Sentences with phrase «indigo dye»

Laura Anderson Barbata's installation illustrates the political and social implications of indigo dye in textile production in a series of costumes.

It's been known for decades that the main ingredient is a white, powdery clay called palygorskite that, when boiled with indigo dye, turns a dark blue.

I visited rural villages, and I took my first trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand, where I stood over a vat of natural indigo dye and thought, This is magic.

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Her works include a Persian rug dipped in indigo dye; a long, gracefully curved wood dowel covered in rolling tobacco; and, best of all, «Pedestal,» a tall, narrow, stepped monolith tenderly worked in plaster that resembles an architectural model for a skyscraper.

The metal is commercially available for making indigo dye for blue jeans, and Lathrop's team ordered 62 barrels of the stuff.

The German group has grown from a 19th century indigo dye workshop to a diversified juggernaut worth $ 95 billion.

One being a feature on indigo dye artist Nofel, whom I had the pleasure of learning from while there earlier this year.

Some simple stitching later, digging into that stash of indigo dyed fabric, and a good audiobook (What She Ate is currently in my ears), and voila!

With her new novel, The Indigo Girl, bestselling author Natasha Boyd draws from the true story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney for a story of ambition, betrayal and sacrifice — and at its core, the secret process of making indigo dye.

I have always loved blue and one of the things that I love most about it is the ease of mixing in various shades from navy -LCB- thinking chinoiserie, blue ticking, indigo dyes -RCB- right alongside aquamarine tones of a coastal sea.

recently posted... 10 DIY Shibori Indigo Dye Projects

It takes around 2900 gallons of water to make one pair of traditional cotton jeans — that's equivalent to 10,977 one litre water bottles — and when denim is coloured and rinsed, rivers are poisoned with chemical indigo dyes.

This season denim goes dark — think deep indigo dyes for an instant update to your look.

Made from authentic indigo dyes, so color transfer may occur.

Natural MOP buttons are used and the fabric used is vegetable indigo dyed.

Defying the Negro Act of 1740, bright, business - savvy Eliza teaches her slaves to read in exchange for the secrets of indigo dye production.

Above this thick surface of white felt will be a system of plumbing, to release controlled amounts of indigo dye onto the material, as if inscribing wounds into the skin.

Alice traveled to the Awagami Paper Factory in Japan in July - August 2015 as a Resident Artist to explore Japanese paper - making and indigo dyeing methods.

Old World - inspired indigo dyes are popping up in everything from fabrics to bedspreads.

As I discovered more blogs I read about everything from peak oil to creating my own indigo dyes.

To get the look for less, we tinted an inexpensive white set using pre-reduced indigo dye.

7 Ramie Vigdis toss cushion cover in White, 20», IKEA, $ 10, duckfeather Fjädrar insert, IKEA, $ 7; Pre-reduced Indigo dye kit, G&S Dye, $ 20.

For his two person exhibition in Tokyo at Yamamoto Gendai, Samreth plans to work with natural indigo dyes, Tokyo's summer rain, and rice.

Join Raw Materials: Textiles resident artist Sarah Desmarais for a paste resist and indigo dyeing workshop.

Indigo dyed fabrics in home decor are quite popular these days and can be seen in catalogues of the trendier home decor companies.

O'Keeffe (Indigo), from the series «Tengallon Sunflower», gelatin silver photogram with indigo dye, 16 x 20in, 2016.

In a new study, researchers picked up signals of the chemical compounds indigotin and indirubin, the key components of indigo dye, they report today in Science Advances.

Before the Spring Break, Kelly & Shabana, with the help of Melanie and April, hosted an Indigo Dyeing Party to kick off our indigo Jubilee festivities!

Indigo dye was used around the ancient world in fabrics created from Egypt to China to Meso and South America.

Glad to hear you're loving the indigo dye!

For the Jungle Tipi she hand dyed organic cheese cloth with chemical free and natural indigo dye to make the beautiful draping table runners.

The factory they produce in uses 85 % recycled water, thanks to a complex system in which natural bacteria consumes the indigo dye before re-introducing it to the washing process again and again.

3) Now if the above two suggestions don't secure the indigo dye as much as you'd like it, then try adding a cup of household white vinegar to your cold water rinse.

Drawing from real historical documents, including real letters from Eliza, Boyd explores the origin of indigo dye, which would become one of the largest exports out of South Carolina.

An adjacent building, now demolished, served as the indigo dye house.

Anya Gallaccio All the rest is silence, 1999 Chappa silk, indigo dye, watercolor paper 33 ′ tall Installed at Sadler's Wells, London, UK Courtesy of the artist

Hand - loomed cotton, tied - resist (ikat) patterning, indigo dyed, plain weave with rayon supplementary weft patterns.

Good Busy Though, 2013, Acrylic paint, colored wire, gold leaf, 24K gold pigment, indigo dye, oil paint, and plastic screen on birch panel, 60 × 48 in

So Rugged, 2015, Acrylic paint, faux shearling, indigo dye, leather natural fiber rope, oil paint, and upholstery tacks on birch panel, 53 × 42 in

TI - ROCK MOORE Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, 2017 indigo dye, light and sound installation 132 x 144 x 4 inches (site - specific, other dimensions available by commission)

O'Keeffe (Indigo), Silver gelatin print with indigo dye 2016,11» x 11» Signed, verso Donated by the artist Unique print $ 800 - 2,000

Such a beautiful blue is achieved through this indigo dye process and a cool geometric relief pattern too.

I'm not crazy fun and up for florals... so maybe an indigo dye pattern?