natural dye workshop
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 […]
2 Day Natural Dye Full Spectrum Workshop with Fiber Circle Studio
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United States2 Day Natural Dye Full Spectrum Workshop with Fiber Circle Studio This is a 2 session in-person workshop, running April 2 & 3, 2022, 11am-5pm All materials are included. Each student will get to take home 12 different mini skeins of yarn! Fiber Circle Studio's 2-day Natural Dyeing Rainbow workshop will be a hands-on experience where […]
Natural Palettes of Summer Color in West Marin with Sasha Duerr
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesJoin Sasha Duerr onsite at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station for a day of exploring summer color and the natural palettes of seasonal color in Northern California. We will gather a variety of onsite ingredients, then make and use natural dye baths with those ingredients and others. Together we will create a […]