Books, documentaries, articles on indigo
Awa Natural Indigo – Miyoko Kawahito
Blue Alchemy: Stories of Indigo – documentary exploring the global revival of indigo from India to Mexico (find it on Kanopy)
Boro – David Sorgato
Cotton and Indigo from Japan – Teresa Duryea Wong
Country Textiles of Japan – Reiko Mochinaga Brandon
Craftland Japan – Uwe Rottgen and Katharina Zetti
Indigo: A World of Blue – a MAIWA documentary chronicling indigo practices around the world including in India, Laos, Turkiye, Pakistan, Sumba and Java, and interviews with Jenny Balfour-Paul (find it on YouTube)
Indigo: cultivate | dye | create – Kerstin Neumüller and Douglas Luhanko
Indigo – Jenny Balfour-Paul
Indigo in the Arab World – Jenny Balfour-Paul
Indigo: In Search of the Colour that Seduced the World – Catherine McKinley
Indigo, The Colour that Changed the World – Catherine Legrand
Deeper than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, Forgotten Explorer – Jenny Balfour-Paul
The Indigo Evolution – documentary exploring the journey and impact of indigo (Apple TV)
Intuitive Thread – The Beauty of Process in Japanese Textiles by Eloise Rapp, an Australian designer, researcher and educator specialising in textile design. Link to the article in Garland Magazine is HERE
Japanese Country Textiles – Anna Jackson
Kimono Vanishing Traditions: Japanese Textiles of the 20th Century – Cheryl Imperatore and Paul MacLardy
Made in Japan – Shinya Maezaki and Masako Yamamoto
Riches from Rags – Saki-Ori & Other Recycling Traditions in Japanese Rural Clothing – San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum
Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles – Cara McCarty and Matilda McQuaid
Textiles of Japan: The Thomas Murray Collection – Thomas Murray
The Stories Clothes Tell: Voices of Working Class Japan, by Tatsuichi Horikiri
Note: The above list is by no means exhaustive. If you’d like to recommend a book or movie that you’ve enjoyed or found informative and inspiring, please email us at retreatrecreate@gmail.com
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