indigo | paper

about indigo | paper

Japanese indigo, is actually originary from China; family of the buckwheat it seeds resemble it through smaller grains. This family of indigo barying dye are Persicaria Tinctoria, of which a large variety exists, each with differently shaped leaves and flowering either pink or white. Maruba, Senbon, Kojoko shirohana or Kojoko akahana and Akakuki are some of these.


location | de Clercqstraat (Japanese indigo) / Vlieger papier winkel

year | 2022

collection | BioChromes - Cecilia's Personal Collection

colors | blue

compounds | indigo,