Make a ferrous Indigo vat – virtual self paced vat building and maintening workshop

The Indigo Ferrous vat is a natural vat using Indigo pigment powder and both Ferrous sulphate/Lime in the set up. It is a cold vat very suitable for cellulose material (and occasionally silk) it is not suitable for wool. In this workshop I demystify Indigo and tell you all bout the Ferrous vat. You learnContinue reading “Make a ferrous Indigo vat – virtual self paced vat building and maintening workshop”

The True Colours of Natural Indigo, or what can you do with your Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) fresh leaves extraction

My name is Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw, I am a natural dyer and a dye plant grower (small scale) from Glasgow (Scotland). I took to grow Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) and Woad (Isatis Tinctoria) a number of years ago and last year in the grounds of the Glasgow Botanical garden. It is purely educational, I likeContinue reading “The True Colours of Natural Indigo, or what can you do with your Japanese Indigo (Persicaria Tinctoria) fresh leaves extraction”