IU Fibers

We had a lovely time yesterday at Fiber Revival at Beck’s Mill! We dyed bandanas with madder root and marigold and also demoed the carding machines in this historic mill. Can’t wait to go back next year!

Fibers end of year potluck 🪡🪢🧵🧶❤️

Final projects from our weaving class! Everyone had such creative and ambitious ideas. Good job weavers 🧵

Our Dye Intensive class has had a great opportunity to collaborate with the ! Students made quilt pieced blocks that were constructed into 3 textile panels and hung along the perimeter of the garden.

Please join us tomorrow at the Wylie house from 4:30-7:00 PM as we contribute to the new exhibition: Louisa’s Garden.

We will be hanging out and talking about our project and hope to see you there!

Read our project statement below:

Come hang out with us! 🌼🌻🌷

Up close and personal with our weaving students’ most recent projects 🔎 they were encouraged to embrace Saori weaving, which is a Japanese weaving philosophy that focuses on spontaneity, self-expression, and the idea that there are no mistakes!

Our dye intensive class is starting seeds for Color Field, our dye garden at Hilltop! Many of our natural dyes are grown locally at the university 🌱

Pictures from our group show at the John Waldron Arts Center earlier this month!

Our weaving students just finished their ikat scarves! They tied their warps with special ikat tape and then dyed them with natural and synthetic dyes before weaving. Good job weavers! 🧣

Today, students in Claire Krienitz’s Dye Intensive class arranged their first samples of quilt blocks and played with arrangements! Students have been sharing color swatches and swapping fabrics to develop unique color palettes.

Many of these great quilt blocks will be contributions to a collaborative group project and destined for an installation in the garden at ! Each students block contains fabric dyed by both themselves and their classmates, so this work is a collaborative effort from the start!