April 22, 2022
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9:00 am
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April 23, 2022
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4:00 pm
Back by popular demand at the Saint John Arts Centre – join Tzigane Caddell for this fantastic two-day workshop! Students will learn the fundamentals of Indigo dyeing, using Shibori resist techniques on cotton. We will begin by stitching patterns on, and Indigo-dyeing, a hanky. Students will create Shibori resists on cotton yardage, a bandana and a large fine cotton shawl, which will then be dyed in the Indigo Vat.
Age group: Adults
Time: 9am-4pm with a 1 hour break for lunch, both days
Dates: Friday, April 22 & Saturday, April 23, 2022
Fees: Tuition – $90 / Kit purchased from instructor – $60 (kit includes: vat and stitching supplies; 1 metre Cotton yardage; 1 Organic Cotton Hanky, 10” x 10″; 1 Organic Cotton Bandana, 24” x 24″, 1 Organic Cotton Mull Shawl, 44” x 82”)
Capacity: 6 students
Skill level: Beginner
STUDENT SUPPLY LIST
Apron or Work Clothes: waterproof is ideal. Indigo-dyeing is messy and permanent!
Rubber gloves: the longer the better; elbow-length, if you can.
Coffee/ Water/ Snack/ Lunch: We have an hour at lunchtime. The City Market and other restaurants are a 5-10 min walk, if you wish to buy lunch.
One article of clothing or small household item (like a pillow case), made of cotton or linen, for dyeing on the second day.
No large items, bedding, or heavy fibres (like terrycloth or denim) please.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
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Tzigane Caddell, retired landscape designer from Rothesay, NB, began exploring natural dyeing in 2017. Indigo dyeing quickly become a consuming passion and is now the central focus of her small-batch fibre-dyeing enterprise – Tzindigo (Tz + Indigo). Tzigane uses shibori resist techniques to create patterns on cotton, linen and silk shawls and scarves and up-cycles linen clothing – giving a second life by resuscitating it in the indigo vat.
$90