In person / Multiple Activities / Dyeing
Join Next Gen Ai-shi (Japanese indigo farmer/ sukumo maker) Kenta Watanabe to get your hands blue with Japanese Sukumo Indigo. Make a shibori tenugui (Japanese bandana) with artist David Salama. Visit our Indigo Shibori Tapestries Exhibition with works by international artists including 22 Japanese masters.
MORNING WORKSHOPS
* Shibori Workshop and Dyeing in Japanese Sukumo Indigo
* Japanese Sukumo Indigo Vat Making: A Tokushima, Japan tradition using wood ash, shell lime, and wheat bran to feed microorganisms-- A Talk and Demonstration
AFTERNOON TEA WITH TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
* Ikebana: the Japanese art of flower arranging
* The Art of Tea: Fresh Herbals, Sencha, Hojicha, Bancha, Oolong
* Sukumo Indigo Starter Kit and Goods Pop-up
The World Shibori Network Foundation (WSNF) endeavors to preserve and revitalize Japanese Shibori and diverse textile craft heritage techniques practiced across the globe. We support research, create opportunities for exhibitions and networking, and connect makers with markets. We curate culturally immersive educational travel programs, workshops, and local events on a global level–in Berkeley, San Francisco, Minneapolis, NYC, Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, the UK, and beyond. Our signature International Shibori Symposia, begun in 1992, convenes for its 12th time in September 2026 in Basel, Switzerland.
We invite you to be a part of the next global fiber arts revival that recognizes diversity in our communities.