Indigo & Clay Resist Dyeing with Elin Noble

$320 / $285 WSNF Member

$30 donation for non-members (cash or check collected on site) / Free for students who are WSNF members.

Clay resist is made of a benign and natural material and is an expressive patterning process which allows an artist to create energetic patterning through layers of monoprinting, stenciling, hand painting, and stamping. Once the clay resist is applied to the cloth and dried, the cloth is then dipped in the indigo vat. Additional clay resist can be applied and dried, and the cloth dipped a second time in the indigo vat. This sequence can be repeated multiple times resulting in subtle or bold imagery with light to dark blue color. Unlike most other mechanical resist substances such as wax, the clay resist is easy to remove.

A Student Supplies List describing what students are required to bring will be provided upon registration.

https://www.elinnoble.com/

We are thrilled to welcome Elin Noble to our Berkeley studio in August as our 2025 Summer Resident Artist. Elin is an internationally recognized master dyer and artist as well as author.

Decades of meticulous work and research on dyes and resist dyeing techniques let Elin “think like a dye.” She says, “We may want a dye to behave a certain way, but it’s not about us. It’s about the dye.” Elin studied in France with our master natural dye phytochemist, botanist, and historian, Michel Garcia, and later with a Danish dye chemist, Joy Boutrup. Elin built her knowledge from a practical understanding of dye chemistry and an artist’s curiosity to explore her materials to the fullest. Her approach is well-organized, with attention to detail, patience, and the ability to embrace surprises.

Elin’s trademark style is to dye large swaths of fabric as if painting–adding and subtracting dyes, layering, and building.

August 23 & 24

September 6 & 7

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