——July 10-12——Katazome Stencils & Sukumo Indigo Dyeing with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl

Related Courses: Textile Courses

Registration closes June 26 so the instructor can prepare materials.

Date: Friday-Sunday, July 10-12, 9:30am-4:30pm

Optional: Friday, July 9, 6pm Japanese Textile Travels Craft Night Series show and tell of textiles and photos from three trips to Japan with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl.

Description: Katazome is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a resist paste applied through a stencil. Over three days we will go through the process of designing and making stencils and applying paste through them onto cotton fabric. We will dye the fabric in special sukumo indigo vats from composted indigo leaves grown in Japan by Watanabe’s. This is a unique opportunity to experience sukumo which is very rare in the US and requires 1 year to make and 2 weeks to prepare for dyeing. Read about it here. We will discuss the magic of indigo dyeing, fermentation, vat maintenance, and different vat recipes.

The instructor will be in touch about preparing an appropriate design before class begins.

Bring:

• apron/old shirt for dyeing in

• reading glasses if you need them

• headlamp (optional)

Workshop Fee: $350—includes all materials, dyeing supplies, handouts, and fabric.

Classroom: The classroom space is on the second floor accessible by stairs and outside under a shade tent. There is a small refrigerator, coffee/tea area and a place for eating lunch together.

JAZMIN HICKS-DAHL studied katazome, sukumo, and indigo dyeing with Takayuki Ishii and shibori with Hiroshi Murase and Yoshiko Wada in 2019. She learned about making and maintaining sukumo vats from Kenta Watanabe in 2025. Read about it here. She makes indigo dyed textiles both stitched and handwoven for Woodspirit Handcraft, a traditional craft business she runs with her woodworker husband. She spent 8 yrs teaching children in the SF Bay Area where she grew up before moving to the Northern lands. Her background includes art & design, a love of natural materials, folk textiles, and an obsession with indigo since her teens. @loveblueindigo