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An explorative workshop: Extracting colour pigments from kitchen Waste

Updated: Jul 14, 2022

This workshop was hosted by FabCafe Malaysia

The workshop is designed to be an explorative workshop where we explore and discover various natural colour pigments. Participants will take home hand dyed swatches of fabrics dyed with natural kitchen waste dye and new knowledge in biochromes, particularly the use of waste as a new resource.

Sat, March 19, 2022 – Sat, March 19, 2022 14:00 – 16:00 UTC+08:00 Sun, March 20, 2022 – Sun, February 20, 2022 14:00 – 16:00 UTC+08:00

VenueFabCafe Kuala Lumpur G-33, Oasis Village. Jln PJU 1A/7A, Ara Damansara, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor





Coconut Husk (Cocos nucifera) were slow cook approximately 60 minutes to extract the color pigment from it.

Fabric Dyeing; Pigment extracted from dried onion skin (Allium Cepa)








Images-credit to Andy from FabCafe Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


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