On Monday night I had dinner with Jesse Genet, the founder of Lumi, a company that makes photographic fabric dye called Inkodye. She was wearing a shirt with an Inkodye print on it. This stuff is amazing! Jesse made the above entertaining video that shows the process of making a photographic print. I just ordered a starter kit. I can't wait to try it out.
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Oct 24, 2013
Inkodye: cool alternative to traditional screenprinting
Artist builds delightful, impractical Rube Goldberg machines for popping balloons
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Save $45 on this wireless charging sonic toothbrush kit
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