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——July 16 Craft Night——All Blue: Japanese Sukumo Indigo Dyeing Experience with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl

$10.00

Related Courses: Textile Courses

Thursday, July 16 All Blue: Japanese Indigo Dyeing Experience Craft Night Series with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. Registration is required to participate in dyeing.

Description: Experience truly living blue by dyeing a small cotton square with 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. Jazmin’s collection of textiles and dyeing books will be on display.

If you would like to participate please secure your spot by registering and filling out the form at checkout. $10 per person, non-refundable. 15 spaces available.

Bring an apron/old shirt for dyeing in. Gloves and cloth to dye will be provided.

Participation Fee: $10 per person

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

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Related Courses: Textile Courses

Thursday, July 16 All Blue: Japanese Indigo Dyeing Experience Craft Night Series with Jazmin Hicks-Dahl. Registration is required to participate in dyeing.

Description: Experience truly living blue by dyeing a small cotton square with 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. Jazmin’s collection of textiles and dyeing books will be on display.

If you would like to participate please secure your spot by registering and filling out the form at checkout. $10 per person, non-refundable. 15 spaces available.

Bring an apron/old shirt for dyeing in. Gloves and cloth to dye will be provided.

Participation Fee: $10 per person

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