Indigo Shindigo - indigo natural dye and shibori shape resist workshop

Description

INDIGO SHINDIGO
is a 5 hour long workshop where participants will learn hands-on Japanese shaped-resist dye techniques called Shibori with a natural indigo dye vat. These shaped resist forms including stitched, bound, and clamped: Nui, Kanoko, Kumo and Itajime. The patterns and shapes created using different shibori techniques are all beautiful and endless!
All participants will leave with a beautifully indigo-dyed organic cotton scarf (or 3 bandanas) and will learn about the alchemy and history of this magical natural plant dye. In learning these techniques, participants are encouraged to embrace the process over product - we will be creating in the Ukiyo (Floating) World.
Participants work with their hands—folding, binding, dipping, waiting—and in doing so, they also begin to engage in broader conversations about sustainability, ancestry, and collective resilience. These workshops are intentionally slow and inclusive. They welcome people of diverse ages and backgrounds, and they prioritize accessibility, cultural safety, and relationship-building. In these spaces, art-making becomes not only a creative act, but also a form of gathering, healing, and imagining together.