Showing posts with label Reactivating Indigo Vats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reactivating Indigo Vats. Show all posts

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Reactivation

Waves of blue are continuing to roll in around here. I reactivated all my indigo vats, which is a really experimental process of trying this and/or that to find what works. They feel very alive - I take their temperature, feed them, keep them warm... And they responded with improved colour! I decided to explore combining blues from different vats in the same fabric, today.

I like how the different dyes are just short of meeting - it looks like a dry brush effect.


And here is a little relief from all this blue!


Just for a minute, though. Each of these silks were done in one vat using the natural indigo.


The blues are not going to go away for some time yet...