Tataki zome Workshop with Susan D Martin £20

Tataki zome or flower pounding, comes from the Japanese for hammering and dye. In this 1.5hr workshop with Susan D Martin you will have a go at creating your own unique greetings cards by laying flowers and leaves on paper, and pounding them with small hammers to transfer the colours and shapes. You can also experiment with making designs on cotton fabric.

All of the equipment and materials are included in the cost of this course – you simply need to book a place and turn up!

Important Notes:

• This workshop is not suitable for children under the age of 8 years old.
• In order to cover our costs we need to sell a minimum of 5 places per workshop. Should we not reach our minimum numbers we will unfortunately have to cancel the event. Please check your spam/junk email folders the day before your event to ensure we have not contacted you about a potential cancellation.
• Details on where to meet will automatically be emailed to you with your order confirmation, so please check your emails (including spam/junk folders!). Should you not receive this within a day of ordering, please get in touch with us.
• Hot drinks will be available to purchase from our Really Wild shop (situated next to our course room).

Price: £20 per person

About Susan D Martin:

Susan is a Textile designer specialising in natural dyeing, mainly using plants she grows in her garden or collects in a local woodland. For the last 10 years she has helped to maintain the Dye Garden at the National Wool Museum in Drefach Felindre.  In 2022 she contributed to a collaborative artwork created by an international group of natural dye artists for the Rockfield Centre in Oban and gave an online talk in their “Conversations with Artists” series. She has been teaching textile courses for the last 15 years and continues to be endlessly fascinated by the potential of plants.