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    Jul 01, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS: KIM WILLIS.

    ‘I love natural dyeing techniques’

    Lisa Reddings, 46, is the founder of Indigowares. She lives in Hertfordshire with her children, Minnie, nine, and Dexter, seven.

    THE IDEA

    I worked as a freelance textile designer for nearly 20 years, and it left me disillusioned by the fashion industry. In 2016, I started indigo-dyeing, a method of resist-dyeing using the natural organic compound indigo. This led me to Shibori, a traditional Japanese technique of binding, wrapping and compressing cloth to create patterns. The fabric comes out of the dye pot green, oxidises and turns a beautiful blue – a process I found fascinating. I launched Indigowares in July 2018 to celebrate traditional dyeing and printing techniques with a contemporary twist.

    WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

    I ran a stall at arts and craft fairs, and sold on Etsy and through Instagram. In 2019, I started sourcing Kantha-stitched textiles, a traditional Indian way of recycling. A friend in India used my

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