Traditional Japanese Natural Dyes with Kathy Hattori
Friday June 20
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Kathy Hattori
Materials Fee: $50 (paid directly to the Instructor)
Students: 12
We're delighted to welcome Kathy Hattori to the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-operative for a special one-day workshop exploring traditional Japanese natural dyes! Kathy will be sharing her expertise in working with these beautiful plant shades, with dyes such as Murasaki (Gromwell), Kuchinashi (Gardenia Pods), and Yomogi (Mugwort), and introducing the traditional Japanese "mid-mordanting" technique. This is a sampling workshop, and you will come away with a set of ten dye colours on a range of materials including kimono silk, handwoven ramie, and Sashiko threads. All materials and dyes are provided.
Friday June 20
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Kathy Hattori
Materials Fee: $50 (paid directly to the Instructor)
Students: 12
We're delighted to welcome Kathy Hattori to the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-operative for a special one-day workshop exploring traditional Japanese natural dyes! Kathy will be sharing her expertise in working with these beautiful plant shades, with dyes such as Murasaki (Gromwell), Kuchinashi (Gardenia Pods), and Yomogi (Mugwort), and introducing the traditional Japanese "mid-mordanting" technique. This is a sampling workshop, and you will come away with a set of ten dye colours on a range of materials including kimono silk, handwoven ramie, and Sashiko threads. All materials and dyes are provided.
Friday June 20
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Kathy Hattori
Materials Fee: $50 (paid directly to the Instructor)
Students: 12
We're delighted to welcome Kathy Hattori to the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-operative for a special one-day workshop exploring traditional Japanese natural dyes! Kathy will be sharing her expertise in working with these beautiful plant shades, with dyes such as Murasaki (Gromwell), Kuchinashi (Gardenia Pods), and Yomogi (Mugwort), and introducing the traditional Japanese "mid-mordanting" technique. This is a sampling workshop, and you will come away with a set of ten dye colours on a range of materials including kimono silk, handwoven ramie, and Sashiko threads. All materials and dyes are provided.
Kathy Hattori is a textile artist deeply involved in colors from natural sources, their history and their modern day uses and applications.
Kathy has been involved with textiles since 1982 and traveled extensively to learn natural dye and textile techniques from treasured mentors. She teaches and lectures about natural dyes and has taught at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Shakerag, and BARN on Bainbridge Island. She is is the founder and president of Botanical Colors and is sought after worldwide as a speaker about the sustainable use of natural dyes in global textile production.