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The Circular BLUE<\/strong> project proposes to grow<\/strong> and dye<\/strong> textile with Persicaria Tinctoria<\/a> (F\u00e4rber Kn\u00f6terich\/ Tade-Ai) in an urban community garden, Elisabeet<\/a> in Soldiner Kiez, Berlin. The project experiments with a fermentation indigo vat: a dye-bath that uses bacteria to dye fabric with Indigo and a Sukumo color extraction: hot composting Persicaria leaves to get colors from the plants. The project is about implementing a sustainable and circular textile dye practice in an urban environment together with neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We grow dye plants in the soil. And the used-up dye bath is given back to the soil. This will be a fertilizer for the next cycle of growth. A \u201csoil to soil\u201d circular system for textile dye<\/strong>. The project is inspired by the indigo project from the Fibershed.org<\/a> and their proposal for locally sourced and produced sustainable textile practice. We would like to produce a circular blue textile, made in Soldiner kiez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is NEW<\/code> at the garden<\/h4>\n\n\n