Another successful indigo dyeing class completed! Once again Auckland Anniversary weekend gave us fantastic drying weather and some amazing work was created. Can’t wait until next year so share the magical experience of indigo.
Spend a magical day learning to dye using a natural indigo fermentation vat.
We show you how to:
* setup your own indigo dye vat (indigo kits available @ $30ea)
* simple shibori techniques
* dye using our indigo vat
Maximum of 8 people per class.
All materials included plus morning & afternoon tea!
*Please bring your own lunch.*
Dates: Sunday 27th January or Monday 28th 2019 (Auckland Anniversary Weekend)
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Where: Provenance Studio, North West Auckland
Price: $200 per person
Today Provenance donated to Somaiya Kala Vidya Artisan Design School. If you would like to support the amazing work of Judy Frater and team please visit the GlobalGiving website to donate; https://www.globalgiving.org/…/design-education-for-artisa…/
You can also help support graduate artists like Irfan Khatri by purchasing his work through Provenance Artisan Textiles; https://www.provenance.co.nz/artisans/
Provenance will be at The Auckland Festival of Quilts November 2nd to 4th.
Auckland Netball Centre, Allison Ferguson Drive, St Johns, Auckland.
10am to 4pm daily.
See you there!
As some of you maybe aware recent rains in India have been devastating and you may have seen images from the state of Kerala. Aranya Naturals is situated in Munnar some 5hours from Kochi and has been greatly affected by the deluge. In the township of Munnar one hospital staff member lost their life along with 4 of their family members, and 5 families lost their homes to landslides, two of which were from the Srishti centre.
Despite this loss the community is rallying together to support each other. We have sent emails to Aranya to express our support for all affected and hope to place orders with them in the new year.
At the recent Tauranga Creative Fibre event a number of customers were looking for small quantities of light weight un-dyed silk. Most silk of that type is made commercially and it is not always easy to trace the supply chain. However, it is something that Provenance will endeavour to supply in the future. In the mean time I do have in my personal stash un-dyed silk organza which is about 50cm wide by a couple of metres long; also have it in a nude/tan colour. Happy to sell this if anyone is interested, just email me at info@provenance.co.nz
Provenance is also looking to obtain more silk and silk blended fabrics from The Fabric Social initiative so watch this space!
“Late 
last year, The Fabric Social sent over Anissa Dove to work with the wonderful MBoutik Myanmar on sourcing and product development. Anissa was an instant hit with our Bagan based project partners, and worked closely with them to develop new weaving patterns, colour schemes and natural dye processes.
Our second collection with MBoutik featured natural dye made from tree bark, thanks to the ingenuity of Maw Maw (an MBoutik woman and head of the Women Craft Producers Association). The collection also uses the gingham and chequered motifs native to the Dryzone of Myanmar where our partners work.
One of our Burmese tailors Hnu Wai Wai has put her newfound garment tailoring skills to work and is the now the go-to designer and tailor for wedding outfits back in her village. The women continue to work collectively in their new tailoring unit that we helped establish.”
Our recent indigo dye class inspired Kirstie to create this cute little woolly pot! Kirstie’s beautiful yarn shows the amazing subtleties of hand dyeing yarns, such gorgeous shades of blue!
A great sunny day meant perfect drying weather for a range of beautiful fabrics created by 4 enthusiastic stitchers! Very technical patterns were stitched at speed to produce some amazing effects; another successful indigo class!
A couple of years ago I came across the Cambodian Charitable Trust which was setup by Denise Arnold of Tauranga. The board members include patron Theresa Gattung and ambassador Nadia Lim.
As some of you may know both Yvonne and I are keen advocates of education and in particular that of young girls and women. Provenance has previously donated to The Cambodian Charitable Trust because of their focus on providing free, quality education to vulnerable children, especially girls. You can not only donate to this worth charity but also volunteer. Check out their website for more information on what they do and how you can help.
www.cctnz.org.nz
