
These fabrics (all except the far right, which was dyed with acorns and rust) represent different indigo dyeing methods, all derived from my Japanese indigo plants. The green and blue-green are fresh leaves and salt on silk, as is the blue right next door. The second blue cotton swatch was a hot bath where leaves cooked at 160°F for 3 hours before I added alkaline chemicals (soda ash), agitated and added a reducing agent, Spectralite.