tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389466.post5901506258998706767..comments2023-12-11T08:44:20.081-08:00Comments on Elephant Booty Studio: PatienceElephant Booty Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975374571683132563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389466.post-8432476656902855532011-09-24T17:45:41.187-07:002011-09-24T17:45:41.187-07:00thank you Nancy!thank you Nancy!Elephant Booty Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975374571683132563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389466.post-83307540678941204882011-09-02T14:40:59.115-07:002011-09-02T14:40:59.115-07:00I am so excited to find your blog on composting in...I am so excited to find your blog on composting indigo in a cooler! I had read about it on the IndiGrowing Blue Facebook page, and was looking for more information. I have been growing indigo a few years, and have dyed with fresh, and last year left the liquid in jars through the winter, and used it this year. <br />I know no one here who knows much about the process, and I have questions you may be able to help me with, or direct me to someone who can. Would it be possible for you to email me so we could make arrangements to talk? My email is nancydorrell@mac.com.<br />You may be interested to know my daughter, who recently graduated in Art Education, when our family spent a year in Sendai, Japan, was privileged to learn shibori from a very skillful sensei, and it was through her sensei that I was able to grow some indigo and became interested in doing this in the US.<br />Actually, my main interest is that I love farming ;-) and am trying to perfect making blue cold-process soap with my home-grown indigo, something I find almost no information about. The first time I tried making indigo soap with fresh leaves, my soap mixture went through the color stages to a beautiful blue, then in reverse, to a beautiful white! But when I used the fresh leaves, before the reduction stage, and when I used the liquid that had been sitting all winter, I could get blue soap. I would love to find someone who could explain this to me. <br />Thank you, again for your wonderful blog. Nancyneighborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13538838320694096281noreply@blogger.com