UPCOMING ONLINE ZOOM-BASED PROGRAMS
SUMMER 2022
The course is intensive and project driven – all concepts presented are partnered with a wide range of projects that make use of diverse techniques and materials.
Zoom recordings may be downloaded and saved.
Japanese Gilding Techniques
KINPAKU
Saturdays in July
16 and 23, with a review session on July 30, 2022
10:00 to 12:00 noon California time
INDIGO TWO
five days plus review
Monday through Friday
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. PST
August 8-12
review session:
Monday, Aug 29, 2-4 pm PST
or
Aug 29 - Sept 2
review session:
Monday, Sep 12, 10-12 am
COLORS OF INDIGO
Persicaria’s Hidden Treasures
Saturdays in September
10, 17, and 24
10:00 to 12:00 noon California time.
INDIGO ONE
five days plus review
Monday through Friday
10:00 to noon. PST
August 1-5
review session:
Monday, Aug 15, 10-noon
or
August 22-26
review session:
Monday, Sept 5, 10-noon
John Marshall Natural Dyes + Vegetable Prints Class
The workshop dates are October 1, 8, 15 with a November 5 followup session.
Workshop times are 10AM to 12PM Pacific. Sunday, 10/2, 2022, 2 - 4 p.m. EDT
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Japan is world-famous for its exquisite use of precious metals on textiles. In
this course we’ll be covering traditional methods employed as well as modern variations to
enhance your dyework.
Included will be gold leafing, painting, and sprinkling techniques. I’ll be demonstrating with precious metals as well as more readily available
imitations.
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Continuing working with fresh-, we will also cover working with dried- and
frozen-leaf indigo. We will be creating our own pigments to serve as the basis
for direct painting, and the foundation material for a range of reduction vats.
A full complement of techniques will be employed as we explore combining indigo
with other natural dyes and pigments.
Limit: fourteen students
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We’ll begin the session one with the basics of indican, the foundation of our blue,
to make sure that we are all starting from a shared base of knowledge.
In session two, we’ll venture into extracting what most of us just throw away–the yellow found in indigo cells, kaempferol. So right there we have blue and
yellow, and by extension, green. Why stop there?
Also found within the cells of our friend Percy, is a dye called indirubin that
will amaze us with shades of magenta. And, armed with this red, we will be able
to produce a full color palette of blues, greens, yellows, oranges, reds, and
purples. Percy is so like some our very best friends–perhaps quiet and retiring in appearance but overflowing with hidden treasures
if only we show a little patience and take time to get to know them.
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We’ll be concentrating on working with fresh-leaf indigo and focusing on exactly
how it works with various fibers, changes in pH and how to achieve a range of
blues, and working with various resists including clamp, paste, wax, and
string. We’ll be taking all of these techniques and combining them into stunning textiles
of nuanced blues.
Limit: fourteen students
COMING SOON!
The programs listed below will be available for registration soon. Keep an eye
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Japanese Garment Design and Sewing
MIDATLANTIC FIBER ASSOCIATION
MAFA VIRTUAL
Sunday, 9/11, 2022, 2 - 4 p.m. EDT
Sunday, 9/18, 2022, 2 - 4 p.m. EDT
Sunday, 9/25, 2022, 2 - 4 p.m. EDT
Sunday, 10/2, 2022, 2 - 4 p.m. EDT
