Natural Color Workshop
Established in 2005, Natural Color Workshop is led by Wenchun Tang and her husband, Sz-Chen Chen. They encountered indigo dyeing art in NTCRI by chance and since then have been amazed by its beauty. They endeavor to extract natural colors from the earth in an environment-friendly approach. Natural Color ‘s major goal is to promote Taiwan indigo dyeing by integrating indigo art into everyday life and developing all sorts of products for daily use, such as clothing, handkerchiefs and bags, etc. Through extensive international exchanges, they also acquired natural dyeing techniques from different countries to enhance the level of Taiwanese indigo dyeing.
Natural Color Workshop currently is resident in the Indigo Workshop in the Living Craft Hub of NTCRI and provides educational sessions. In the indigo dyeing DIY course, students of all ages get to learn about indigo plants and the process of creating indigo, also to experiment various indigo dyeing methods, such as tie-dyeing and stencil-dyeing.
In 2015, Wenchun Tang and Sz-Chen Chen established the Natural Color Farm in Caotun, Nantou, to cultivate various species of indigo yielding plants. They include Storobilanthes cusi, Indigofera suffruticosa, Indigofera Tinctoria, Polygonum tinctorium, Marsdenia Tinctoria and Isatis indigotica Fortune. Natural Color Farm becomes a demonstration center for artisans from the local and beyond to gain a comprehensive overview about the process of cultivating and creating indigo.
