The Art of Indigo 2026: A Hands-On Workshop in East Asian Textiles with Rosa Sung Ji Chang
IIn this hands-on workshop, participants will create two indigo dyed fabric pieces featuring a range of indigo shades and intricate patterns. We will explore two traditional East Asian textile techniques, stitched shibori and soy flour paste resist, along with other playful pattern making methods. Long practiced across East Asia, these approaches offer expressive ways to create pattern and imagery on cloth. Unlike rice paste, soy flour paste is easier to prepare and apply, making it an excellent medium for detailed designs.
Each participant will receive two fabric pieces, one cotton cloth and one long wearable silk scarf, to experiment with, either by adding stitched shibori patterning or drawing imagery with soy paste. By the end of the session, participants will leave with one versatile cotton piece and one silk scarf that can be enjoyed year round.
✔ Discover Polygonum tinctorium, one of the primary indigo plant species.
✔ Explore the process of making a natural sugar-based indigo vat.
✔ Practice two resist techniques:
Soy flour paste resist for hand-drawn patterns.
Stitched Shibori for intricate dye designs.
Date: Sunday, May 31st, 2025
Time: 10am - 3pm
Duration: 5 hours (30 minute lunch)
Artist: Rosa Sung Ji Chang
Cost: $140-180 Sliding Scale
Location: 209 McAllister Street, Studio A, Baltimore, MD 21202
About our sliding Scale
$140
4 spots
Consider paying this amount if you have limited expendable income, have little or no access to financial support from family, have significant debt, and little or no access to savings. This is a discounted rate.
$165
7 spots
Consider paying this amount if doing so would be an investment, but not create hardship for your household. You might choose this rate if you are able to regularly meet your basic needs and have some expendable income, can travel every couple years without burden, and have some debt but are able to pay it regularly. This is the true cost of a session.
$180
4 spots
Please consider paying this amount if you are comfortably able to meet your basic needs, own the home you live in, have paid or pay for private education, travel recreationally, have access to financial savings and/or investments, have reliable work or do not have to work to meet your needs, have inherited wealth, and/or have increased earning privilege due to your race, gender, or education. This rate sustains me in working with folx who need a lower rate.
Thanks to Orion Johnstone and Worts & Cunning + Sun English for the language for supporting & articulating sliding scale.
10:00 – 10:20 AM | Dye Garden Tour & Hands-on Activity
Explore the dye garden and learn about indigo plants.
Harvest fresh indigo leaves and try tatakizome (leaf hammering).
10:20 – 10:30 AM | Short Break
10:30 – 11:30 AM | Indigo Dyeing & Soy Paste Demo
Short lecture on the indigo dyeing process and making a sugar-based indigo vat.
Step-by-step demo on soy flour paste resist and stitched shibori techniques.
11:30 – 11:40 AM | Short Break
11:40 AM – 2:40 PM | Studio Time, Hands-on Practice, and Lunch
- Apply patterns using soy flour paste and stitched shibori.
- Dye fabrics in the natural indigo vat.
- Work at your own pace and ask questions.
- Open discussion and Q&A session.
2:40 – 3:00 PM | Final Wrap-Up
Washing all dyed fabrics
Last Q&A session and closing remarks.
“Some Kind of Blue” at Studio Blue (concept store upstairs) will also be open for browsing and shopping.
Please Note:
•There are 20 stairs to climb to Studio Blue. We apologize for whatever inconvenience this may cause.
The Art of Indigo 2026: A Hands-On Workshop in East Asian Textiles with Rosa Sung Ji Chang
IIn this hands-on workshop, participants will create two indigo dyed fabric pieces featuring a range of indigo shades and intricate patterns. We will explore two traditional East Asian textile techniques, stitched shibori and soy flour paste resist, along with other playful pattern making methods. Long practiced across East Asia, these approaches offer expressive ways to create pattern and imagery on cloth. Unlike rice paste, soy flour paste is easier to prepare and apply, making it an excellent medium for detailed designs.
Each participant will receive two fabric pieces, one cotton cloth and one long wearable silk scarf, to experiment with, either by adding stitched shibori patterning or drawing imagery with soy paste. By the end of the session, participants will leave with one versatile cotton piece and one silk scarf that can be enjoyed year round.
✔ Discover Polygonum tinctorium, one of the primary indigo plant species.
✔ Explore the process of making a natural sugar-based indigo vat.
✔ Practice two resist techniques:
Soy flour paste resist for hand-drawn patterns.
Stitched Shibori for intricate dye designs.
Date: Sunday, May 31st, 2025
Time: 10am - 3pm
Duration: 5 hours (30 minute lunch)
Artist: Rosa Sung Ji Chang
Cost: $140-180 Sliding Scale
Location: 209 McAllister Street, Studio A, Baltimore, MD 21202
About our sliding Scale
$140
4 spots
Consider paying this amount if you have limited expendable income, have little or no access to financial support from family, have significant debt, and little or no access to savings. This is a discounted rate.
$165
7 spots
Consider paying this amount if doing so would be an investment, but not create hardship for your household. You might choose this rate if you are able to regularly meet your basic needs and have some expendable income, can travel every couple years without burden, and have some debt but are able to pay it regularly. This is the true cost of a session.
$180
4 spots
Please consider paying this amount if you are comfortably able to meet your basic needs, own the home you live in, have paid or pay for private education, travel recreationally, have access to financial savings and/or investments, have reliable work or do not have to work to meet your needs, have inherited wealth, and/or have increased earning privilege due to your race, gender, or education. This rate sustains me in working with folx who need a lower rate.
Thanks to Orion Johnstone and Worts & Cunning + Sun English for the language for supporting & articulating sliding scale.
10:00 – 10:20 AM | Dye Garden Tour & Hands-on Activity
Explore the dye garden and learn about indigo plants.
Harvest fresh indigo leaves and try tatakizome (leaf hammering).
10:20 – 10:30 AM | Short Break
10:30 – 11:30 AM | Indigo Dyeing & Soy Paste Demo
Short lecture on the indigo dyeing process and making a sugar-based indigo vat.
Step-by-step demo on soy flour paste resist and stitched shibori techniques.
11:30 – 11:40 AM | Short Break
11:40 AM – 2:40 PM | Studio Time, Hands-on Practice, and Lunch
- Apply patterns using soy flour paste and stitched shibori.
- Dye fabrics in the natural indigo vat.
- Work at your own pace and ask questions.
- Open discussion and Q&A session.
2:40 – 3:00 PM | Final Wrap-Up
Washing all dyed fabrics
Last Q&A session and closing remarks.
“Some Kind of Blue” at Studio Blue (concept store upstairs) will also be open for browsing and shopping.
Please Note:
•There are 20 stairs to climb to Studio Blue. We apologize for whatever inconvenience this may cause.
