With: Nancy Botkin

Class Fee: $30/adult; $45/adult and child pair

Materials Fee: $10 / participant

Class Size: 8 / Appropriate for children 8+ with accompanying adult

Shibori is the Japanese art of indigo dyeing. We will create blue and white patterns on cloth by folding, using string, rubber bands, and wooden clamps. Watching the reaction of indigo dye as it oxidizes and turns the fabric from white to brilliant green and finally settling on a beautiful blue is part of the fun. The resulting fabric will be colorfast in the washing machine but will fade in the sun.

Nancy Botkin has been dyeing shibori-style for about 8 years now. She's enjoyed using the fabric in quilts and other sewing projects.