Indigo at midsummer
June 20, 2015
ABCD members met at The Dove yesterday to dye paper and cloth in an indigo vat under the supervision of our indigo-guru Jane Paterson. Indigo dyeing is a messy business and needs to be performed outdoors. Fortunately for us, the weather was perfect; bright and breezy.
When you remove the cloth from the dye vat it is bright yellow. As the air gets to it and the pigment is oxidised it changes rapidly through shades of green to blue. These are temporary colours and can be captured only in photos.
And today we shall be constructing some giant pages! There are some lovely photos of the Indigo day on Bron’s blog.
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Lovely patterns! 🙂
Jealous! Love the photos catching the yellow-green-blue process.