Adult Community Education | Textiles Workshop | 5 hours
**This workshop is full. To join the waiting list, please email [email protected].**
INDIGO SHINDIGO is a 5 hour long workshop where participants will learn hands-on Japanese shaped-resist dye
techniques called Shibori with a natural indigo dye vat. These shaped resist forms including
stitched, bound, and clamped: Nui, Kanoko, Kumo and Itajime. The patterns and shapes created
using different shibori techniques are all beautiful and endless!
All participants will leave with a beautifully indigo-dyed organic cotton scarf (or 3 bandanas) and
will learn about the alchemy and history of this magical natural plant dye. In learning these
techniques, participants are encouraged to embrace the process over product - we will be
creating in the Ukiyo (Floating) World.
Participants are asked to bring the following:
- an old bath towel
- rubber dish gloves
- an apron or clothes that can handle dye
- bottled water
- a bagged lunch
- a waterproof bag
- pencil
- scissors
- needle threader and seam ripper
Date & Location
Sunday, October 26 - 11:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Classroom at the Gardens at HCP, 505 Quayle Road, Saanich
Fees & Registration
All day admission to the garden is included in your registration (last admission 3:30 pm)
$110.00 HCP Members
$120.00 Non-Members Interested in Membership?
REGISTER ONLINE or call 250 479 6162
Instructor Bio: Yarrow Aiko Koontz
Yarrow Aiko Koontz is a multidisciplinary artist, skilled in natural dyeing, foraging, and stitching. With a Fine Arts Degree from Emily Carr University, a Fashion Arts diploma from Vancouver Community College, and a Permaculture Design Certificate, she weaves her expertise into her daily practice.
Since 2015, Yarrow has studied with the Maiwa School of Textiles, familiarizing herself with natural dyes, tannins, mordants, traditional Japanese shape resist techniques such Katazome and Shibori. In 2023, she deepened her craft in Japan with Bryan Whitehead, learning to create hand-sewn Hanten garments with hand-cut Katagami stencils and indigo.
Yarrow also enjoys foraging with her cat and is a member of the Vancouver Island Fibreshed, connected to the Fibershed Mothership in California.
