Class Description
This take on our classic indigo tie dye class is designed with your larger objects in mind! Do you have overalls, sheets, dresses or jackets that you want to use indigo tie dye techniques to dye but you were worried that your object would be too large? This class will walk you through some of the traditional Japanese tie dye techniques and guide you to create your own beautiful designs in indigo. Smaller projects welcome too!
October 1st 6:00-7:30
Location- Front Porch Makerspace (rain location, textile studio)
Cost-$25
Minimum class size- 2
Age- 7+ (all children must be accompanied by an adult)
Registration:
Please register at least 24 hours in advance.
There is a $5 registration fee, the remainder of the class price is collected the day of the class.
The registration fee reserves your spot in the class and will not be refunded for no-shows. In the event that the class does not meet the minimum class size, your registration fee will be refunded.
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Instructor Bio
Aja Ewing (she/her) is a 3rd generation fiber artist who specialises in fiber education and how textiles are connected with our natural resources. She has a BS in Natural Resource Management from Green Mountain College and a MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Unity University. She has 20+ experience in spinning and dyeing as well as knitting, crocheting and weaving. She's spent the last 5 years in pollinator studies, including her masters course, Cornell's Master Beekeepers course, as well as working for commercial native plants nurseries and apiaries. Through her education she has focused on ways that our textile industry impacts our natural environment and ways to improve the ways we source, process and market textiles in a method that can reduce harm or even benefit native pollinators. Aja's teaching style is engaging and hands-on and she takes care to create a learning environment that is a safe place for all. She raises sheep and bees as well as sells her handspun yarn out of her farm in Orwell, VT.