Indigo
Indigo dyeing is a great technique for transforming old materials, clothing, objects, and paper. The colour is strongest on natural materials such as linen, cotton, and silk, allowing you to explore a wide range of blue shades and patterns during the dyeing process. Shibori is the Japanese term for resist dyeing fabric. In this workshop, you will experiment with a variety of shibori techniques to create patterned textiles, including stitching, twisting, folding, clamping, pole wrapping, pleating, binding, and scrunching. Each indigo-dyed sample will be unique, giving you the freedom to explore your own textile ideas and develop your personal creative style. Towards the end of the session, you will dye a final piece, such as an item of clothing brought from home or sourced from a charity shop.
