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Important: If you are working with indigo you will not need to mordant your fabric. Blue 'marble' effect on a white background - making the indigo solution You now have to make an indigo So I tried something else and this is what I did that worked very well: Mix 10 grams of indigo powder I made a silk indigo marbled spectacle case, and a gorgeous flowing cotton skirt for myself.

Indigo powder or paste. 1. of an organic indigo vat, we should also address the star of the show: indigo. Indigo from mexico Comparison of Indigo Types by Country Indigo Type Country of Origin Strength Price indigo, affordable. consistent than farmed indigo.

Sukumo indigo holds a special place as a time-honored dyeing technique. Sukumo indigo has deep roots in Japanese culture. The name "Sukumo"  すくも - sukumo - means dye made of fermented indigo leaves. Aizome 藍染め means Indigo Dye. The Indigo Plant Polygonum tinctorium, commonly known as Japanese indigo, Persicaria, or dyer's knotweed

She has been growing a field of it behind her house, together with Indigofera Tinctoria. with ample water they do grow enthusiastically and it as time to trim them a bit and do some fresh indigo Done; Light fastness; still under review, but based on my experience with dried indigo leaves there is Ps; if you do not have fresh indigo, use the dried ones and skip the blender.

This colour would have been the result of using compound colours of Indigo and a yellow, but not everybody wants to keep an indigo vat, or maybe you have not started one yet. beautiful names to describe the different greens; Verd Canard, Parrot-Green, Verd Naissant, all done with indigo I have gotten a gorgeous and lasting sea blue from green indigo (see this blog), but otherwise the lasting So indigo vat-less green it is today, inspired by the screen printing I did combining leftover logwood

I had seen already beautiful results of people using fresh indigo on silk and I was mesmerised by the But I have never been able to grow sufficient indigo in my balcony planters to give this a go. Ground unfermented indigo leaves It seems people are using this as a dye for hair, but I had never tried The green indigo works really fast and gives blues within 5 minutes, Henna loves to sit around longer Green Indigo Powder I have stocked up on especially for you, available here.

SETTING UP YOUR FIRST INDIGO VAT The eternal blue of indigo, one of the most ancient dyes. For setting up this indigo vat I used the ingredients of our Indigo Starter Kit, that has enough ingredients to set up and maintain your indigo vat. Indigo Vat Ingredients 25 grams indigo powder, that is enough to dye a kilo of textile a medium shade Dyeing with your indigo vat. Dyeing in an indigo vat is called 'dipping'.

Now I will show you how to create more variated shades of green using indigo instead of logwood. I made the indigo vat using sodium hydrosulphite and the last of the Indonesian indigo blend I had, which After the indigo dyeing, the samples got neutralised with a bit of Ph neutral soap and dried. The results; Silk organza FLTR indigo, indigo + weld 10%, indigo + weld 30% From top to bottom 1-2-4- 6 dips of indigo Silk satin FLTR indigo, indigo + weld 10%, indigo + weld 30% Each sample fRTL 1-2-4-

Now I will show you how to create more variated shades of green using indigo instead of logwood. I made the indigo vat using sodium hydrosulphite and the last of the Indonesian indigo blend I had, which After the indigo dyeing, the samples got neutralised with a bit of Ph neutral soap and dried. The results; Silk organza FLTR indigo, indigo + weld 10%, indigo + weld 30% From top to bottom 1-2-4- 6 dips of indigo Silk satin FLTR indigo, indigo + weld 10%, indigo + weld 30% Each sample fRTL 1-2-4-

Some traditions like working with Cochineal and Indigo, have been faithfully passed on from mother to The production of organic indigo has gradually been lost, however, the last 20 producers of Santiago , they continue to use the deep fermentation and aeration pools built over 100 years ago to produce Indigo The work is hard, a day's work produces only 4-5 kilos of concentrated indigo, and this is only during The indigo vats themselves are made with organic reducers that can be all sorts, I have heard: Muitle

If we were commanded to have sky blue, then why not just use indigo, or woad? discuss all the minute details, but you will have to take my word for it, that using regular plant based indigo so that under the influence of UV rays, the 'dibromo' part gets disconnected and what stays is the 'indigo ' and we all know how that indigo behaves in a vat (and if you do not, I refer you back to this blog) Also; your fibers need much longer in the murex vat than they would need in a regular indigo vat.

Alkaline loving dyes like madder, woad and indigo powder can be mixed with the lye powder before making For blues; Use either woad or indigo, this soap here is made with some indigo. traditionally used for treating a red and swollen face, skin infections and has anti-bacterial properties while Indigofera