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Workshop Description
Join Tzigane Caddell, for a new Indigo Workshop that specifically explores Shibori Stitching. Create a striking linen scarf with nature’s only natural blue. Week 1: You will learn about stitched Shibori resist techniques; choose either the Maki-Age/ Circle pattern or the Mokume/ Woodgrain pattern & draw it on a linen scarf; begin hand stitching with needle and thread. Week 2: Your week’s work will come to life in the Indigo Vat!
This is an intermediate course that will require 3 to 6 hours of hand stitching (maybe more?), depending on the design chosen. It will be necessary for you to take your work home to finish stitching between Week 1 and Week 2. All materials provided by the instructor. Materials costs to be paid by participants to instructor.
Schedule: The workshop will consist of 2 evening classes, one week apart, from 6 – 9pm, 3 hours each, equalling a total of 6 hours of instruction. The week between workshop evenings is necessary for students to complete stitching their pieces at home. Indigo Dyeing will take place Week 2.
Materials Costs per Participant, $60: To be paid, in cash or by e-transfer, to Instructor, Tzigane Caddell, at the beginning of 1st class. This includes:
- Indigo Vat supplies
- Stitching supplies
- 1 Linen Scarf, 25″ x 70″
Note: Please bring an apron & gloves for dyeing & a plastic bag for wet pieces in Week 2.
Workshop Information
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Dates: April 3, 10, 2024
Duration: 2 weeks
Fees: $80 tuition | $60 materials kit fee (cash or e-transfer) purchased from instructor, paid on 1st class
Skill level: Intermediate
Capacity: 6 students
Seniors Discount: Seniors aged 65+ are eligible for a 20% discount on all adult workshops; enter coupon code SENIOR65 at checkout.
About your Instructor
Tzigane Caddell is a fibre artist living in Rothesay, NB. A Juried Member of Craft NB, Tzigane began natural indigo dyeing with Indigofera tinctoria in 2017. In her small-batch, fibre-dyeing business, Tzindigo (Tz + Indigo), she uses Shibori-resist techniques to create patterns on cotton and linen scarves and dyes them, along with rescued linen clothing and vintage textiles, in organic Indigo vats. Tzigane also grows a small plot of Japanese Indigo, Persicaria tinctoria, in her garden and uses the fresh leaves to direct dye a limited number of silk scarves and merino wool pieces.
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