The adventure continues on our site, where you can find our products and information about the process: www.lumi.co

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Take a peek at what you can design with the Lumi Process:

What is the Lumi Process?

The Lumi Process is a revolutionary photographic print process for textiles and natural materials. The process is based on Inkodye, mixable, dilutable, water-based dyes, which develop their color in sunlight. Currently available in three colors: red, orange and blue.

Inkodye can bind to any vegetal or animal fiber, such as cotton, linen, wool, silk, suede and wood. Once fixed, the color becomes permanent and can go through repeated machine washes without fading.

Inkodye's light-sensitive properties open new possibilities for artistic and commercial uses:

True photographic prints that show a range of tonality rather than half-tone patterns. Turn your smartphone pictures into beautiful designs.

that show a range of tonality rather than half-tone patterns. Turn your smartphone pictures into beautiful designs. Permanent. Your prints will be soft and machine-washable. The dye actually becomes part of the fiber.

Your prints will be soft and machine-washable. The dye actually becomes part of the fiber. Works on any natural fiber. Great on 100% cotton tees and delicate materials like silk, suede and wool which are not capable of going through pH or heat-setting stages.

Great on 100% cotton tees and delicate materials like silk, suede and wool which are not capable of going through pH or heat-setting stages. Prints over rough materials such as burlap, jute and sewn garments, into recesses that typical screen-printing could not reach.

such as burlap, jute and sewn garments, into recesses that typical screen-printing could not reach. Uses the sun! No need for electricity, silkscreens or high-end equipment.

The System

Starter Kit

The starter kit includes 4 ounces of each color (118ml), instructions, a vignette-shaped stencil and a negative that you can cut out and start experimenting with.

This kit will allow you to print between 12 sq ft. and 48 sq ft. (1.1 m2 to 4.4 m2) depending on how absorbent your material is, and whether or not you dilute the dye.

Transparent Film

The film provided in our Full System Kit is 11x17" (equivalent to A3 paper) specially coated for laser printing. It absorbs more toner than typical transparencies allowing you to print dense negatives. This will ensure that the whites in your image stay white. Each transparency is connected to a carrier sheet of paper which makes it run through typical copiers more effectively.

If you prefer to use your own transparency, there are a few ways to get dark negatives. The easiest we've found is to print two negatives on your home inkjet printer and double them up.

Textile Detergent

To make sure your prints don't continue developing, you'll have to wash out the unexposed dye in hot water with a strong textile detergent. The one we provide is specifically made to clear residual dye. However, it is possible to use regular laundry detergent, but you may need to run your print through the washing machine twice.

How can I use the Lumi Process?

Design photographically-printed garments.

Create colorful artwork on natural materials.

Give the objects around you a new life.

Start a business printing with light.

Make shadow prints, like this design by Jessica Jones from "How About Orange".

What's the app for?

Lumityper is a simple utility that helps you create negatives from your smartphone pictures. It also gives you mobile access to printing instructions and troubleshooting guides.

Once you've turned your image into a negative, you can save it or email it to yourself. The file can then be printed directly on a copier such as the ones found at Kinkos/FedEx.

The app was designed for iPhone, and will be available soon after the campaign ends. Thanks to your support we will be working towards an Android version too! If you're an Android user please fill out this form which will help us decide which devices to develop for.

Negatives can also be made on your computer, using Photoshop, or even web apps such as Pixlr.com. We have a guide that helps you through the process.

The app will be free to download for all backers.

Why are you using Kickstarter?

We've been selling Inkodye for the past 6 months and it has already been shipped to customers in over 60 countries! Some of them have already created amazing things. Along the way we realized that additional tools, like clear films, textile detergent and apps could help make printing with Inkodye even easier . We're using Kickstarter because it's the fastest way to bring the Lumi Printing System directly to the people who want to use it.

Over 2 years ago we ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund research on this project. Thanks to all of you, we made our printing process a reality. Now it's time to share that technology with the community that made it possible!

In order to provide this system of tools at an affordable price, we need to buy supplies in large volumes, which is why we are raising $50,000. Any funds that exceed that amount will be dedicated to improving the process, like developing new colors, and bringing the Lumityper app to Android and desktop computers.

Take it further...

We've created several great options if you want to take your Lumi printing projects further. These rewards offer savings up to 20% off retail price.

Share with a friend! Includes the $70 full system, plus an extra kit.

Print it all. Get an additional 48 ounces of Lumi printing power. Enough to print over 40 t-shirts!

Host workshops. Includes 30 extra bottles of Inkodye to help you teach photography, chemistry, textile arts, and more.

Start a printing business. With this set you'll be ready to start producing a whole collection! It's over 250 ounces of Inkodye.

The FAQ below answers questions you may have about the process. For more detailed information see http://help.lumi.co