Blue in the Mountains

Summer Workshops 2025

People floating on inflatable tubes in a river surrounded by green trees and hills.
A cover image for a publication titled 'Indigo: Blue in the Mountains' by Suzanne Connors. The top part features a mountain landscape with blue tones, and the bottom shows textile patterns in shades of indigo and white.
A camper trailer parked on a gravel site in a forested area with tall pine trees and sunlight filtering through the branches.
Person standing on rocks next to a waterfall in a wooded area with fall foliage.
Person kayaking on a calm river surrounded by trees in a forest.
A dirt trail winding through a forest with green and red autumn leaves, tall trees, and a partly cloudy sky.
Hands wearing black gloves holding and tying a piece of fabric or material that has blue, white, and green colors, submerged in water.
  • Clothes hanging on a clothesline in front of a wooden wall, including a tie-dye shirt, a dark towel with white geometric patterns, a striped towel, and a blue and white patterned towel.

    INTRO TO SHIBORI and INDIGO

    June 17, 2025

    Sept 9, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort, Murphy NC 28906

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  • Collage of images promoting Indigo 2015 Retreat in the North Carolina Mountains, featuring indigo dyed textiles, a rock in water, shell patterns, a waterfall, and people working on indigo fabric projects.

    BLUE IN THE MOUNTAINS INDIGO AND SHIBORI RETREAT

    July 1-24, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • Collage of craft and textile work, including indigo-dyed fabric with white patterns, paper cutouts, a digital tablet with painting, fabric with white floral patterns, woodworking tools, and a workshop setting. Overlaid text reads: "KatAzome - Japanese Rice Paste Resist in North Carolina with Suzanne Connors, July 2-9, 2025, Blue in the Mountains."

    KATAZOME- Japanese Paste Resist with Suzanne Connors

    July 2-9, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • Event poster for Sukumo & Fermentation Vatting, July 1-10, 2025, hosted by Aya Fiber Studio in Murphy, North Carolina, with a background image of a fermentation process showing a hand near a bowl of fermenting seeds or beans.

    SUKUMO VATTING 2025 with Makiko Tokunaga

    July 1-10, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy, NC 28906

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  • Invitation featuring blue wave background and a pattern of traditional Japanese Hinode Shibori fabric, promoting an event in Murphy, North Carolina, with guest Makiko Tokunaga in July 2025.

    Hinode Shibori with Makikko Tokunaga

    July 10-11, 2025

    Wagon master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • Two dark blue cloth napkins with geometric hexagon and cube patterns.

    Kikkou Shibori with Makikko Tokunaga

    July 14-15, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • Poster for a Japanese Shibori textile workshop, featuring a hexagon-shaped Shibori pattern and event details including dates, location, and instructor.

    Shirakage Shibori with Makikko Tokunaga

    July 16-17, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • A promotional poster for a Japanese shibori dyeing workshop featuring a traditional geometric patterned fabric and event details.

    Harime soree Shibori with Makikko Tokunaga

    July 21-23, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • Event poster for Oogangi Shibori, a Japanese textile art with a pattern of dark vertical and diagonal lines on fabric, scheduled for July 23-24, 2025, at The Wagonomaster Ranch Resort in Murphy, North Carolina, featuring special guest Makiko Tokunaga.

    Oogangi Shibori with Makikko Tokunaga

    July 23-24, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • A cluster of small reddish-brown dried leaves and a few greenish items on a light surface.

    INTRO TO ECO-PRINT

    August 11, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy, NC 28906

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  • 3 Day Botanical Print with Suzanne Connors

    August 12-14, 2025

    Wagon Master Ranch Resort

    Murphy NC 28906

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  • Out of the Blue: An Intro to Japanese Shibori & Indigo Dyeing

    August 23, 2025

    BRMAA

    Blue Ridge GA

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