Lecture: Colour, Culture, And Cloth … The Dyer's
Art
Saturday Evening
May 14th, 2005
$15.00
Place & Time TBA
Michele Wipplinger will give a personal account of the artisans who
practice the dyer's art: their culture, stories, dyes and processes, and
the traditional cloth they create. Through a narrative, interwoven with
her stunning collection of slides, she will relate the experiences she
has had wandering Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Latin America. Her
stories and anecdotes impart the essence of the dyer's ancient practices,
rich in the pattern of life and ritual, textured with the materials they
use on a daily basis. Michele's talk will emphasize the importance of
supporting dyers and dyeing traditions so they do not disappear. The lecture
will have a chromatic focus, with the dyes that fall into a particular
category forming a backdrop as she moves from process to culture. Register
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About Michele Wipplinger
Michele Wipplinger is president of Earthues, Inc., an international colour
and design consulting company specializing in ecology and the artisan.
Michele has over 30 years international experience in the field of colour
and design with an emphasis on natural dyes. She has developed products
and consulted on colour for Aveda, Origins, Martha Stewart Living, Espirit,
Terra Verde, and the Nature Conservancy. Michele served on the board of
the Color Marketing Group and remains active in the organization as a
chairholder. In 1995 she received the United Nations award for environmental
stewardship for introducing environmental processes, and developing and
introducing natural dye extracts to the American textile industry. She
has authored Natural Dyes for Artisans of the Americas and Color Trends,
a color forecasting service for textile artisans. She lectures worldwide
and creates an exclusive line of hand-painted silk shawls with natural
plant dyes.
During four months of the year, Michele is travelling the world, working
throughout Asia. Michele has been a consultant in Nepal for the development
of colour and natural dye processes for the Tibetan hand-woven carpet
industry, and for Aid to Artisans. Michele is currently providing natural
dye training in Laos.
