In this image from video, Kiyoko Mori, 65, the head of indigo dye group called Japan Blue, points out at one of displayed indigo dyed artwork at a community center where residents evacuated when the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Indigo; the natural dye that’s history is as vibrant as it’s color. It’s roots run globally from countries in Africa, Asia, and right here in South Carolina. The John’s Island ...

Utah State University Extension is bringing traditional indigo dyeing back into home gardens with a comprehensive three-part guide to growing, extracting, and dyeing with Japanese indigo (Persicaria ...

The natural dyestuff maker Stony Creek Colors is expanding its pact with the dye and pigment maker Archroma to bring plant-based indigo dye to industrial scale. Archroma will implement Stony Creek’s ...

To get reliable, long-lasting color for fabric and fiber, one must explore another set of natural dye plants. Some of these include madder (Rubia tinctorum), weld (Reseda luteola) and Japanese indigo ...

Sew Valley’s plant-based dye course will teach participants of all skill levels how to manipulate fabric and indigo plants to produce a rich blue color that is sustainable, unique, and free of toxic ...

When James Young brews a batch of natural dye from plants he has grown or foraged, he knows something even more indelible than the new color of a white cloth will emerge from the bath. He is infusing ...

Randy Battle visits Gretchen Johnson at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown to learn about native and imported plants used to make dyes for fabric. Featured on VHG episode 2503, May 2025 ...

In this image from video, Yoshiko Ogura, 73, holds fermented indigo leaves she grows at her studio for making organic indigo dye in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 20, ...