ROWLAND RICKETTS FIELD TRIP
DECEMBER 2017
On a beautiful, late fall day, several LAFTA members drove to Rowland Ricketts’ home and new studio in Indiana. He and his wife Chinami Ricketts, along with their 3 sons, live outside of Bloomington, IN. Ricketts teaches classes at Indiana University in Bloomington and is nationally known as a natural dyer specializing in Indigo.
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You can also visit their website at www.rickettsindigo.com
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 Chinami spinning cotton on antique Japanese loom |
 Rowland Ricketts with bare hands in indigo |
 Resist wrapped yarn ready for dyeing |
 Reduced thread-count Ikat fabric for scarf |
 Left- raw fabric with resist circles Right – with indigo |
 Indigo vat surface bubbles |
 Ikat cotton fabrics spun and woven |
 Detail: custom Japanese loom
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