye workshop at @greatwesternwar! Hope you’ll co

Dye workshop at @greatwesternwar! Hope you’ll come see me if you’re there!

Four mason jars in a roasting pan – dyeing some sa

Four mason jars in a roasting pan - dyeing some samples! Top left clockwise: weld, madder, alum, walnut. This is after only about a half hour. I’ll update with final colors soon.

Part 2: Weaving samples/demos and the dyeing! The

Part 2: Weaving samples/demos and the dyeing! The water there is pretty great if you want purple cochineal - not what we expected but GORGEOUS.

Part 1: I had the immense joy of returning to USC

Part 1: I had the immense joy of returning to USC with @ancientspinner and @unicornfiberarts to teach a two day textiles intensive to Experimental Archaeology students - this year it was at the USC Wrigley campus on Catalina Island! These photos cover kumihimo, dyeing, and eco printing (as usual I didn’t take enough photos).

I’ve got a red amaranth in my backyard! It’s l

I’ve got a red amaranth in my backyard! It’s listed as a dye plant in some research I’ve done, so I’m going to start experimenting. I dried a few leaves and stuck them in a jar of water - and the water is now red! Now to see how it works with mordants, and fresh vs dried, and seeing how fast it is as a dye. #RedAmaranth #NaturalDye #Foraging

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