Recently I have become intrigued by indigo, an ancient dye known for the infinite ranges of blues it produces. This dye is concocted in a single vat, and the richness of blue shades are built up by submerging the cloth into the vat over and over.
The simplicity of this technique combined with the lightfastness of indigo have taken over my studio at the moment. There is quite the learning curve going on here. And, it’s not that simple. Having an indigo vat has been likened to having a pet. It must be feed and tended too, and revived when something goes wrong.
