{"id":822,"date":"2024-02-20T11:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nerding.at\/indigo_hyphae\/?p=822"},"modified":"2024-02-21T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:44:53","slug":"indigo-workshop-at-ai-no-yakata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerding.at\/indigo_hyphae\/indigo-workshop-at-ai-no-yakata\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigo workshop at Ai-no-Yakata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our first visit was the Ai-no-Yakata <\/a>indigo workshop. We got an instruction on the dye process and given few options of shibori technique we can try. Ingo choose shibori with rubber band, I chose to do Murakumozome, which is to hold fabric in hand..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is their dye vat\/ k\u00fcpe. The system has 4 vat, each of them are ceramic bases (~80cm diameter, 130cm deep) and the middle is a heating chamber. In the old system, they will put fire (burned straw) in it to keep the k\u00fcpe warm on cold days. In the modern system, they have electric heating in them or around the bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each of these 4 k\u00fcpe are in different states. Some are newly made and coloring is very strong, some are older and the colors very little. Depending on the color you want to get, and at what steps of dying you are applying, they choose different k\u00fcpe to use. At Ai-no-yakata, they remove the indigo flower before the use of k\u00fcpe to a side, and they put it back at the end of the day. At the end of the day around 15:00, they mix the k\u00fcpe with a long bamboo stick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was told to hold the fabric in my hand in the k\u00fcpe, slightly shaking it for 1 min. Afterwards, take it out and let it air for 1 min. We repeated this process for 6 times. It was quite impressive that even after the first dip, it was already colored quite deep already. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The workshop leader told ingo to open the non-tied part of the shibori when it is laying outside a bit so it gets exposed to the air. It was also important to move\/massage the shibori in the k\u00fcpe so the inner side of the shibori between the tied points also touches the vat water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is after 6 cycles of 1min in, 1min out. Even now it is opened up and exposed to the air, it still remains slightly green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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