Earlier this month I took time away from felting for a two-day class on eco-friendly indigo dyeing. I've worked a lot with synthetic dyes, but never with indigo, and I wanted to check it out. I'm glad I did it, though likely will never do it again. But when the class ended, we got to divide up what was left in the dye pot and take it home with us to finish up. Along with a lot of cotton fabric, I threw a couple of felt vessels into the pot. These were pieces that had been sitting on a shelf in my studio because I was too unhappy with them to offer them for sale or display. I find the indigo a definite improvement -- though neither piece could ever be mistaken for my best work! Here are before and after images of one of them, a small vessel:
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| After: Am I Blue? |
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| Before: Pewter #3 |
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