Direct Painting with Natural Indigo

About Direct Painting with Natural Indigo

Did you realize that you can paint directly with natural indigo? Both in its blue and reduced forms? We'll explore all the options backed by the instructor's half-century of experience in traditional Japanese approaches to dyeing.

This course will include working on both paper and cloth - silk, wool, cotton, and bast fibers. The finished pieces will be completely wearable and washable. No dyeing background required. Many design options will be provided to get you started and launch you on your way.

Many people are intimidated by reduced vat dyeing with indigo or working with the various resists most commonly employed – string, wax, and paste. Direct painting with indigo offers even those with no experience working with natural dyes a high quality and satisfying option.

The capacity for this class is 50 students.

Class Materials Needed

• Large embroidery hoop or stretching frame

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Age Range

Teens and Adults

Skill Level

Open to all levels - No experience necessary

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When

The class will meet for three weekly 2-hour live online sessions.

Enrolled students receive 30-day access to the video recordings of the classes.

Feb
15th
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Direct Painting with Natural Indigo
John Marshall

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John Marshall

    Over the years I have presented lectures and other programs for the Embassy of Japan, the National Associated Japan-America Societies, MAFA, Convergence, Northern and Southern Handweavers, Surface Design, untold numbers of guilds and museums throughout North America and Japan. I have had solo shows sponsored by the US State Department, Kodansha, and the Embassy of Japan. I have appeared in group shows at the De Young Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Textile Museum, SF Asian Art Museum, and more.

    I have had my work appear in Threads, Ornament, FiberArts, American Craft, Surface Design Journal, KateiZenka, Shufunotomo, Sophia, and many others. I am a regular contributor to the on-line magazine Turkey Red Journal. I maintain an informative web site at www.JohnMarshall.to, serve as the “answer man” for a Japanese site, www.Ichiroya.com.

    I have been working on a series of how-to DVDs on the subject of Katazome, with many side-project DVDS featuring Kyoukechi and other techniques and topics.

    My book Make Your Own Japanese Clothes has been in print since 1988, and has never slacked in sales.

    More recently I have published Singing the Blues-Soulful Dyeing for All Eternity (2018), A Collectors Guide to Indigo (2019), A Field Guide to Japanese Textiles (2020), and so on.

    I love sharing information and I feel I am successful in communicating my passion for the ingenuity and intelligence humans bring to the creation of textiles and fiber arts to my students and fellow addicts.

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