Friday

ricketts indigo.

last night i went to a lecture by rowland ricketts about his time spent in japan working on a traditional indigo farm. he learned how to plant, harvest, dry, compost and process the indigo plant into natural dyes to use in his work. he and his wife recently moved back to the states and are working on opening their own indigo farm. the range of colors that you can get is really amazing.




6 comments:

  1. ryanNovember 7, 2008 at 6:16 PM

    there is no good or bad in art

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  2. lizwNovember 7, 2008 at 7:40 PM

    all my favorite colors.

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  3. juliet small ernstNovember 7, 2008 at 7:54 PM

    the blues in some japanese textiles are so gorgeous. it must feel wonderful to create such beautiful things :)

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  4. JamesNovember 9, 2008 at 8:13 PM

    These indigo gradients always remind me of Hokusai.

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  5. Paul PincusNovember 14, 2008 at 1:58 PM

    gorgeous blues.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM

    so jealous they can do that. i've been staring at their site for ages, and looking everywhere else for indigo fabrics. found you looking them up.

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