Dyeing

This is an in depth look into resist-dyeing where students will learn how to effectively apply wax-resist to cloth in order to create patterns. Students will learn how to prepare their cloth canvases, create their dyes, and learn how to treat and care for their creation. By using wax-resist the students are able to control where they want to dye the cloth and with what color. Students will be shown samples of traditional resist-dyed cloths, and will begin practicing using the wax-resist.

This workshop explores the basics of extracting color from plants for accessible and sustainable naturally patterned fabric. We'll explore the Bundle Dyeing technique of directly imprinting fabric with the petals, leaves, and roots of dye plants to create beautiful patterns.

In this class, students of all levels will gain confidence using fiber reactive dyes with all the color options they have to offer. Fiber reactive dyes are super versatile and can be used with a variety of fibers, such as cotton, linen, rayon, and silk. This class will take students through immersion dyeing, direct application, tie-dye, hand painting, and basics on dyes, chemicals and additives while focusing on how to mix and blend colors to get your desired effects. This class is ideal for those working in design who want more conceptual tools under their belt, as well for printmakers and painters who want more control over their colors and materials.

In this class students will explore ice dyeing, a technique that uses ice and fiber reactive (procion) dye to create beautiful flowing textures and dynamic color splits. A great class for beginners and experienced dyers alike, we will cover the fundamentals of ice dyeing as well as how to combine ice dyeing with direct application techniques for a myriad of results. Cotton fabric will be provided for experimentation, but please feel free to bring light colored cotton fabric to use as well!

In this workshop, students learn the basics of creating an all organic indigo dye vat, and how to dye with it. Fabric will be provided, but feel free to bring along some light colored natural fabrics to experiment with (cotton, linen, wool, etc)!

Katazome is a Japanese resist dyeing using rice paste. Students will learn to make a cut-paper stencil, makea traditional rice resist paste, print/paint with paste resist, and finally dye the work created. Students will also explore the basics of stencil design for repeat patterns or single design motifs.

In this 12 hour class, students will learn the basics of dyeing fabric using natural materials, including natural dye sources, how to extract colors, what mordants are, and how to use them to fix natural dyes to fabric. Students will leave with the substantial beginnings of a swatch library documenting a range of fibers, dyes, mordants, and modifiers. Bring along any materials you'd like to experiment with!

Shibori is an ancient Japanese resist-dye technique that involves creasing, folding, dyeing, stitching, binding and knotting, to create beautiful and well defined patterns. Students will learn the techniques of shibori dyeing with a variety of samples.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to indigo dyeing with wax and paste based resists, to create work based on their vision. We will work with eco-friendly soy wax and experiment with different tools for mark-making, from traditional batik tjantings to brushes and stamps, to draw and create patterns on the fabric. The history and chemistry of the indigo vat, and how to develop multiple shades of blue will also be discussed.