August 01 - 04, 2024
Re•Treat Summer Series - Elin Noble-Indigo Discharge: Blue, Brown, and White
Ah Haa School • 155 W. Pacific Ave. Telluride, CO 81435 Organized by Ah Haa School for the Arts
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About this event
This three-day class will engage indigo dye from two vantage points. We will begin by applying indigo on cellulose cloth (cotton, linen, hemp, ramie). After that we will selectively remove indigo through a series of resist techniques. The first day of the course we will make an indigo vat and dye cloth creating a variety of blue hues. On the second and third day we will use paste and clay resists in addition to stitched, wrapped, and clamped resists. We will create a variety of imagery, focusing on blue on brown, blue on white, white on blue, brown on blue, or a combination of all of these. We will remove the indigo dye using potassium permanganate, which first leaves the background color in varying shades of brown. Further processing removes the brown, leaving the background color white with an indigo blue pattern. This process not only work on indigo dyed cloth, but also works on cloth dyed with natural and synthetic dyes. We will cover how to maintain an indigo vat as well as safe and effective methods for using the discharge products. NOTE: This workshop has a 45 day cancellation policy
Age and Gender
Ages 18-99
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