Urban Dyeing – Designing Streetwear with Natural Dyes
In August, together with the zdi program, we ran a three-day holiday workshop at the Cosmaki Atelier. Three days full of color, youthful chaos, and creative energy. The students from...
New workshop dates for January and February 2026 are online.
Design your own textiles, learn new techniques and spend time in the studio.
Dillenburger Str. 77c - Machwerkhaus - 51105 Cologne
Cosmaki Atelier
Cosmaki is a place for color, textiles, and shared experiences.
In our studio in Cologne, we work with plants, bark and food waste – and show how textiles regain meaning through simple, handcrafted processes.
Our workshops connect people: families, friends, teams, school classes.
It's not about perfect results, but about time shared – and about colors that tell stories instead of following trends.
A space is created between craftsmanship, design and art, where you can dye, learn and create sustainably.
A place that makes connection tangible.
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Where plant dyes, craftsmanship, and encounters come together. Here, not only colors are created, but connections are created – between people, materials, and ideas.
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The Cosmaki collection unites naturally dyed clothing, accessories, home textiles, and select materials. All color processes take place in their own natural dyeing studio, using plant-based pigments, defined mordant systems, and controlled parameters such as pH value, concentration, and processing time. The range is complemented by natural raw materials and carefully selected crystals. A collection for people who seek clear design, transparent processes, and responsibly produced products.
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Workshop Recap: Team event with FOND OF
On July 16, 2025, the first official team workshop took place in the Cosmaki natural dyeing studio – with 12 participants from the FOND OF design team. Duration: approx. 3...
Family workshop: Natural dyeing with children at the Cosmaki Atelier
How does color come from plants? And what happens when children dye their own clothes? At the family workshop at the Cosmaki natural dyeing studio in Cologne, participants of all...
Cosmaki has found a home
This weekend, we opened our new natural dyeing studio at the Machwerkhaus in Cologne's Kalk district—a place for color, fabric, and transformation. Between the historic brick walls, buckets full of...
Studio in the Machwerkhaus, Dillenburger Str. 77c, 51105 Cologne Kalk
Cosmaki is your natural dyeing studio in Cologne
In the natural dyeing studio, you'll learn the basics of plant dyeing – creatively, understandably, and with heart. For families, groups, teams, and curious individuals.