Posts tagged “Indigo”
Article on Jenny Balfour-Paul
The Times Online has an article on Jenny Balfour-Paul (author of the indigo book). http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/gardens/article2785493.ece There’s also a link to an exhibition at the Brighton/Hove Museum that Jenny has curated. Indigo: A Blue to Dye For 29 Sept – 6th Jan 2008
Indigo by Jenny Balfour-Paul
My copy of the new edition of Indigo by Jenny Balfour-Paul has arrived. It’s a big book. Shiny hardback. And it has more information and colour pictures than I expected. I suspect that it is exactly the same as the previous edition, just a different publisher. Interestingly the book is published with assitance from Olah [...]
Oxidation of Indigo (video)
In this cool Russian video you can watch the oxidation of indigo. In its reduced/liquid state indigo is yellow. As the dipped material is exposed to the air, it oxidizes and you can see it change to the expected indigo blue.