Introduction to Fabric Dyeing

Experiment with color, pattern, design, and composition while exploring a variety of fabric dyeing techniques. Practice tie-dyeing, painting dye directly onto fabric, and carving your own stamps to create bold new patterns that add character and depth to your textiles. Using the ice-dyeing technique, achieve watercolor-like effects as the dye drips and spreads throughout the fabric, and then create a design with needle and thread while learning the tritik resist-dyeing method.

• Week 1: Begin with an introduction to the class and an overview of the dyeing methods that will be explored. Focus on creating designs using traditional tie-dyeing techniques.
• Week 2: Explore adding designs and texture to textiles by painting with dye, carving your own stamps, and using texture plates to enhance your designs.
• Week 3: Experiment with ice dyeing to create layered and vibrant effects in textiles.
• Week 4: Discover the art of shibori, a Japanese resist-dyeing technique, to create intricate patterns. Conclude with a class discussion and reflection on the various techniques learned throughout the course.

Expand your art-making skills through guided, step-by-step instruction with expert teaching artists. Over multiple weeks, you will learn alongside other creative adults and delve deeply into the artistic process, explore new techniques, and build your practice.

This is an introductory-level Studio Class; it is designed to accommodate all levels of skill and talent. If you have never taken an art making class before, this is a great place to start. You will learn new skills that you can use in your artistic practice.

The registration fee includes all materials, weekly access to world-class art in the museum’s galleries, hours of expert instruction, and access to a Friday afternoon Open Studio during the run of the class.