Sat 12 September
1pm - 3pm
Daldy St Community Garden, Wynyard Quarter
Join taiao practitioner Charmaine Bailie (Te Uri o Hau – Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara) and artist Holli McEntegart (Pākehā - Irish Gaelic, Ulster Scots, English) at a series of monthly workshops at the Daldy Street community gardens to explore te taiao and natural dyeing practices.
With creativity, connection and intergenerational knowledge sharing at the fore – the workshops present an opportunity to co-create public art, while addressing the importance of sustainable practices and connection to place.
Run as part of Nekehanga, the latest iteration of the Inhabit art project, at this workshop you will make a fermented indigo vat and turn fabric into one-of-a-kind blues. You’ll learn about dye plants, before preparing the dye bath ready to dip and swirl fabric as it transforms before your eyes. Playful, hands-on, and a little messy - come along to explore and experiment. Be sure to wear clothes you’re happy to get colourful.
Register here
About The Inhabit Project
Now in its fifth year, Inhabit is a durational event-based public art project that reimagines vacant or underused urban spaces as temporary sites for care, connection and creative exchange. Exploring how our ecosystems of care have evolved in Aotearoa, and how we share our experiences.
Iteration 5; Nekehanga moves between two connected sites, Daldy Street Community Gardens and Silo 6, in an area known as Waiatarau on the Tāmaki Makaurau waterfront.
In addition to the dye flower workshops, an immersive exhibition will open at Silo6, on 4 September, bringing together collaborators in sound, Tāmaki Oro Rau, a Tāmaki Makaurau based taonga puoro collective, and the mighty plants and flowers of Ngakinga.
