Sunday, December 10 2023 1-4:30PM

604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90026

Ditch the single-use wrapping paper and come get in the holiday spirit with Graham and Auri!

In this afternoon workshop we will explore the method of itajime shibori - using folding, clamps and wooden blocks to create patterns on fabric - all in seasonal red, pink and white coloring.

You’ll leave the class with two furoshiki, square pieces of fabric that can be used (and reused!) to wrap holiday gifts! After making our fabrics, we’ll practice wrapping a few different styles of gifts and boxes with them.

• Learn to prepare fabric for natural dyeing

• Learn to work with home-grown Madder Root and Madder Extract - a beautiful, natural red color!

• Practice folding, clamping, dipping and dyeing fabrics in a plethora of forms to control the patterns we create.

604 N. Occidental Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90026

1:00 to 4:30 PM, Saturday December 9, 2023

In this workshop we will explore decorating two lovely, square pieces of fabric about 27x27” that can be used and used again as gift wrapping for the holidays (or any days)! After dyeing the materials, we will practice different methods for folding and wrapping packages and gifts of different shapes and sizes.

• learn the basics of indigo dyeing such as mixing up a vat, proper dipping etiquette and washing suggestions

• explore different styles of creating graphic patterns on the fabric through folding, clamping or binding

• we will cover AT LEAST 4 major fold styles - Stripes, Grids, Kikko (hexagons) and Radial (flower and star shapes)

• practice using your cloth as a wrapping for gifts between the sizes of a baseball to a shoebox - works great for bottles of wine - or even indigo dye kits :)