Solar Dye Workshop with Retritus

Saturday 16 August 2025

11am - 1pm | Grafton Regional Gallery

Cost: $30 + booking fee

FoGG Member: $25 + booking fee

Join RESIDUE + RESPONSE Tamworth Textile Triennial artist, Norton Fredericks (Retritus), for a textile workshop where you will create your own naturally-dyed silk bandana using earth pigments and Australian native botanicals.

You will leave with a foundational knowledge of botanical dyes and using ocher as a mordant, plus a bundle dyed silk in a glass jar that will become its own dye pot.

Norton Fredericks is a queer sustainable fiber artist with mixed European and Indigenous heritage who specialises in felting and botanical dyes. He won the Commendation and People’s Choice awards at the Churchie emerging art Prize in 2022, and his work has been acquired by the Museum of Brisbane.

*Cancellation policy: If ticketholder cancels prior to the workshop, the Gallery will retain 25% of the ticket price as an administration fee*

Grafton Regional Gallery is wheelchair & mobility aid accessible

Proudly hosted on Bundjalung Country

Image: Courtesy of Norton Fredericks.