natural dye workshop
Natural Dyeing Workshops – Warm Colors
Sincere Sheep dye studio Napa, CA, United StatesExplore warm shades of naturally dyed yarns during a day full of interesting discussion and hands-on experience. The workshop will be co-hosted by Brooke Sinnes of Sincere Sheep yarns and Kira Dulaney of Kira K Designs, and held at the backyard dye studio of Sincere Sheep in Napa, CA. We will dye 14 one-ounce skeins of […]
Bring the Colors of Nature to Your Table
Red Twig Farm Lagunitas, CA, United StatesJoin us as we play with summertime colors, coaxing earthly hues from the abundance of plants and flowers of the season grown on the farm. You will explore colors from the farm on different fabrics, making a sample card to bring home, and create a set of four beautiful organic cotton napkins for your mealtimes. *Class […]
Shibori Using Local Indigo (Jenny Fong + Craig Wilkinson)
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesCraig Wilkinson, a local Japanese Indigo grower & member of Fibershed, and Jenny Fong of Modern Shibori are collaborating to offer 3 hours of shibori techniques and indigo dyeing! Stretch your creativity, meet new friends and create with a centuries old Japanese technique and organic indigo that has been grown right here in Sonoma […]
Making a Traditional Japanese Vat with Buaisou
Sonoma Community Center 276 E Napa St, Sonoma, CA, United StatesLearn about the process of how to make and maintain an indigo vat/dye, using a traditional technique of fermenting Sukumo (composted indigo) in ash lye, calcium hydroxide, and wheat bran with BUAISOU staff from Tokushima, Japan. Fermentation takes eleven days in Sonoma before the indigo dye workshops start. Full schedule of BUAISOU workshops here: https://www.sonomaculturalexchange.org/new-events […]
Community Indigo Vat
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome immerse yourself in the sea of Sonoma County Blue! Fibershed member, Craig Wilkinson, has provided our community with it's first locally grown, Japanese indigo vat. This is a unique indigo recipe as the color comes from composted indigo (sukumo) as opposed to an extract or pigment. During the 90 minutes one-one-one access to our […]
Community Indigo Vat
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome immerse yourself in the sea of Sonoma County Blue! Fibershed member, Craig Wilkinson, has provided our community with it's first locally grown, Japanese indigo vat. This is a unique indigo recipe as the color comes from composted indigo (sukumo) as opposed to an extract or pigment. During the 90 minutes one-one-one access to our […]
Community Indigo Vat
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome immerse yourself in the sea of Sonoma County Blue! Fibershed member, Craig Wilkinson, has provided our community with it's first locally grown, Japanese indigo vat. This is a unique indigo recipe as the color comes from composted indigo (sukumo) as opposed to an extract or pigment. During the 90 minutes one-one-one access to our […]
Community Indigo Vat
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome immerse yourself in the sea of Sonoma County Blue! Fibershed member, Craig Wilkinson, has provided our community with it's first locally grown, Japanese indigo vat. This is a unique indigo recipe as the color comes from composted indigo (sukumo) as opposed to an extract or pigment. During the 90 minutes one-one-one access to our […]
Natural Dye Virtual Demo + Navajo Nation Mask Drive
VirtualLearn how plants in your garden and pantry can provide color for your cloth mask, and help us send a bulk donation of California Cloth Foundry masks to the Navajo Nation Chinle Chapter. Fibershed is sponsoring a virtual demonstration of natural dyeing a cotton mask with plants that are also known for their medicinal properties. […]
Natural Palettes: inspiration from plant-based color with Sasha Duerr
Book Talk + Demo From the natural color ingredients that can be found in weeds, prunings and cover crops, to the vast potential of food and floral waste, plant-based "color stories" to both poetically and practically engage us in immersive and holistic practices. In this webinar, Sasha will share inspiration through examples from her new […]