Join us in the garden with friend of TWM Kristin Field to chat about Japanese indigo. Learn about the blue, yellow, and purple dye potential inside indigo leaves, how to grow Japanese indigo in Chicago, and how to naturally dye fabric with fresh indigo leaves. Come with your indigo questions, look at fabric samples, or watch a fresh leaf indigo dyeing demo.

We’ll have some refreshing beverages to share and the studio will be open for tours and shopping as well.

Sunday July 12, 2-5pm
The Weaving Mill
1801 North Spaulding Ave

Part of the Home Grown Vol. III tour by the Unpacked Mobile Gallery:

Unpacked Mobile Gallery is traveling Home Grown to public parks, forest preserves, nonprofit spaces, and community gardens to reflect on the connection between humans, nature, and art. Home Grown at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is an immersive exhibition exploring the deep entanglement between human and plant life, featuring Midwest artists working with natural pigments, dyes, plant reliefs, hand-pulled paper, and organic materials that include botanics, mycelia, and artist-made bioplastics. Home Grown serves as a green space within an urban environment, with thought-provoking, nature-focused work integrated into a landscape of live plants.

Full list of programs here