Custom dyeing services in Asheville
We offer a wide variety of textile & teaching services for guilds, groups, schools; bulk dyeing, and wholesale
To view our 2024 document for custom dyeing, click here. It’s fresh & pretty!
Custom dyeing
Get shirts (and more) dyed for your business, organization, or event, or as a gift for friends and family. We can dye garments for you to sell in your shop or boutique. Small orders or large; wholesale pricing available with reasonable minimums.
Before you reach out: please know that we can only dye natural fibers (made from plants). No synthetics like polyester or nylon. No animal fibers like wool or silk.
Click here to see our 2024 rates & pricing document, plus our dyeing styles!
Live Zoom classes
Online tie-dye classes for groups large and small, available across the world. With our Zoom Pro account and two-camera set up, your group gets professional instruction no matter where or when you gather. See pricing & materials info here.
In-person events, demos, lectures
In the Asheville area or WNC region, we bring our “DIY Tie-Dye” booth or table to your event or gathering. Pricing is figured either by the item (# of shirts available) or by the hour. Email us to learn more.
Jessica Kaufman (M.A., Crafts Education, owner/founder) also travels to guest lecture and demonstrate fabric dyeing techniques at Guild meetings, fiber conferences, and folk schools. Reach out for rates & availabilty. View Jess’s current teaching schedule here.
Virtual Textile Arts Presentations & studio tours for your group or guild:
Hire Jessica Kaufman, M.A. Crafts Education, to virtually speak at your guild meeting or textile/fiber arts group gathering. With two degrees in classroom teaching as well as extensive theatrical training, Jess is a prepared and eloquent host for topics including:
a studio tour of WAXON’s workshop areas
demos in a variety of dyeing techniques, including batik
creative business entrepreneurship and its inherent struggles/breakthroughs
Jess’s unique background in textiles & fiber arts and how she created her businesses
Presentations & tours can be tailored to your group’s time constraints and budget.
Email us to set something up!
Feedback from the Frances Irwin Handweavers’ Guild, NJ
Our most frequently asked question: is this dyeable?
At WAXON we only work on cellulose fibers, or fibers that come from plants. We cannot dye any item for you that is not made from a plant fiber, as the dyes that work on synthetic fabrics and protein fibers are very different, can be much more toxic and environmentally unfriendly, or just require a different process than we are prepared for.
Click below to learn more about which fibers are from plants and which are not.
Ideas of what we can do for you:
Bulk orders (100+ shirts dyed for your organization’s event)
Wholesale tie-dye fashion garments (dyed to order and shipped to your boutique)
Party favors (matching tees for your kiddo’s birthday guests; bachelorette tie-dyes for a night on the town; family reunions)
Overdyeing your products (you sew things, we dye them for you)
Custom dyeing of fabrics (we dye yardage, you cut & sew it into your unique products)
Tie-Dye Parties or lessons at your school, club, gym, studio, guild, etc.
Gallery of commissioned works:
100+ tie-dye shirts for Biscuithead merch
30 pairs of ice dyed socks for a gift boutique in TX
Custom dyed gauze table runner for Vintage Indigo
Custom dyed gauze table runner for Vintage Indigo
100+ hand dyed shirts for the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair 2019
Batik shirts for Nightsong Nursery (Atlanta)
Batik shirts for Nightsong Nursery (Atlanta)