Japanese Shibori Workshop. Indigo Dyeing

I recently spent a very enjoyable Saturday at Craftschooloz learning the Japanese dyeing technique Shibori. This involves folding, twisting or bunching cloth and binding it, then dyeing it in beautiful indigo.

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I wanted to see what effect the indigo dye would have on some of my previously rust dyed, lace and doily’s

 

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So, I clamped several wooden shapes over the areas where I didn’t want the indigo dye to seep in

 

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I was very happy with the result

 

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Old tablecloth, cotton fabrics and string

 

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Some beautiful dyed cloth from other people at the workshop

 

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This vintage tablecloth was clamped with shapes. The cloth had been previously dyed with rust and tea

 

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The Shibori method worked extremely well with all my pieces of vintage French lace, cotton, string and doily’s

 

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I love how indigo has many shades of greys, as well as blue, depending on what stage of fermentation, the dye vat is at

 

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Playing with some ideas…Victorian silk buttons

 

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buckles and rusty bits

 

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tin

 

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and doily’s

 

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