I took a shibori class with Joan Morris at the Tampa Convergence. 
She designed fabric for costumes in the Lion King and included work with vegetal dyes…something I hadn’t tried before. I entered the workshop with a sense of great anticipation and a healthy curiosity.
A slight, precise, intense woman, Joan reawakened and validated my love of stitching.
Heads bent over our work, we stitched for hours before pulling the thread tight, tying just-so knots, and dipping the cotton, linen and silk fabric into dyes made from plant and animals materials. 
We used techniques that made fabric look like woodgrain – mokume – as well as spider webs and pole-wrapping. For a real treat we started an indigo vat and she taught us proper respect for the process and the virtues of layering color.
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Dyeing, Fiber, Gallery
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