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Mordant Monday: R U Mordant Curious?

May 5, 2024May 6, 2024

Mordant Monday: Spotlight on Sumac

April 28, 2024April 29, 2024

Sunday Visit: Arounna Khounnoraj and the Origins of @Bookhou

April 28, 2024April 27, 2024

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Are you Mordant Curious?? Head to our #MordantMond

Are you Mordant Curious?? Head to our #MordantMonday Blog today to learn all about the differences between Aluminum Triformate, Aluminum Potassium Sulfate & Aluminum Acetate! Kathy has made a table for you summarizing the differences, features and uses of our mordants!

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We are excited to host Brittany Boles of @seaspell

We are excited to host Brittany Boles of @seaspellfiber, a driving force of all things indigo for an online workshop using fresh leaf indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) and an array of techniques to get the most color out of your precious indigo crop. Brittany is a wonderful instructor and we’re honored to work with her again and offer this online workshop. This is one of our most popular indigo classes as many people grow Japanese indigo and are looking for ways to capture the beautiful, elusive color.

Britt will guide you through the steps to create beautiful blue, seafoam green and even capture the purple lilac hues from indirubin using simple tools and methods.

As a special treat, Britt will also demonstrate indigo pigment and how to use extracts such as our Vibrant Valley Blue Indigo Paste for direct application. @vibrantvalleyblue e

The workshop will be held Saturday July 20 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific. You may register and follow along using your own indigo plants, or view the recording later when your plants are ready. Sign up in the workshops section of our website!

#freshleafindigo #indigo #naturaldyeing #naturaldye #naturaldyes

Lisa made a gorgeous rainbow starting with sumac ,

Lisa made a gorgeous rainbow starting with sumac , adding madder and finishing off with indigo dips! Look at all these gorgeous hues!

Have you tried a tannin base rainbow? 🌈

Here is a quick little teaser video of Kentaro & K

Here is a quick little teaser video of Kentaro & Kathy making a henna indigo vat with our @vibrantvalleyblue indigo paste! Have you given it a try yet?

#indigo #blue #organicindigo #naturaldye #naturaldyeing

Just saying hi! Here’s a cute shot of Kathy and

Just saying hi! Here’s a cute shot of Kathy and Lisa making samples. Lisa is our dye house project manager! Our team at Botanical Colors loves to have a bit of fun. We send out weekly newsletters telling you the BTS happenings at Botanical Colors. Let us know what you’d like to learn in the comments!

#botanicalcolors #bts #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #samples

It's the beginning of AAPI Month and we want to ce

It's the beginning of AAPI Month and we want to celebrate by showcasing our selection of dyes from Asia & Southeast Asia. We are proud to carry our Japanese Traditional Dyes and Ceriops from @Threadsoflifebali. Have a swipe through to see some of the beautiful colors you can achieve with these rich dyes.

#ceriops #threadsoflife #aapimonth #naturaldyes

Scholarship Opportunity for Mushroom Forage Worksh

Scholarship Opportunity for Mushroom Forage Workshop

Botanical Colors and Julie Beeler are opening a spot in our exciting Mushroom Forage workshop for a scholarship participant. The event is scheduled for September 27-29 2024 at our studio in Seattle. @mushroomsforcolor

All are encouraged to apply! Applications are due by Friday May 3 at 5PM Pacific and we will notify the applicants by May 5, 2024. Click the link below to review the terms and conditions and access the application.

Good luck and looking forward to having you join us!

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Note: General Registration for the workshop opens on Tuesday, May 7 at 12:00 PM Pacific, 3:00 PM Eastern

#mushroomdye #mushroomcolor #botanicalcolors #juliebeeler

Taking a little time to work more closely with tan

Taking a little time to work more closely with tannins has been incredibly interesting! This week’s #MordantMonday tannin exploration focuses on Sumac. Sumac is from the Rhus genus and its scientific name is Rhus coriaria. It’s native to southern Europe and western Asia where it is commonly known as Tanner’s Sumac or Sicilian Sumac. We are fortunate to have number of North American native sumac including Rhus glaubra, sometimes called Smooth Sumac, and Rhus typhina or Staghorn Sumac, known for its dramatic bright red berry clusters. The staghorn berries were used by indigenous people as a tea, and the bark, branches, leaves and roots all contain tannin. The red berries may be used as a tea, a “lemonade” and also ground as a tangy spice. This formulation of sumac that we offer is the ground bark.

I was amazed at how beautiful a base tannin Sumac is. It imparts a light, clear yellow on cotton, making it an ideal foundation for color over-dyeing, and indigo combinations. Like our other examples, when combined with other colors you can get exciting mixes and beautiful color blends that harmonize and are perfect for patchwork, creating gradations and stitching.

Skill level: Good for an intermediate or advanced dyer. You should be familiar with cellulose mordanting, using iron as a post-bath, dyeing with natural dye extracts, and indigo dipping and over-dyes. If you are an adventurous beginner, try sumac + indigo and as your skills develop, move to the other variations.

The inspiration for using Sumac comes from Sara Buscaglia of Ancient Futures Farm @Farmandfolk and author of the book Farm & Folk Quilt Alchemy (we have signed copies!) In her book, Sara beautifully articulated some ideas that I’d been mulling over and when I saw the results she achieved, I knew we should dive in and start testing colors. It’s been a lot of fun!

#mordantmonday #sumac #botanicalcolors #naturaldyes #tannin #rainbow

Today on #SundayVisit, our bi-weekly Interview ser

Today on #SundayVisit, our bi-weekly Interview series - we sit down with the incredible @bookhou to learn about the origins of how she & her husband began and learn about her process! Head to the blog to read more 💙

Don’t forget! TWO MORE DAYS of our Earth Day sal

Don’t forget! TWO MORE DAYS of our Earth Day sale. We’ve reduced prices on our dyes that are made from by-products in honor of #earthday. Here pictured is lac which comes from the shellac industry!

Lac (Laccifer lacca) extract comes from a scale insect known from antiquity throughout India, Southeast Asia, Nepal and China. The deep red colorant is extracted from a hard resinous crude shellac before it can be successfully used as a dye. So the resin is known as shellac. It is used for lacquer and in addition as a protective covering for wood. Lac dye was used to color silk and dye leather and was mentioned as early as 250 AD.

Lac extract is an affordable alternative to obtain pinks, purples and burgundy reds on protein fibers using an alum mordant. However, you will need a small amount of citric acid to use with lac. 50g of lac extract will dye approximately 500g of fiber (1.1 pounds) to a dark red shade. For more information on how to use lac, please visit our page on natural dye extracts.

What is your favorite waste dye you’ve tried? Let us know in the comments 👇

#lac #botanicalcolors #naturaldyes #naturaldyeingstudio

Seattle & The PNW! The incredible @sashaduerr sash

Seattle & The PNW! The incredible @sashaduerr sashaduerr will be having a pop up at the end of her Workshop this Sunday with signed copies of her book! We can’t wait to host her, so if you couldn’t make the class, come by at the end of this Sunday at 4pm to get a copy! Can’t wait to see you there!

Mordanted Materials Are Back In Stock This Earth

Mordanted Materials Are Back In Stock

This Earth week, we want you have all the tools you need to up-cycle and create your own D.I.Y masterpieces. We use low impact and low water use methods to mordant, helping you to hit the ground running with your natural dyeing projects. Try our mordanted silk hankies, 2 Pack of Handwoven Hemp-Cotton Towel Irregulars & our Mordanted Cotton Bandana 6-Pack! We also have a mordanted hemp towel eco print kit!

#mordant #naturaldyekit #d.i.y. #naturaldyes #ecoprint

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