Saturday, June 22, 2013, 9:30am-4:30pm
SHIBORI DYEING WITH INDIGO WORKSHOP: FOLD & SEW
with Carol Anne Grotrian
Why does indigo seem magical? Because it dates back to ancient Egypt? Because the vat has a bloom and the color only develops on contact with air? Because successive dipping makes the shades of one color -- blue -- seem like many colors?
Experience the magic and learn about the care and feeding of an indigo vat, using synthetic indigo.
We'll create samples of some basic shibori patterns on cotton cloth using the indigo vat.
Returning students will build on their knowledge of shibori and indigo techniques to create more complex patterns and designs. This will be the third Shibori Dyeing with Indigo Workshop with Carol Anne Grotrian offered at NEQM. Carol Anne is now focusing each workshop on a particular shibori technique. This workshop will emphasize shibori techniques that involve stitching on folds, as we learn the process of dyeing indigo, preparing and maintaining smaller vats that are more practical for most people’s time and spaces. In keeping with the museum's current exhibit, silk scarves will be available for dyeing.
About Carol Anne Grotrian: For twenty five years, Carol Anne has combined traditional quilting and shibori dyeing. It was the organic patterns of shibori that helped her find her voice in landscape quilts. Since 1989, landscape has provided abundant inspiration and challenges, giving her more ideas for quilts than she has had time to make them.
Her quilts are usually portraits of specific places and times and often create memories of the “breathing spaces” she has experienced. Like much contemporary art, her quilts are a careful abstract balance of shape and color which is overlaid with line—the quilted stitches.
Workshop Notes: Please read the class policies before registering for this workshop. You may bring a lunch or purchase one at one of the coffee shops or cafes near the museum. There is a parking lot behind the museum that is available only on weekends. We suggest you park there, as street parking is limited to two hours. If you are not familiar with this parking lot, click here for details.
FEE: $55 members/$65 non-members
$3 materials fee paid to instructor on day of workshop
Silk scarves will be available for purchase in the museum store for $5 each on the day of the workshop.
Click here for the supply list.
Experience the magic and learn about the care and feeding of an indigo vat, using synthetic indigo.
We'll create samples of some basic shibori patterns on cotton cloth using the indigo vat.
Returning students will build on their knowledge of shibori and indigo techniques to create more complex patterns and designs. This will be the third Shibori Dyeing with Indigo Workshop with Carol Anne Grotrian offered at NEQM. Carol Anne is now focusing each workshop on a particular shibori technique. This workshop will emphasize shibori techniques that involve stitching on folds, as we learn the process of dyeing indigo, preparing and maintaining smaller vats that are more practical for most people’s time and spaces. In keeping with the museum's current exhibit, silk scarves will be available for dyeing.
About Carol Anne Grotrian: For twenty five years, Carol Anne has combined traditional quilting and shibori dyeing. It was the organic patterns of shibori that helped her find her voice in landscape quilts. Since 1989, landscape has provided abundant inspiration and challenges, giving her more ideas for quilts than she has had time to make them.
Her quilts are usually portraits of specific places and times and often create memories of the “breathing spaces” she has experienced. Like much contemporary art, her quilts are a careful abstract balance of shape and color which is overlaid with line—the quilted stitches.
Workshop Notes: Please read the class policies before registering for this workshop. You may bring a lunch or purchase one at one of the coffee shops or cafes near the museum. There is a parking lot behind the museum that is available only on weekends. We suggest you park there, as street parking is limited to two hours. If you are not familiar with this parking lot, click here for details.
FEE: $55 members/$65 non-members
$3 materials fee paid to instructor on day of workshop
Silk scarves will be available for purchase in the museum store for $5 each on the day of the workshop.
Click here for the supply list.
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