Then we dye!

On Friday 4.4. we were taken by a car for a visit in a little village, inhabitans c. 100 people, called Neckeroda. Every year in the end of August the village organizes a Färberfest. The festival is popular, tournout 3000 people. The village has received national recognition for the festival.

Welcome to Neckeroda.

A colouring center in the village.

The coloring center and a shop.

Cake made by our polish friends...

...served wit finnish chocolate and coffee/tea.

Viola, Tiina, Hans and Minna.

Local coloring expert.

The materials used in coloring.

The range of colors you get by using natural ingredients.

The challenge of coloring with natural methods.

After the lecture...

... we were given a possibility to try coloring.

Coloring as a process takes days.

Our host had prepared beforehand the colors for our visit.

We were given a scarf.

We knotted the scarf and dip it in the color.

The village was prepraid for Easter.

In Easter it is usual to see colourfull decoration in the gardens like in christmas.

Wiebke is transalating the guide for us.

The coloring center has its own garden.

The plants from the garden are used in coloring.

Local art.

Bee life.



Beeing!



Apple tree.

Easter eggs in the trees.



Our coloring is ready.

Next step was...

... to open the knots and see, what kind of scarf it came.

Minna, Tiina and Minna with our knots.

White and yellow!

The artists...

... the artwork...

... the final outcome on Helen.

Multiple use og the scarf.

The whole group: German, Finnish and Polish = Re3

This is what we achieved.

Pictures: Tanja Härmä

Text: Minna Lehtola