how to make indigo color
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You can create Indigo by mixing 2 colours! (Save for later) Simply add 1 part red and 2 parts blue. If you want to achieve a darker shade of the colour, simply add a a little blue to the resin. #resinpour #resinartist #resincrafts #colormixingtutorial #colormixing #resintutorial #diycrafts #indigo #craftsoftiktok #craftsideas #oddlysatisfying #pouringpaint #pouringart #pouringresin #oddlysatisfyingvideo
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How to make pearly indigo on….. LED LIGHTS
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Indigo #indigo #handmadewatercolor #paintmixing #fyp #artistsoftiktok #follow #etsy_arts #paintmaker #relaxtok
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New Indigo Vat Tutorial ✨I’m sharing my preferred method & recipe for making an organic Henna Vat : now available for ✨A Year in Natural Dyes✨ subscription members. I’ve made this vat many times and in the process have learned a thing or two about the beauty of this even keeled, bright blue producing ••Organic Vat•• This month I’m sharing all I’ve learned about how to get the most out of this fantastic choice for a studio vat with ✨A Year in Natural Dyes✨ members. If you’ve read instructions or made an indigo vat with curiosity & questions still lurking around the ingredients, procedure, chemistry & the WHY of parts of the process- you’ll enjoy this tutorial. I’ve poured much attention to detail & helpful explanations into this lesson walking step by step through making, dyeing in & caring for & maintaining an Organic Henna Vat. I’ve enjoyed seeing improved results of indigo dyed fibers after evolving my approach to the organic vat, altering some of the conventionally advised directions that are often delivered with Vat making tutorials. I’ll be dyeing in this American grown blue @stonycreekcolors indigo vat all winter & sharing more about the enigmatic indigo Vat. If you’d like to learn even more including how to make other types of Organic Vats: The Fructose Vat, The Iron Vat, The Whole Fruit Vat, the extra special ✨Dried Leaf Indigo Vat✨ – my online Indigo Vat Workshop covers them all in detail & more! AND I’ll soon be sharing another magical indigo technique as a ••BONUS•• tutorial for ✨A Year in Natural Dyes✨ members this month- stay tuned #stonycreekcolors #indigovat #hennavat #organicvat #naturalindigo #americangrown #indigodyeing #indigodye #thedogwooddyer #ayearinnaturaldyes #hennaindigovat
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✨New Multiple Indigo Colors Tutorial✨ this two tone dress was dyed with the same plant leaves from Indigo making use of multiple different dye compounds contained in one plant. I can officially feel like summer has arrived in the garden when fresh indigo turquoise & purple starts appearing on the dry line ♀️ This month I’m sharing all about the SPECTRUM of COLOR possible from •Dried• & •Fresh• indigo leaves. I designed a rich & info packed tutorial offering anyone the opportunity to create many colors from Indigo even if you’re not necessarily growing the plant There’s a whole section devoted to working with •Dried Indigo Leaves• that are easy to find in any beauty supply & I give lists for sourcing materials & my favorite fabrics too! This dress was dyed using Section 2 & Section 4 of my 6-section-Tutorial covering many different colors attainable from any indigo bearing plant- Indigofera, Persicaria/Japanese indigo, and Woad included! If you’ve ever been curious about dyeing with indigo but perhaps intimidated with the sometimes daunting chemistry involved in creating a vat – this is a wonderfully simple & stress free opportunity to dip your toes into indigo. You can experiment even without fresh leaves AND if you do have fresh leaves – you’ll love the many possibilities included in this month’s content opening up a whole world of colors from this one plant! Join ✨A Year in Natural Dyes✨ for this tutorial & join me this summer in creating an Indigo Spectrum #indigospectrum #thedogwooddyer #freshindigo #indigo #indican #freshindigodyeing #indoxyl #indirubin #ayearinnaturaldyes
Dye From Indigo Plants: Learn About Making Indigo Dye
The blue jeans you are wearing today are likely colored using a synthetic dye, but that wasn’t always the case. Unlike other colors that could easily be obtained using bark, berries and the like, blue remained a difficult color to recreate – until it was discovered that dye could be made from indigo plants. Making indigo dye, however, is no easy task. Dyeing with indigo is a multi-step, labor intensive process. So, how do you make dye indigo plant dye? Let’s learn more.
About Indigo Plant Dye
The process of turning green leaves into bright blue dye through fermentation has been passed down for thousands of years. Most cultures have their own recipes and techniques, often accompanied by spiritual rites, to create natural indigo dye.
The birthplace of dye from indigo plants is India, where the dye paste is dried into cakes for ease of transportation and sale. During the industrial revolution, demand dyeing with indigo reached its zenith due to the popularity of Levi Strauss blue denim jeans. Because making indigo dye takes a lot, and I mean A LOT of leaves, demand began to exceed supply and so an alternative began being sought after.
In 1883, Adolf von Baeyer (yes, the aspirin guy) began to investigate the chemical structure of indigo. In the course of his experimentation, he found out that he could replicate the color synthetically and the rest is history. In 1905, Baeyer was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery and blue jeans were saved from extinction.
How Do You Make Dye with Indigo?
In order to make indigo dye, you need leaves from a variety of plant species such as indigo, woad, and polygonum. The dye in the leaves doesn’t actually exist until it is manipulated. The chemical responsible for the dye is called indicant. The ancient practice of extracting indicant and converting it to indigo involves the fermentation of the leaves.
First, a series of tanks are set up step-like from highest to lowest. The highest tank is where the fresh leaves are placed along with an enzyme called indimulsin, which breaks the indicant down into indoxyl and glucose. As the process takes place, it gives off carbon dioxide and the contents of the tank turn a dirty yellow.
The first round of fermentation takes around 14 hours, after which the liquid is drained into the second tank, a step down from the first. The resulting mix is stirred with paddles to incorporate air into it, which allows the brew to oxidize the indoxyl to indigotin. As the indigotin settles to the bottom of the second tank, the liquid is siphoned away. The settled indigotin is transferred to yet another tank, the third tank, and heated to halt the fermentation process. The end result is filtered to remove any impurities and then dried to form a thick paste.
This is the method by which the Indian people have been deriving indigo for thousands of years. The Japanese have a different process which extracts indigo from the polygonum plant. The extraction is then mixed with limestone powder, lye ash, wheat husk powder and sake, of course, because what else would you use it for but to make dye, right? The resultant mix is allowed to ferment for a week or so to form a pigment called sukumo.
