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September 2024
Posted by laura bellel on September 05, 2024 | Add new comment
The Japanese indigo is flowering.
I've been experimenting with the Japanese indigo in a few ways. I love the beautiful teals of an ice water blender bath, but a few days ago, decided to extract some pigment for later use, before the indigo content of the leaves decreases too much.
The temperature has been around 90. This is after 1 day.
After 2 days, here is the beautiful metallic sheen!
After beating and adding some lime.
Now to wait for the indigo the settle down to the bottom...
August
Posted by laura bellel on August 01, 2018 | 4 Comments
Summer is ripening
Phlox has a sweet, somehow sad fragrance
To commemorate the end of July, I made a small harvest of Japanese Indigo leaves yesterday. . I dyed some silk organza.
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