About
Shaped-resist dyeing is an elemental textile art that is thousands of years old. In Japan it’s known as shibori, but it has been made worldwide for almost as long as dyes have been applied to textiles.
While applying pressure to shaped fabrics before and during dyeing, we can create exquisite patterns of infinite variety on natural fiber textiles. Working with organic dye extracts allows for the creation of a nuanced and rich color palette.
The class will focus on 10 patterns generated through hand stitching, wrapping and bundling. Silk and wool samples produced in class will be dyed in baths we make from extracts of madder root, coreopsis, weld, cochineal, and other sustainably, organically raised extracts to create patterns of timeless subtlety.
We’ll safely coax our colors onto cloth using classic alum recipes and Symplocos racemosa (a tropical "bio-accumulator" of alum from the earth) as our mordants.
This class is for beginners and beyond. For those with prior experience, feel free to bring images of your work (or actual pieces) if you’d like to engage in dialogue about possible directions your work might take.
Please note that this is a forum for making samples; it will not be possible to dye large yardages in this setting. (From Joan Morris website).
Materials: Included in the cost of the workshop. Materials provided by the instructors include dyes, supplies, mordants, fuel, fabrics, etc.
Skill Level: Universal -- All skill levels welcome.
Ages: Ages 18+ Welcome.
Bring bag lunches each day. We have a refrigerator for people to store their lunches and drinks!
Instructors Bio:
Joan Morris - Joan has been teaching classes in shaped-resist dyeing since 1989. ?Since then she has taught widely in the US, Canada, and Europe. In 2016, she began teaching in her own studio space: a capacious, three-season, newly renovated textile studio at The Barn in Norwich, Vermont. This 200-year-old architecturally remodeled barn, located near the Connecticut River in pastoral east-central Vermont, is in the Jericho Rural Historic district—a late 18th century agrarian community located five miles from Dartmouth College and Hanover, New Hampshire. (http://www.hartford-vt.org/DocumentCenter/View/270). Once the domicile of a large dairy herd, The Barn is now the steward of perennial gardens, meadows, and a large, certified organic blueberry orchard that hosts twenty-five varieties of the fruit. Sited high up, vulnerable to weather and with expansive views encompassing forested mountains and a valley holding almost 800 acres of fields and old farmsteads, it is a perfect place to investigate plant-based dyes.
Kathy Hattori- Kathy is a recognized authority on natural dyes and pigments as well as commercial applications using natural dyes and has been a pioneer in the field since 2003. She is the founder and President of Botanical Colors, through which she sells organically certified dyes to artisans and industrial clients seeking a more sustainable, natural color palette.
In addition to consulting and advising companies on their natural dye implementation strategies, Kathy has worked with the largest natural dye houses in the U.S. Her international experience includes creating a natural dye program for the largest organically certified tannery in Europe and implementing large-scale natural dye programs.
She has also consulted and advised a number of major retail brands, and worked on a USDA VAPG grant in 2013 for natural dye research.
In 2016, Botanical Colors was named a Sustainability Leadership Award finalist by Sustainable Seattle and continues to grow working with major fashion brands worldwide.
She currently teaches and lectures about natural dyes and is sought after as a speaker about the status of natural dyes in global textile production as well as scaling natural color.
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STUDENTS SIGNING UP FOR THIS WEEK-LONG WORKSHOP SHOULD BOOK LODGING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BAINBRIDGE ISLAND IS A VACATION DESTINATION AND GETS BUSY IN THE SUMMER.
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