Comments on: indigo mood

By: Miriam

Miriam — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:45:35 +0000

Glennis, take a look at this website showing several botanical dyes, including indigo:http://threads.srithreads.com/page/2/

Thanks for your posts and images!

By: shiborigirl

shiborigirl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:56:51 +0000

i think i’ll dye up some curtains for the clubhouse!

By: jude

jude — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:37:05 +0000

looks like there is an indigo club forming. this is good.

By: sara

sara — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:38:33 +0000

Your work is just gorgeous!

Indigo is so fascinating but I haven’t tried it. After seeing your photos I think I have to put it on my to-play with list.

By: shiborigirl

shiborigirl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:04:32 +0000

i am in good company then!

By: shiborigirl

shiborigirl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:03:22 +0000

my current vats are synthetic indigo. synthetic indigo is chemically identical to natural indigo . having worked with both, my experience is that they both have that unique indigo smell. i am getting ready to start another vat using some natural indigo as well as one using the pre reduced indigo now available. apparently it is very difficult to tell the difference between the two without using a color spectrophotometer. i think the main reason why people use the synthetic version is because it is less expensive to make indigo from petroleum than it is to grow it in plants. of course the Japanese dyers i am familiar with use the more expensive natural Japanese sukomo as they are devout purists of the art form and are also committed to the survival of the few indigo farmers and sukomo producers left in Japan.

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By: neki rivera

neki rivera — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:29:13 +0000

great to have you in the sick blue club! a very special one indeed, but methiknks there’s no cure. ask me how i know:)
btw your ombres are fab.

neki desu

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:50:43 +0000

I love love indigo. I’ve played with it once before, long ago. Are you using synthetic or natural. Synthetic has a real interesting sweet smell. Where can I find info on your workshops?

By: beth

beth — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:57 +0000

that would be on that never ending list of “ways to organize my dyeing better”.

Swatches, printing up recipe cards and getting them into the binder instead of taped over my sink where they get splattered, getting print paste made ahead of time, wiring the basement studio area for better lighting

etc etc etc

By: shiborigirl

shiborigirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:03:51 +0000

i wonder about the necessity of starting a new one completely. seems you can just go ahead and add to it. one of my vats is over a year old. in japan, they just keep adding to them-for decades!