Japanese Indigo Shibori Tote Bag Workshop 1F26
Make a set of ten custom canvas tote bags in this beginner-friendly Japanese Indigo Shibori workshop!
Join us in making a set of Shibori tote bags for the holiday season! Each student will receive ten 100% cotton canvas tote bags. They will learn and apply traditional Japanese resist dye techniques to produce different patterns for each bag using natural indigo dye. Students will experiment with different methods of fabric manipulation, including folding, compressing, tying, twisting, and stitching.
Students can use their finished bags as an eco-friendly gift wrapping alternative, give them as gifts, or keep them for their own use.
This class does not have a make up date.
Michelle Blanchette
I have been practicing Shibori design for thirty years including itajime (pleated technique), arashi (pole-wrapping technique) and stitched shibori. I am largely self-taught and have also attended classes in Japanese Indigo Shibori at The Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts in Jamaica Plain. I have formally taught Shibori at Boston College’s Art Club and various adult education classes in the Boston area leading groups of 6-30 students in the practice Japanese Indigo Shibori. I have also enjoyed sparking the love of Shibori in many children and adults in my backyard and in other natural settings.
All materials included in tuition.