Indigo Pals Go ‘Round the Outside: Loup Charmant & Charleston’s Sea Island Indigo Retreat
Kim Cihlar, editor of Fashion Whirled was able to come and spend the day with us recently on our big indigo retreat with Sea Island and write a story on…
Kim Cihlar, editor of Fashion Whirled was able to come and spend the day with us recently on our big indigo retreat with Sea Island and write a story on…
…attached to the fiber but adding alum bonds it into place. I dye with indigo. I bought some dyed wool to dye with indigo to change the color. I did…
This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: The science of pH and your indigo vat, painting with indigo flowers and reusing that mordant bath Every week for FEEDBACK FRIDAY, we are emailed…
…post-dip or madder dyeing and before dipping into indigo. Rinse after the final indigo dip and air dry away from direct sunlight. We always dip our indigo at least twice….
…ingredients to create natural colors. One of the things that he demonstrated to us was to be fearless about the indigo fermentation vat. What a gift! For me, the indigo…
This week: Indigo painting and temperamental indigo vats Every week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community that are worth sharing. Of course, all of your burning…
Indigo gradation from Aboubakar Fofana’s workshop on indigo. The vat is a 7gpl fructose vat. Diving into indigo blue We have been working with the 1-2-3 indigo vat for nearly…
…(45 grams), if you’d like a smaller vat, and you can use a smaller 1 or 2 quart-sized jar for the lesser amount of indigo. Wet out the natural indigo…
…sounds like the indigo is touching the side of the vat that has oxidized indigo build up, or it’s bobbing to the surface with the indigo flower and getting marked…