Jane Callender
Jane Callender is an award-winning shibori artist using indigo, natural and fibre reactive dyes. Jane is a freelance international speaker and tutor (Japan, USA, Australia) with over 30 years' experience. The inventor of the callishibori stencil, she is also the author of Stitched Shibori and 2000 Pattern Combinations, also published in Japan. She trained at WSCASD, Farnham.
How would you describe your approach to
teaching?
"It is wonderful when people succeed in their endeavours and I aim
to give students the skills and knowledge to achieve their vision
with confidence. Examination of traditional and contemporary
pieces, demonstrations, challenges, attention to those details that
make a real difference and troubleshooting are just some of the
teaching methods I use."
What inspires your own work?
"The exploration of shibori techniques, gaining insight through
tradition and invention. Geometry, observation of the natural
world. Allowing myself time to simply be inspired, and the working
process itself."
