Class Description

Shibori is a Japanese technique of using ties, sewing, blocks and other methods to achieve patterns in cloth. If you are familiar with the shibori method of dyeing, you know that there are techniques that are easier and harder to achieve. In this class we will be focusing on two of the more time intensive shibori methodologies, Nui and miura. If you have taken an indigo shibori class with us at reclaimed before, this is a great way to advance your techniques. If you haven’t taken an indigo shibori class with us, you will still get a lot out of this class. 

Registration:

Please register at least 24 hours in advance at heronsllynfarm.com the sooner the better! Class fee is collected the day of the class. Ages 8+

Class cost: $25

Class length: 1.5 hours

Spots: 10 (minimum 2)

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.