🌿 INDIGO WEEK
Join Us for a Live Online Indigo Journey
I am genuinely thrilled to bring this group together — it’s rare to have such a depth of knowledge, experience and perspective in one place.
With contributions from historians, researchers, artists and practitioners working deeply with indigo, this is shaping up to be a truly rich and engaging two weeks.
Across two weeks, we move through a sequence of live online sessions, practical vat building and shared learning — exploring indigo from plant to fermentation.
All sessions take place online and can be joined from anywhere, with recordings available afterwards in the Full Membership Resource Library.
Due to the nature of the programme and the number of live sessions involved, access is offered exclusively through Academy Membership.
📅 PROGRAMME (GMT Dublin Time - Online)
🔵 OPENING
3 June — 6:30pm
Dominique Cardon
Global indigo & purple traditions
🔵 CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE
4 June — 6:30pm
Rosa Chang
Indigo, culture and community
🔵 SUKUMO PROCESS
5 June & 11th of June — 6:30pm
Britt Boles
Small-scale sukumo making
🔵 LIVE VAT MAKING SESSIONS
8 June — 1:00pm
Fermentation vat (live)
9 June — 1:00pm
Organic vat (live)
10 June — 1:00pm
Mineral vat (live)
Led by Jennifer Lienhard (Recordings available later)
🔵 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
10 June — 6:30pm
Tristan Lienhard
Indigo research & plant trials
🔵 CLOSING SESSION
11 June — 6:30pm
Britt Boles
Building a sukumo vat
🌿 WHAT THIS OFFERS
- A rare combination of historical, cultural and practical knowledge
- Live, guided vat making sessions you can follow or observe
- Direct access to leading voices in indigo and natural dye
- A structured yet open format for discussion and shared learning
- Full access to session recordings in the Membership Resource Library
If you would like to work alongside the sessions, an optional Indigo Week Supply Bundle is available — either added with your membership or purchased later through our course supply bundles.
- Indigo (natural) — 150g
- Iron (Ferrous Sulphate) — 100g
- Lime (Calcium Hydroxide) — 250g
- Fruit Sugar (Fructose) — 125g
- Madder, ground — 200g
- Wheat Bran — 100g
- Potash — 500g
🌿 HOW ACCESS WORKS
Indigo Week is delivered as a series of live online sessions across multiple days, supported by recordings and ongoing discussion.
👉 Access is managed through the Academy platform
👉 Session links and recordings are organised centrally
For this reason, individual ticketing is not offered
🌱 MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED
To join Indigo Week, you will need:
👉 Natural Dyers & Growers Academy Membership
€65 for the full year
You can purchase your membership directly through this listing.
Once you have joined, we will guide you step by step via email — including how to access the Academy platform, join Indigo Week and find all session links and recordings.
🌿 MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES
- Full access to Indigo Week
- Lifetime access to Indigo Week recordings via the Resource Library
- Sukumo Make-along
- Ongoing Academy learning and discussions
- Full Access to the Garden Series & recordings
- Full access to DYEWORKS Conversations &
- Future live sessions
🌿 WHY MEMBERSHIP
Rather than offering fragmented access to individual sessions, Indigo Week is designed as:
- a continuous process
- a shared experience
- a space for ongoing practice
Membership allows this to happen in a structured and supported way.
👉 JOIN HERE
Join Membership to access Indigo Week →
(link to membership product)
🌿 CONTINUING THE PROCESS
Following Indigo Week:
Members receive ongoing support for the indigo vats made during the live sessions:
- maintaining and adjusting fermentation, organic and mineral vats
- troubleshooting issues as they arise
- observing and understanding changes over time
Support takes place within the Academy through shared discussion and exchange.
🌿 SUKUMO VAT MAKEALONG
Members are invited to continue into a shared Sukumo vat making process:
- building and maintaining a vat together
- working through the process step by step
- exchanging observations and experiences
This extends the work of Indigo Week into a slower, ongoing practice.
🌿 CONTINUING BEYOND
This process can continue into the:
4-Day In-Person Indigo Gathering (August 13–16)
(optional, separate booking)
♻️ APPLEOAK APPROACH
At AppleOak FibreWorks, indigo is approached as a living system:
plant → pigment → fermentation → vat → fibre
Indigo Week opens this process — and invites you into it.
