Bailiwick Blue Indigo Will be returning in November 2024 Thank you for your patience
Bailiwick Blue Indigo is derived from the Asian plant "Persicaria Tinctoria" also known as Polygonum Tinctorium.
In house three species are grown each season Of which there are three common varieties in the UK. "Maruba" or round leaf, "Senbon" a broad long leaf with pink flower spikes and "Kojyoko" a white flowering long leaf variety. Seeds of which can be purchased here
Indigo has many uses most prominently known for dyeing garments, fabric, yarn and threads, both cellulose ( plant origin ) and protein ( animal origin) in an indigo vat. This process of vatting the indigo, means the powdered pigment is rehydrated and fermented.
The pigment during this process changes colour with different assistants, to its original green state, into which your chosen items are repeatedly dipped and oxidised. During the oxidisation process the pigment changes colour from green to indigo blue. Subsequent dips create another layer of pigment on top of the first, thus repeated dips, result in darker shades of indigo. Indigo in it's powdered form may be applied as a soap colourant, crafted into paint either oil or water colour, pastels, a stain for wood, incorporated with plaster to create natural blue finishes all of which are light fast.
There are numerous applications for this beautiful natural plant pigment.
Question is, "What will you create"?
Bailiwick Blue Indigo; grown & produced in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK.
