Katazome Print and Indigo Dye Bag Making Workshop with Emi Fujisawa

One Day Creative Course




Saturday
13 August 2022
10am–4pm


£75*



Gift vouchers available

Please read our Booking Terms and Conditions below carefully before booking.

Who is this class suitable for?
Ages16+
No experience required

What will be covered in the class?
Make your very own a hand sown and hand dyed Japanese bag (shifuku*) with Japanese textile artist/maker Emi Fujisawa. Incorporating Japanese traditional print technique, katazome, using rice glue and indigo dye.

The workshop will be include:
  • Making Japanese traditional rice glue.
  • Making and cutting your own print design
  • Place the rice glue to your design on the vintage fabric
  • Hand sewing the shifuku bag
  • Hand dye the shifuku bag with an indigo vat.

*In Japan, the shifuku bag is traditionally used to hold a tea bowl and tools for a tea ceremony.

What will students leave the class with?
Each student will leave with one handmade bag, with dimensions of approximately 15 x 15 cm.

What will I need to bring?
All materials and equipment will be provided

Location
Art Studio. The art studio is situated at the top of a flight of stairs. Tools are all light and accessible. Work benches are not currently height adjustable.

Tutor 
Emi Fujisawa is a Japanese textile and ceramic artist/designer. Her personal work presents a slow fashions collection as well as making vases and Japanese matcha bowls using her own glazes made with natural materials.

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* We offer a limited number of spaces on each course at a 30% discount for those in receipt of income support such as Universal Credit and Carers Allowance. Please contact us directly for to obtain a discount code to apply at checkout. (Proof of eligibility required).
Booking Terms and Conditions
Completing your booking with Milton Keynes Arts Centre signifies your agreement to the below terms of Refunds and Cancellation. All profits support our annual programme of exhibitions, events and charitable outreach projects.

Bookings are non-refundable and only transferable at the discretion of Milton Keynes Arts Centre. Any workshops that you are unable to attend cannot be refunded and cannot be reallocated.

Courses may be rescheduled/cancelled by Milton Keynes Arts Centre if the minimum number of required students is not met. Notification of a possible reschedule/cancellation will be sent to students three-working days before the first workshop of the term, in this instance only will refunds be issued in full if a course is rescheduled/cancelled.
Photographs and/or video will be taken during this course
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