Beautiful Silks announce a Southern Hemisphere follow-on event to both ISEND2011 and the UNESCO Natural Dye conference in Hyderabad 2006.
A meeting of artisans from far and near, a celebration of the natural world, here in the concrete jungle of Fitzroy.
Look forward to exhibitions and seminars, museum visits, a range of workshops and tours of natural places in the city.
Link to workshops and programme at Natural Dye Symposium 2012 here
The committee is open to Expressions of Interest for workshops, lectures and associated exhibitions in Melbourne or Brisbane, please contact
Marion with your proposal.
Early bird registration is now available until 1 September 2011 only and is AUD $135 (including GST) /for overseas registrants NZD $160/ USD $140 per person. Register now and save! To register as an individual - click here. Groups of 4 or more - added savings -please call us at +613-94197745 or email business@beautifulsilks.com.
Information is emailed to all who haveexpressed interest at the beginning of every month
Register early: Registration for the opening event and special events will be strictly limited to 150 participants! As a bonus for early registration, before 1 September 2011, take advantage of 25% off early bird registration fee. Early bird registrants will enjoy 10% discount on the price of all workshops. Plus if you register from outside Australia you do not pay Australian tax on the registration fee.At our special “Natural Dye only” Heathen Bazaar to be held on Saturday 7 July, 2012 you’ll find individual makers selling their own very high quality products, hand knitted or woven and hand crafted from natural fabrics yarns... including baby, children and adult clothing, shawls, blankets, toys bags, needlecraft and cross-stitch.
One year out we already have 70 persons who have emailed expressions of interest. We can seat a maximum of 140 and many workshops can only take 15 participants. Space is limited so sign up soon!
What do you get for your registration fee?
Registration does not include the price of individual workshops, but it does include the Opening Night,''Nature's Colours in the City" to be opened by very special person in textiles, Janet deBoer..... Registration essential. Followed by David Higgins (Save our Species) Lecture presentation.
It also includes
the registrants' only Networking Night, on Thursday evening 28 June; featuring an exhibition of natural dyed scarves and garments from the organisers’ and some lecturers’ own outstanding collections.;
specialist lecture on poisonous plants;
the price of a copy of the on-line journal to be published before the symposium;
the “highlights” DVD to be published after it.
Registered early birds will also be able to participate at half price in the textile and markets orientation and sightseeing tour of Melbourne (regular cost $50; early bird price $25).