Given the right plant conditions we should be able to dye silk and wool directly with the leaves - straight off the plant!ĭay Two : We’ll discuss and demonstrate a small batch of aqueous indigo extraction. Working with fresh leaves of the indigo plant.
You’ll leave with seedlings, seeds or cuttings from each species for you to continue to grow on your own if you like!ĭay One : An introduction to the plants, getting to know the different types of plants that are grown for their indigo content. Once you’ve got the leaves - anything is possible and we’ll be learning a multitude of ways to separate the dye from the plants.Īt our Natural Dye workshop in Los Angeles, we’re growing three different kinds of indigo this year and we’ll discuss each of them as well as the traditions and methods for dyeing with each. I planted indigo seeds months ago, and as a result, we will have the opportunity to work with fresh leaves of Persicaria tinctoria - a variety of buckwheat that produces the precursor molecules of indigo. All over the world, different plants produce indigo and the people, in relation to the plants, have discovered uncounted ways of moving the blue out of the plants and onto fabric. Human use of indigo stretches into our pre-history.
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This is going to be great! A whole week just devoted to indigo! I’ll be force-feeding information about the plant (see it, feel it, smell it) as well as my inherited understanding of how to coax blue dye from green leaves! This 5 day workshop explores indigo - from seeds, to plants, to extracting pigment, activating the pigment in vats, printing patterns and dyeing fabrics. No experience necessary! We’ll be starting from the ground (literally) and working our way up! Please pack a lunch! We’ll be breaking each day for about a 45 minute lunch sometime around noon.Īll materials provided. The experience of using a plant to turn fabric blue is as close to actual magic as I’ve ever found - and I’m going to show you how to do it!
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