Developed with RFTPi - Raw for the Planet Indigo - world's cleanest
indigo dyeing process, formulated in partnership with DyStar ®, G - Star and Artistic Milliners.
Such a beautiful blue is achieved through
this indigo dye process and a cool geometric relief pattern too.
Not exact matches
Even if anything even vaguely related to GMOs makes you squeamish, you'll be happy to know that if these
processes could be commercially scaled and made affordable enough to compete with synthetic
dyes, it could put a dent in the 40,000 tons of synthetic
indigo used annually by the denim industry.
Blue jeans used to get their blue from
indigo, a flowering plant (and you can still find high - end,
indigo -
dyed selvedge denim), but that natural
process is pricy, and now 90 percent of denim produced in China uses cheap, synthetic
dyes made from coal tar, sulfur, and other toxic chemicals.
During the denim production
process, cotton is
dyed with
indigo until it is a midnight blue color.
Raw for the Planet
Indigo uses 15 % less indigo, 70 % less chemicals, no salts, and produces no salt by - product during reduction and dyeing process, consequently saving water and leaving clean and recyclable water eff
Indigo uses 15 % less
indigo, 70 % less chemicals, no salts, and produces no salt by - product during reduction and dyeing process, consequently saving water and leaving clean and recyclable water eff
indigo, 70 % less chemicals, no salts, and produces no salt by - product during reduction and
dyeing process, consequently saving water and leaving clean and recyclable water effluent.
A naturally occurring
dye extracted from plants,
indigo is most popularly used to color blue jeans; however, in the late 1800s it began to be synthetically manufactured, a sometimes toxic
process.
Kim's paintings are produced in a multi-stage
process that involves
dyeing the canvas with natural materials including
indigo and ochre, and applying pigment with rags rather than a brush.