Our all natural Indigo dye, produces beautiful shades of indigo blue on cotton, linen silk and wool.
Grown in the British isles, our indigo is a product of "Persicaria Tinctoria" a.k.a. Polygonum Tinctorum. Three varietals are grown each season Of which there are three now common to 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 dye 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.
Indigo dye bonds to fabric when dipped into an indigo vat where the pigment adheres to fibres. The dye during vat set up process changes colour to its original green state, into which your chosen items are repeatedly dipped and oxidised. During the oxidisation process the dye changes colour from green to indigo blue. Subsequent dips create another layer of pigment, thus repeated dips, result in darker shades of indigo.
Indigo dye in it's powdered form may be applied as a soap colourant, crafted into indigo blue 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"?
Non toxic, sustainably grown, free of herbicides & pesticides.
Bailiwick Blue Indigo; grown & produced in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK.
