Indigo Shibori Natural Dyeing Workshop with Jennifer A. Reis in the SCPL Makery at Chilhowie Public Library
Experience the magic of natural dyeing with indigo! Participants will learn how to prepare the dye vat; techniques of binding, stitching, clamping, and other pattern-making options; the dye process itself; and final preparation of finished products. Everyone will get four napkins and two tea towel to dye – additional napkins and tea towels will be available for purchase and participants are welcome to bring personal, white/cream, fabric items of cotton or silk to dye as well. For ages 16 and up. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. The cost is $20 per person to attend. Call 276-646-3404 to register.
This project was supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Jennifer A. Reis is a textile artist who creates intensively hand-worked, ornately beaded, and embellished paper doll icons on cloth using traditional and alternative materials. She has a production textile line of Indigo Shibori art to wear and homegoods. Her artistic practice has been honored with numerous awards and prizes, including Kentucky’s Al Smith Fellowship, national adjudicated and invitational exhibitions, and teaching opportunities at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, John C. Campbell Folk School, Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design, Cleveland Institute of Art, Society of Contemporary Craft, and the Southwest School of Art. Her teaching style focuses on collaborative creative making in a low competitive environment and former workshop participants describe her instructional approach as empathic, kind, supportive, and individualistic. A graduate of Columbus College of Art and Design, Syracuse University, and Morehead State University, she has multiple degrees in studio art, arts management, and art education. Currently she is a professor at UNC-Greensboro and resides in Martinsville, Virginia with her husband and an unruly pack of dogs and cats.
