Materials Lab Workshop: Indigo Textiles and Dyeing

When:
Saturday, Nov 02, 2024 1:00p -
4:00p

Where:
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Admission:
$15 materials fee.

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Accessible Spots, Art, Classes, Photoworthy

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Indigo—a plant, a dye, a color—forever changed human history. Since antiquity, people have cultivated indigo for the purposes of adding color to their lives and the material culture objects that fill it. Popularized as a colorant, indigo-dyed products, prepared indigo dye ingredients, and eventually the plant itself circulated through longstanding maritime and land-based trade routes that connected people around the world.


Come dive into the world of indigo with Victoria Andrews, a Harvard graduate student in South Asian and Buddhist art, and learn through your hands. In the workshop, you will work with traditional pattern-making techniques—woodblock prints with wax resist—and indigo dye cotton textiles to create your own patterned blue textile to take home with you.


The hands-on session will take place in the Materials Lab on the Lower Level.


$15 workshop fee. Registration is required and space is limited; registration will open on this form, beginning on Wednesday, October 23, at 10am. Workshop fee must be paid to confirm registration. Minimum age of 14; no previous experience required.

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