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Make your own Shibori & Indigo Tote Bag, in Artist's Studio or Garden

Learn to create resist patterns with stitched shibori techniques and hand-dye your new organic cotton tote bag with indigo to reveal the patterns!
West Hampstead
In-person
£55 pp
3hrs
Beginner
What happens in this class?

Organic cotton tote bag included and prepared (scoured/thoroughly washed) prior to the class. Other materials, like needles, thread and indigo will also be included.

The class will begin with an introduction to the plant and natural dye, Indigo. You will learn how to create patterns using traditional stitching and binding shibori techniques. These stitches act as resists, so when you dye the item, only the exposed fabric is dyed, creating beautiful patterns onto cloth. There will be an organic henna 123 indigo vat, that will be ready for you to dye your stitched shibori tote bags. You will see…

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Things to remember

Please bring clothes that you do not mind getting stained!

Materials will be included.

Booking Options
Private BookingFor groups of 5 to 6 guests
£55

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Age Requirement

16

Flexible cancellation policy

Any class can be cancelled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase. See cancellation policy.
Your Teacher

With a background in fashion and textiles, Kylie began her professional artistic practice as a natural dyer when she joined a studio in Kingsgate Workshops. Having a dedicated workspace has allowed Kylie to develop her skills, teach bundle-dye workshops and complete natural dye projects. As a natural dyer and textile designer who creates colour from dye plants, which means she extracts natural pigments from a variety of plants and dye stuffs like roots, barks, leaves, food waste and floral waste.

In her practice she hand-dyes cloth using a water saving technique called bundle-dyeing, shibori: a resist method…

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Class Location
Kingsgate Workshops
West Hampstead
Unit 47, 114 Kingsgate Road
NW6 2JG
London, UK

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