Here you can find an overview of the workshops offered by Common Cloth.

We cover the Greater Manchester Area but are flexible. Please contact us to discuss community events.

Flax and Twine Workshop

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Mark Making with Botanical Inks

This popular workshop is offered both as a drop-in or as a 2 hour group session.

Drop-in

For community celebrations, open days and sustainability focussed events this activity works particularly well. It is a favourite for Earth Hour and Clead Air Day.

Suitable for all ages it provides a calm space to sit for a while and experiment with handmade inks on paper. The inks have a mind of there own and don’t always behave how you might expect! You just have to go with the flow. This activity fosters spontaneous creativity.

Alongside the activity we have visual information displays that use botanical inks and acrylic paints as examples for circular and linear economies. We invite people to decorate the displays with ink.

Group Session

For groups of 5 to 10 participants, this workshop was originally conceived for as part of Make Space, a Motherline project for postpartum mothers with their babies. Make Space was designed and

Botanical Ink Making

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Plant Identification Walk and Responsible Foraging

Seasonal workshop

Leaf and Flower Pounding on Paper and Textiles

Seasonal workshop

Introduction to Natural Dyeing on Fabric

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Introduction to Natural Dyeing on Yarn

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Introduction to Seasonal Bundle Dyeing

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Introduction to Seasonal Botanical Printing

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Crochet for Beginners

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Crochet a Granny Square

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Courses

Flax through the Seasons

Local Colour

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Natural Dye Course

3 sessions to 10 sessions