Delve into the timeless art of block printing with the Indigo Blockprinting DIY Craft Kit. This kit brings together the ancient technique of indigo dyeing with the expressive power of block printing. The result? Unique, handcrafted fabric designs that speak to the beauty of hand craft. Whether you're stamping, painting, or printing, this kit provides everything you need to transform fabric into wearable works of art or stunning home decor. The indigo’s deep, vibrant blue ensures a truly mesmerizing finish.

Key Features:

• DIY Kit: Contains ingredients to create both the indigo paste and the baths needed to fix the dye, ensuring long-lasting, vivid results.
• Multiple Techniques: Indigo (indigofera tinctoria) is the natural world's only source of colour fast blue. However, it is not soluble in water, and so needs to be applied in a very unique way. Learn to print, paint, or stamp your designs onto fabric using this versatile indigo paste, opening up a world of creative potential (block printing tools not included).
• Detailed Instructions: Perfect for those new to block printing, with guidance to help you create professional-looking designs with ease.
• Eco-Friendly Packaging: Packaged in a sturdy, recyclable kraft box, silk-screened by hand for a beautiful presentation.

Bring the art of block printing into your home with this easy-to-use kit and create lasting, indigo-dyed pieces that carry the legacy of this ancient craft.

Craft Kit Contents:

• This kit includes the ingredients to create a thickened paste for applying the indigo, as well as the additives for the bath to fix the paste to the fabric, and the ingredients to put the indigo through the classic "reduction" process, so that it is permanent and colourfast.
  
  • Indigo Extract Powder
  • Sodium Alginate
  • Fructose Powder
  • Pickling Lime (calcium hydroxide)
  • Soda Ash (sodium carbonate)
  • Salt
    
• Comprehensive instructions - aimed at someone new to the technique - for creating, applying, fixing and reducing the paste.

Product Details:

• The Indigo Blockprinting Kit is geared towards folks who are already natural dyers, but would like to learn a new technique.
• This kit can be used with wood blocks, stamps, lino cuts, silk screening equipment, brushes, or stencils. These application tools are not included.
• Packaged in a sturdy, recyclable kraft paper box which has been silk screened by hand.
• Gift Box Dimensions: 6" L x 3" W x 2" H
• Made in Canada

** PLEASE NOTE: Product images showcase examples of crafts created using this kit; finished items are not included. We encourage you to carefully review the Craft Kit Contents listed above before purchasing.