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      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Fructose Indigo Vat
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Iron Indigo Vat
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Henna Indigo Vat
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Indigo
    • How to Scour
    • How to Mordant
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Acetate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Potassium Sulfate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Sulfate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Triformate
      • How to Mordant with Symplocos
      • How to Mordant with Tannin and Alum
      • How to use Iron Powder (Ferrous Sulfate)
    • How to Dye with Natural Dye Extracts
    • How to Dye with Raw Materials
      • Cochineal Insect Instructions
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      • Dye Mushroom Instructions
      • Fruitwood Chips Instructions
      • Logwood Chip Instructions
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      • Marigold Flower Instructions
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Did you miss Kathy’s The Henna Indigo Vat with S Did you miss Kathy’s The Henna Indigo Vat with Shibori Techniques workshop? Don’t worry!
 

The recording is now available!

Indigo is the fabled blue of legend, history and culture and has fascinated artists and scholars for centuries. Indigo is the most popular dye that we carry and there are different ways to make an indigo vat for dipping. One of our favorites is the 1-2-3 Henna vat, where henna, this unique natural dye and body tattoo (mehndi) paint plays an integral part of an indigo vat, yielding beautiful results.

Join Kathy as she instructs you how to create the henna vat in a 5-gallon bucket.  We also cover the differences between the henna, fructose and iron vats. I’ll review five simple shibori techniques that will allow you to create beautiful patterned fabric, and hints and tips on getting clear shibori patterns. Kathy will demonstrate the secrets to deep color, how to balance the vat, scaling up to larger vats and how to revive a vat and close the vat for storage.

You will leave this class with a clear understanding of how to build a henna vat, dip, create shibori patterns, put the vat to bed and store it.

You will have video access until January 1, 2026
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    • Re:COLOR
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    • Mordants and Assists
    • Fabrics and Dyeables
    • Kits + Bundles
    • Books
    • Sale
  • Re:COLOR
  • Learn
    • Workshops & Online Classes
    • Event Calendar
    • Sustainable Team Building Events and Corporate Gifts
  • Journal
    • Mordant Monday
    • Sunday Visit
    • FEEDBACK FRIDAY Videos
  • Info
    • New To Natural Dyes?
    • Recipes
    • How to Dye with Indigo
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Fructose Indigo Vat
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Iron Indigo Vat
      • How to Make a 1-2-3 Henna Indigo Vat
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Indigo
    • How to Scour
    • How to Mordant
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Acetate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Potassium Sulfate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Sulfate
      • How to Mordant with Aluminum Triformate
      • How to Mordant with Symplocos
      • How to Mordant with Tannin and Alum
      • How to use Iron Powder (Ferrous Sulfate)
    • How to Dye with Natural Dye Extracts
    • How to Dye with Raw Materials
      • Cochineal Insect Instructions
      • Dye Flower Instructions
      • Dye Mushroom Instructions
      • Fruitwood Chips Instructions
      • Logwood Chip Instructions
      • Madder Root Instructions
      • Marigold Flower Instructions
      • Oak Gall Instructions
      • Onion Skin Instructions
      • Osage Orange Sawdust Instructions
      • Pericón Instructions
      • Pomegranate Peel Instructions
      • Rhubarb Root Instructions
      • Safflower Instructions
      • Sappanwood Sawdust Instructions
      • Walnut Powder Instructions
    • How to Dye With Liquid Natural Dyes
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Aquarelle Liquid Natural Dyes
    • How to use Print Paste Thickener
    • How to check pH
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