Some images of a fabulous week of advanced training with two extraordinary women: Dominique Cardon, historian, researcher and author of several reference books on natural dyes; and Sandrine Rozier, a costume designer and creator, a pioneer practitioner of natural...
A real honour and pleasure to learn a centuries old craft from Master Sufiyan Khatri who caries his art from several generations of masters in Ajrakh printing. Along with his son and Parmeet Kaur Tesson, they tought us the steps and the concepts. While Block printing...
A wonderful and intensive course with Magali Bontoux at Couleur Garance, that opened windows into worlds of possibilities! Bingata is a Japanese technique that combines resist with a rice paste and direct printing with plant or mineral based colours. Norizome is a...
Part 3 of a 3 parts training trip to Japan by Tinctoria, November-December 2023 I had the chance of meeting Hiroaki Kuno a few years ago when he came to train us in shibori-zome over a week-end at Couleur Garance. As you those who have been following my work would...
Part 2 of a 3 parts training trip to Japan by Tinctoria Dr Kasuki Yamazaki is a natural dye Professor at the Art and Design University in Yamagata. He has dedicated his life to the research and teaching of ancient Japan's traditional colour aesthetics and dye...
Part 1 of a 3 parts training trip to Japan by Tinctoria We where very fortunate to discover and practise a near extinct reserve technique: Beni Itajime. While the "classic" Itajime technique using two wood block to apply pressure on fabric to create a resist while...
An advanced training with dyer Marie Marquet and designer Yohan Puiselvert. We learned how to make a serigraphy frame and how to use it with natural mordants and dyes on cellulosic fibres. Another world of techniques to explore!
A 10 day training organised by @leafluberon in Tokushima, Japan, at the @Buaisou-i workshop. An eagerly anticipated trip which went way ahead of my expectations. Filled with people passionate about indigo, natural dying practices, sustainability, life and slow...
Paul Jackson is a rockstar of the design world. Along with his wife he teaches origami techniques and their link to geometry from kindergarten to design students and has written several reference books on folding and pleated techniques. He presents himself as a paper...
Was very lucky to attend a workshop with Kuno Hiroaki organised by Couleur Garance. His enthusiasm about traditional indigo shibori and the way he envisions it's transposition into a XXIe century sustainable and modern production is very inspiring. We trained in...
Some pictures of a week long course in vegetal fabric dying at the prestigious Couleur Garance school, see website here And back home, at the studio: