Working With The Indigo

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Instruction runs from 10:00 AM to 3:30PM - with a lunch break when we get hungry!

This is a unique class ONLY offered during the spring and early summer in Los Angeles when the Persicaria tictoria Indigo plants are in full leaf!

Class is taught at the Natural Dyes Workshop at 604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026

This class is all about getting to know the indigo plant and working with it directly on fabric. We’ll be practicing :

• Plant propagation, transplanting and care regimen.

• Direct printing of leaves onto silk fabric

• Dyeing directly onto whole pieces of silk using inhibited enzyme methods of “Salt Dyeing” or “Ice Dyeing” or both if we’ve got time!

• Aqueous Extraction of pigment from the leaves.

• Creating macerated leaf balls that can be dried, saved and used for later dyeing.