Natural dyeing as a team event – At Cosmaki Studio
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Send us your desired date and team size – we will get back to you within 48 hours.
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Natural Dyeing as a Team Event
A collaborative process with natural dyes – calm, tactile, and consciously decelerated.
Instead of classic team building, our focus is on working together: observing, deciding, creating – without pressure to perform and without prior knowledge. The Cosmaki Atelier is exclusively yours for the duration of the event.
What the process looks like
Phase 1 – Color Chart
All together: We test natural dyes on watercolor paper and small textile pieces, experiment with pH values, and observe how color reacts live before your eyes – from green to blue, from yellow to orange. No lecture – just materials that speak for themselves.
Phase 2 –Bundle Dye
Everyone dyes a placemat (approx. 50x50cm) with bundle dye – plants, blossoms, and leaves leave their color directly on the fabric.
Phase 3 – Indigo
Everyone dyes a T-shirt with Indigo Shibori – the moment white fabric turns blue is always new.
What everyone takes home
- 1 hand-dyed T-shirt (Indigo Shibori)
- 1 hand-dyed placemat (Bundle Dye)
- Textile color samples from the introduction
Framework & Organization
- Group size: 6–12 people
- Duration: approx. 3 hours
- Location: Cosmaki Atelier No. 91, in the machwerkhaus, Cologne-Kalk – exclusively for your team
- Drinks: Water & coffee (ERNST Rösterei) included
Companies typically budget around €79 per person. Weekend dates and groups of 13+ people available upon request.
📩 simon@cosmaki.com – preferred date, team size, and a brief note about the occasion – we will get back to you within 48 hours.
Natural dyeing as a team event – At Cosmaki Studio
We have already worked with these teams
Birkenstock · Fond Of · Lanius
What teams say:
“We had a fantastic day with Simon from cosmaki. The atmosphere was warm, the studio beautiful, and the workshop incredibly inspiring. It was exciting to see how plants create colors using different techniques and to get creative ourselves!
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Highly recommended for anyone who wants to experience sustainable craftsmanship!
“A few weeks ago, we had a wonderful team workshop with Simon at the cosmaki studio, where we learned how to dye with natural dyes using different techniques.
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We received a warm welcome and felt very comfortable the whole time.
The atmosphere was calm and relaxed, and the stations were varied with a mix of social and meditative activities.
The mix of creative interaction and information was perfect – Simon is a really great explainer. It was also nice that, despite being divided into small groups, you could still hop back and forth between the three different stations and look around. But above all, it was great to do something with your hands and then take it home with you...
We would do it again anytime – definitely recommend it! :-)
“We had a great team workshop with Simon. Dyeing with natural dyes is super fun!
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