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Indigo Dyeing 1M22

Age Group: 
Teens, Adults

In this workshop, you'll work with one of the oldest plant-based pigments in the world, Indigo.  Learn how the indigo-dyeing process works to create deep, rich blues. Use shibori stitching and binding techniques to resist dye, and learn how to remove indigo to create additional stunning effects. Create unique and beautiful scarves or samples. Limit 10 students.

 

I love indigo and wanted to learn about the Shibori technique.  The class was well organized by the instructor and we were provided lessons on a  variety of patterns and examples!

My mother had recently taken an indigo dyeing class and I’ve always wanted to learn how to do it myself!  This was an excellent class; the instructor came prepared with a lot of great examples of different techniques at different stages in the process to provide clear guidance on what we’d be doing throughout the workshop.  I’d definitely take a course with Kristina again in the future!

 

Kristina Goransson

Kristina Goransson

Kristina Goransson spent her childhood in northern Sweden before moving to the United States in 1985. Art has always been a significant part of her life, helping her through not knowing English when she arrived in Atlanta, GA. She entered more structured art making as an undergraduate at Rhode Island School of Design, where she received her BFA in Furniture. After graduating she spent two seasons at Anderson Ranch Arts Center assisting classes in the wood program before moving back to the East Coast.

She earned her MFA in Fiber Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. During graduate school, Kristina spent the first year exploring the different textile techniques until she found felt. Discovering the possibilities that felting had to offer, she spent the rest of her time in graduate school creating felted sculpture. She continued her felted work as Artist-in-Residence at Oregon College of Art and Craft before returning to Boston.

She maintains her love for felting and continues to explore wool’s possibilities, finding new ways to push the limits of the material. She teaches workshops to educate others about the incredible versatility of wool along with other fiber processes. She continues her work as a maker, creating art influenced by the beauty of form and pattern in nature.

Kristina has taught felting and other fiber arts techniques at MassArt, UMass Dartmouth and Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited across the United States, including at Deedee Shattuck Gallery (Westport MA), San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Boston CyberArts and Fuller Craft Museum. She has numerous pieces in the MediTech collection and other private collections. Her work can be found in the book, 500 Felt Objects (Lark Press).

Specialty: 
Fiber Arts
Materials to bring to class:

Materials will be provided in class for a materials fee of $25.