26140 Indigo 1,2,3
Class | Available
Registration Deadline: 2/11
Michel Garcia’s famous natural fermentation vat is a fructose vat using entirely non-chemical and environmentally (and skin!) friendly techniques. The fructose vat is easy to put together and to use. This workshop will explain three different formulas to use, the benefits of each and the basics for dyeing with natural indigo as well as choice and preparation of the textile to be dyed. Instructor will also show an easy way to hydrate natural indigo so that it is easier to use. Students will come away with enough knowledge to set up their own vats and start working with indigo at home. Bring lunch or purchase locally.
AGE: Teens to adults
**This Class has a special tuition rate for children. At the top of the page, select Youth Discount. At checkout, a child's tuition will be discounted to $20. The student must be registered as a child in your account profile to receive the discount
Mary Ann Proia
I began playing with fibers as a child. I learned to crochet from my grandmother and to sew from my mother. I remember stitching doll clothes together by manually running my mother’s sewing machine. (I was too short to reach the pedal.) Later, when I entered Nazareth college for Art, I discovered weaving and dyeing and have been at it ever since. Along the way, I have studied with Susan Rowley, Michele Wipplinger, Kathy Hattori, as well as other great weavers and dyers.
I have shown my work here in Rochester, Seattle, Las Vegas, Colorado, and even Italy. I have taught weaving in Antigua with partners of the Americas. I recently receive the HGA Certificate Of Excellence in Dyeing.
I enjoy passing on the knowledge I’ve learned to students then watching them take it and make it their own.