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.
I wanted to see what effect the indigo dye would have on some of my previously rust dyed, lace and doily’s
So, I clamped several wooden shapes over the areas where I didn’t want the indigo dye to seep in
I was very happy with the result
Old tablecloth, cotton fabrics and string
Some beautiful dyed cloth from other people at the workshop
This vintage tablecloth was clamped with shapes. The cloth had been previously dyed with rust and tea
The Shibori method worked extremely well with all my pieces of vintage French lace, cotton, string and doily’s
I love how indigo has many shades of greys, as well as blue, depending on what stage of fermentation, the dye vat is at
Playing with some ideas…Victorian silk buttons
buckles and rusty bits
tin
and doily’s
Tags: indigo, japanese dyeing, natural dyeing, shibori, textile art, textiles, vintage cloth, vintage doily