Materials Lab Workshop: Indigo Textiles and Dyeing

Name: Materials Lab Workshop: Indigo Textiles and Dyeing
Start: 2024-11-02T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-11-02T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Schedule

Sat Nov 02 2024 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 | Cambridge, MA

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.