Exploring the Shibori Circle with Indigo Dyeing

Priority booking on all adult events for members and patrons from 22 July to 31 July. General release 1 August.

Exploring the Shibori Circle with Indigo Dyeing
Saturday 12 October

BRIGHTON MUSEUM

10.15am–4.45pm £100, members £95. Age 16+
Spend a day with artist Rob Jones learning a variety of stitched Shibori patterns, all of which create different circular forms once dipped in vats of indigo. Everyone will take home a beautiful scarf.

You will learn:

• How to make the Shibori starting and ending knots to create tight, crisp patterns
• How to sew different types of Shibori circles
• How to dye your fabric in a genuine indigo vat
• How to set up and maintain your own indigo vat at home

Suitable for all, including beginners. An organic cotton scarf, fabric, thread and dye will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch, your own rubber gloves, old clothes and a strong plastic bag to take your work home.’

The Workshop Leader
London-based Romor Designs was formed in 2015 by Rob Jones, a shibori textiles designer and natural dyer.
Having discovered shibori, the ancient Japanese art of resist dyeing at West Dean college, Rob went on to study in Japan under indigo guru, Bryan Whitehead. In 2018, Rob returned to Japan to expand his Japanese textiles skills, visiting Ise, the home of Katagami stencilling and buying supplies to set up his own teaching practice back in the UK.
He also visited the Sashiko museum in Hinohara and brought back sashiko thread and vintage textiles and is now teaching sashiko and boro classes as well.

Rob’s passion is in finding the new in the old, building on the tradition and centuries of skill that shibori has behind it. He believes in taking work in new directions by combining techniques and inventing his own forms.
Website: www.romordesigns.com
Instagram: @romordesigns