WORK WITH THE ATELIER
Guidance
Develop your own relationship with natural colour. Book one-to-one sessions and tailored guidance for artists, designers and makers who want to go deeper into natural dyeing.
Whether you are just beginning or looking to refine a specific part of your practice, guidance is shaped around your questions, materials and creative process.
WHAT GUIDANCE CAN SUPPORT
A space to explore, develop and refine
Guidance can take many forms, depending on what you want to explore. This can include:
- Learning the full process from scouring and mordanting to dyeing
- Developing a specific colour palette
- Working with particular dye plants or materials
- Exploring pH, modifiers and colour adjustment
- Integrating natural dyeing into your artistic practice
- Developing natural colour for painting, textiles, installations or other disciplines
- Troubleshooting and refining existing processes
- Advice on materials, equipment and studio set-up
- Developing or researching a particular project
Each session is tailored to your practice, interests and goals.
WHO IT IS FOR
Guidance for your practice
Guidance is for anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge and work more independently with natural colour.
This might include:
Artists and painters
Explore how botanical colour, pigments and dye processes can become part of an existing artistic practice.
Designers and textile makers
Develop colours, materials and processes for textile or design projects.
Students and emerging creatives
Build a stronger technical foundation or receive support with a particular project.
Brands and small businesses
Explore natural colour for products, materials or production, and understand what is realistically possible at different scales.
Educators
Develop your understanding of natural dye processes for teaching or educational projects.
Anyone with a specific project or question
You do not need to identify as an artist or designer. Guidance can simply be a way to investigate something you want to understand more deeply.
Sessions can take place at the atelier in Amsterdam or online, depending on what you would like to work on.
HOW IT WORKS
A process shaped around you
01 - Initial conversation
We discuss your interests, questions and goals and determine what would be most useful to explore.
02 - Tailored plan
Together we shape the content and format. This may be one focused session or a series of sessions following a project over time.
03 - Guidance
Sessions are practical and focused on your specific questions or project. Depending on what you are exploring, we can work hands-on with materials, dyes, samples or your own work.
04 - Integration
You leave with knowledge, references and practical next steps that allow you to continue experimenting and developing your practice independently.
YOUR QUESTIONS ARE THE STARTING POINT
What a session might look like
There is no fixed curriculum. A session might mean spending an afternoon learning how to properly scour, mordant and dye different fibres, developing a palette for an upcoming collection, troubleshooting colours that are not behaving as expected, or exploring how botanical colour could translate into another medium.
You are welcome to bring your own materials, samples, artworks, research or works in progress. We use these as a starting point and build the session around what would be most useful for you.
For more extensive projects, guidance can continue across several sessions so there is time to experiment between meetings and reflect on the results together.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Format, location and pricing
Guidance is available as individual sessions or as a series, in person at Sanctuary Atelier in Amsterdam or online.
In-person sessions can include hands-on experimentation in the atelier, while online sessions are particularly suited to project development, troubleshooting, colour and material advice, and reviewing your own experiments.
Each session is tailored to your needs and can range from a focused consultation to ongoing project support.
In person
1:1 guidance - 2 hours - €225 (ex. VAT)
For a focused question, process or project.
Half-day guidance - 3.5 hours - €425 (ex. VAT)
For more in-depth experimentation, process development or hands-on learning.
Full-day intensive - approx. 6 hours - €595 (ex. VAT)
For an immersive session covering several stages of the natural dye process or substantial project development.
Ongoing/project guidance - tailored quote
Online
Online consultation - 1 hour - €110
For focused questions, troubleshooting, material advice or discussing a specific project.
Online guidance - 2 hours - €195
For more extensive project guidance, process development, colour planning or reviewing your experiments together.
Ongoing / project guidance - tailored quote
Materials for standard experimentation can be included. Particularly expensive fibres, garments, specialist dyes or larger quantities can be quoted separately.
