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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:

apron/old shirt for dyeing in
well fitting rubber/nitrile gloves

Participation Fee: $10 per person, includes cotton square

JAZMIN HICKS-DAHL runs Woodspirit Handcraft and Woodspirit School in Ashland, WI with her woodworker husband. She makes indigo dyed and handwoven textiles when she can. She has been growing indigo since 2017. She 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. Her background includes art & design, a love of natural materials, folk textiles, and an obsession with indigo since her teens. @loveblueindigo

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:

apron/old shirt for dyeing in
well fitting rubber/nitrile gloves

Participation Fee: $10 per person, includes cotton square

JAZMIN HICKS-DAHL runs Woodspirit Handcraft and Woodspirit School in Ashland, WI with her woodworker husband. She makes indigo dyed and handwoven textiles when she can. She has been growing indigo since 2017. She 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. Her background includes art & design, a love of natural materials, folk textiles, and an obsession with indigo since her teens. @loveblueindigo