Indigo

It just so happens that Mr Rumbabbagi has a 15ft deep indigo dye vat practically in his front yard. This vat is cleaned out every 5 or 6 years, maybe, and bubbles over with thick oily blue froth – definitely had some cool voodoo cauldron vibes going on.

We prepared a few pieces of both plain and mud block-printed fabrics using shibori ties and left some pieces unchanged. The dried preprinted mud designs will act as a resist to the indigo dye – working in a similar way to batik. The fabric pieces are dipped into the dye vat, the more times - the darker the wash, and left to dry out on the street, with a watchful eye for any curious walkabout cows.