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Japanese Shibori Dye Workshop for Beginners

Sat 30 May
10.15am-4.15pm,

£108 and includes needles at £13 per person, lunch, coffee and tea The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN About the Workshop Shibori is a Japanese resist dyeing technique that uses hand sewing and indigo dye. Participants will create simple shapes on fabric using indigo dyes to resist the dye. This shibori workshop is designed to allow free-form creation rather than following traditional techniques. This workshop is ideal for beginners. Participants will receive an A4-sized shibori piece and take their sashiko needles. Each participant will need more than 20 sashiko needles. Participants can take their needles with them as the price of £13 is included in the workshop fee. About the Tutor Emi is a Japanese textile artist and designer based in Northamptonshire specialised in hand weaving with natural materials and natural dyeing. She launched her slow fashion garment collection in 2021. She is also trained as a Japanese Sukumo Indigo Dyer in Japan and she is planning to set up a Japanese Sukumo Indigo Studio in her 17th-century limestone house in Northamptonshire. She is also influenced by the study of traditional textiles, techniques and materials inspired by Confucius words, who said: We can learn new things from the past. She loves to explore different countries and find traditional materials, techniques and ideas. She has developed her own style to express her art which is based in a Japanese identity with European influences... READ MORE>

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