Utah State University Extension is bringing traditional indigo dyeing back into home gardens with a comprehensive three-part ...

In A Garden to Dye For (St ... of Japanese Indigo. This bushy fellow propagates readily from seed, but just as easily from stem nodes (the little bump on the stem where a leaf grows).

indigo dyeing process. P. tinctorium plants (Companion Plants, Athens, Ohio) were grown in a laboratory environment. Samples of leaf tissue were taken from live plants at several points during the ...

Producing a beautifully deep blue colour, aizome is the result of two different fermentation processes where indigo leaves ... dye dips is where you’ll see the real magic happen. Fresh indigo ...

She and Tripp grow a small amount of indigo at home in pots to show people what the plant looks like at workshops. They forage to get the leaves they need for dyeing. “We go out and pick them ...

This week, Panther Denim will introduce Planet Indigo at Kingpins Amsterdam, a collection offering a sustainable alternative to conventional denim. Developed in partnership with Shuise Dyeing ...

Indigo is used to dye everything from jeans to the uniforms of blue-collar workers worldwide but few people know where it comes from. Ahead of a major exhibition in Brighton and Hove this month ...

From the tips of his fingers to well above his wrists, Toshiharu Furusho’s skin has taken on the colour of his profession. For nearly 50 years, Furusho has combined wood ash, lime, yeast, black ...

This square of striped cotton, and a few others like it, represents the first known instance of people using indigo ... and extract the dye. Instead, you have to ferment the leaves, which turns ...