Create beautiful shibori (Japanese tie-dye) at home with this natural indigo dye kit from Curious Corners. This kit includes all you need to create a small indigo vat, easy to handle at home: 10g of Yamato Indigo Dye, wooden sticks and rubber bands to apply shibori patterns on whites, as well as two blank bananas and two blank tenugui (an all-purpose Japanese towel/scarf/cloth) to dye in whatever style you choose. Great for beginners and a perfect gift for craft lovers of all ages.
Sayaka Toyama was born in Japan and moved to the US when she was eighteen. She founded Curious Corners in 2016 as a platform to promote Japanese textiles and craft to the US audience and beyond. In 2019, Sayaka partnered with Aikuma Senryo, a company founded in 1818 in Tokyo who developed Yamato Indigo Dye. In the 1870’s, when indigo was exceptionally valuable, Aikuma Senryo developed a method for extracting the indigo pigments from old indigo-dyed fabric. By boiling the fabric in water, a clay-like dye called airou (indigo wax) was created. Airou became a popular option for dyers until synthetic indigo eventually became available in Japan. Based on this method of making airou, Aikuma Senoryo created Yamato Indigo, a powder dye consisting of extracts from indigo plants, chemical indigo, alkaline agent, and reducing agent.
Made in Japan
Included in the package:
10g of Yamato Indigo Dye
2 x white bandana (19.7 x 19.7 / 50 x 50cm, 100% cotton)
2 x white tenugui, Japanese tea towel or multi-purpose cloth (13.8 x 35 inches / 35 x 90cm, 100% cotton)
Wood sticks
Rubber bands
Pair of rubber gloves
60ml of 30% pure vinegar
Instruction sheet
