Aug. 11—Indigo blossoms once ran deep through the fields of South Carolina. As if out of the fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin," the plant could be transformed into "blue gold" — at least, that's what many ...

The art of indigo dyeing grew during the Bronze Age in India, where the tropical indigofera plant thrives. Employing this natural blue-violet compound for the purpose of printmaking and coloring ...

When the outcome of a craft project is a surprise, it’s often not a good surprise. My recent experience trying indigo dyeing in Tokyo was an exception to that rule. Dye from the indigo plant has been ...

When the outcome of a craft project is a surprise, it’s often not a good surprise. My recent experience trying indigo dyeing in Tokyo was an exception to that rule. Dye from the indigo plant has been ...

Whole Cloth Quilt with “Flying Geese” Border, 1820–1840, possibly Hudson River Valley, New York, hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton, 102 x 82 in. (259 x 208 cm). The Taft Museum of Art explores the ...

When the outcome of a craft project is a surprise, it’s often not a good surprise. My recent experience trying indigo dyeing in Tokyo was an exception to that rule. Dye from the indigo plant has been ...

Explore the art and science of dyeing fabric with indigo at WonderLab during First Friday Evening Science of Art: Indigo Dyeing Aug. 1! Textile artist Coley Gillespie, a graduate student in the ...

Take a good look at the piece of cloth pictured at the top of this story. That was made 6,000 years ago by people living on the coast of Peru. Now check out those faint blue lines running through it.

Many people remember the colors of the rainbow by the acronym ROY G. BIV. For red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Well, the color indigo just made news. Indigo gets its name from the ...

Indigo Tie Dye in Bixby offers DIY tie-dye experiences, holiday-themed classes, and mobile parties, bringing creativity and community together year-round. BIXBY, Okla. - Indigo Tie Dye Company, a DIY ...

Angela Fuller, assistant curator at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, said she and her colleagues thought this would be a perfect time for a quilt exhibition.