Blue Magic: Patterning Fabric with Indigo Dye
Saturday, April 12, 2025
1:00 - 5:00 PM

Wendy Weiss will guide students in the art of creating patterns on fabric using age-old techniques of binding, folding, clamping, and stitching in this 4-hour indigo workshop. Adire is a fabric produced in Nigeria, traditionally with indigo dye. It shares many similarities to Shibori, the Japanese name for stitched and bound resist, and Bandini, the term used in India for bound resist. Each culture developed specific patterns and dye methods, worthy of satisfying visual research. Lesley Darling, artist and educator, will assist and discuss how you can make a natural indigo dye vat at home for future exploration. All participants will take home their uniquely dyed indigo fabric. Recommended for ages 16+.

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About the artist:

Wendy Weiss is an artist and weaver who uses natural dyes that she cultivates and collects locally. She was awarded a 2014–15 Fulbright Nehru Senior Scholar Award, to follow up on a previous Fulbright Award in 2009 to document ikat textiles from an artist’s perspective in India, and is a past recipient of two Nebraska Arts Council Artist Fellowships, as well as a Winterthur Residential Fellowship. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in North America, Europe, and Asia. She is on the editorial team for the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, a former board member of the Textile Society of America, and professor emerita of textile design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She teaches workshops on creative applications of warp ikat and natural dye and collaborates with Jay Kreimer on a range of installation projects using diverse materials.

Blue Magic: Patterning Fabric with Indigo Dye

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Blue Magic: Patterning Fabric with Indigo Dye