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        • How to Mordant with Aluminum Triformate
        • How to Mordant with Symplocos
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        • Sappanwood Sawdust Instructions
        • Walnut Powder Instructions
      • How to Dye with Indigo
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Fructose Indigo Vat
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Shakealotta Indigo Vat
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Iron Indigo Vat
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Henna Indigo Vat
      • How to Dye With Liquid Natural Dyes
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How-To: Bundle Dyeing Harvest & Mill Socks

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Video From FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Krystle Moody Wood of Materevolve

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MORDANT MONDAY: Which Plants Need Mordant?

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Today on Takeover Tuesday we have one of our amazi Today on Takeover Tuesday we have one of our amazing seed providers @grandprismaticseed ! We’re almost out of all of their incredible products so get them while they’re hot to start your #dyegarden ! The fellas show us their beautiful dye work with their home grown madder & our mordants! If you can’t wait the three years to harvest the madder roots , we have got you covered ! Happy Spring ! 🌱

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#grandprismaticseed #naturaldyeing #naturaldye #naturaldyegarden #dyegarden #seed #dyeplant #madder #takeovertuesday
YOU ASKED: How do I long-term store your logwood l YOU ASKED: How do I long-term store your logwood liquid extract once it’s opened? Does it go bad?

KATHY ANSWERED: Liquid dyes typically have a shelf life of about 2 years, but I’ve kept them around longer and haven’t noticed any issues. Do be sure to stir them well to get the sediment off the bottom of the bottle.
Shop liquid logwood and have your own experience!
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#logwooddye #naturaldye #naturaldyes #plantdyes #naturaldyersofinstagram
#sustainability #botanicaldye #botanicaldyes #mordant #plantdye #rawdyes
MORDANT MONDAY! A customer asks about dyeing with MORDANT MONDAY!
A customer asks about dyeing with plants from her yard and whether she needs to mordant or not. Kathy goes deep on this one!
Read the Q&A through our MORDANT MONDAY link in our bio or head straight to our blog.
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#mordantmonday #mordant #mordanting #tannin #naturaldye #naturaldyes #plantdyes #naturaldyersofinstagram
#sustainability #botanicaldye #botanicaldyes #mordant #plantdye #rawdyes
Boy are we excited ! @aboubakarfofana has opened u Boy are we excited ! @aboubakarfofana has opened up more placements for his Fermented Mineral Mud-Dyeing and Foraging Workshop July 16-19 in Santa Fe! 

There is also one spot left for the 3 Day Indigo Workshop! Get it while you can. This series is Aboubakar’s last workshop series in the US for 2023 , an experience not to be missed ! We look forward to seeing you there. 

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#aboubakarfofana #botanicalcolors #naturaldye #mineralmud #organicindigo #indigo #textile #masterclass
Egg tempera can be traced as far back as the Fayum Egg tempera can be traced as far back as the Fayum Mummy portraits of Ancient Egypt and in works such as Michelangelo’s The Manchester Madonna in approx 1497. A favorite medium also for 20th century artists like Andrew Wyeth, egg tempera is a fast drying beautifully glossy medium that the home painter can make easily with simply water, egg yolk and pigment or our natural dye extracts. Working with extracts extends the paint into more of a watercolor like substance and playing with modifiers lends to fantastic color shifts when experimenting with pH!

Join @caramariepiazza on April 15th , at 12pm PST / 3pm EST for an Illustrative Afternoon : Painting with Tea Paints, Egg Tempera and Natural Dyes. 

In this class Cara shows how to create illustrative paintings by extracting color from petals, left over dye baths and plays with pH modifiers to make paint on different types of art papers . She also gives a medieval oak gall ink recipe !

We suggest watching the class first, and then gathering the materials and participating at your own speed. We have a kit that comes with the class for you to experiment with too!

This class is great for making stationary, gifts and memorable wrapping paper along with giving you tools to enhance your own creative practices. You will be able to download a pdf with written instructions. We hope to see you there! Clink the link tree profile to sign up! 

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#painting #teapainting #watercolor #eggtempera #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #illustration #floral #stilllife #naturaldyeclass
Sale: Handspun Kala Cotton Fabric! Handspun Kala Sale: Handspun Kala Cotton Fabric!

Handspun Kala Cotton Fabric is a beautiful, completely handmade fabric from the Kachchh district of western Gujurat, India. The fabric is a slubby, thick and thin singles yarn with flecks of cotton husk that adds tons of character to the finished piece. 
It's beautiful.
Shop on our Fabrics & Dyeables page or head straight to our bio link.
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#kalacotton #kalacottonfabric 
#naturaldye #naturaldyes #plantdyes #naturaldyersofinstagram
#sustainability #botanicaldye #botanicaldyes #mordant #plantdye #rawdyes
TODAY ON FEEDBACK FRIDAY, 9am Pacific/noon eastern TODAY ON FEEDBACK FRIDAY, 9am Pacific/noon eastern we welcome sustainable textile consultant @kmoowood of @a_new_material_world. 
Krystle will share a brief overview of the critical ocean and water impacts resulting from current textile and apparel systems and the key ways we can address issues such as microfiber pollution, shifts from climate change, forever chemicals, and more. 

Krystle will follow the presentation with a discussion centered around the role of natural dyes as a solution for these critical issues through the lens of water.
RSVP through our bio link or head straight to our blog.
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#water #fashionindustry #microplastics #carbon #soilcarbon 
#naturaldye #naturaldyes #plantdyes #naturaldyersofinstagram
#sustainability #botanicaldye #botanicaldyes #mordant #plantdye #rawdyes
All Dye Plant Seeds Are 20% Off! It’s time to ge All Dye Plant Seeds Are 20% Off!
It’s time to get seeds started for the spring sunshine. Is this the first time you’ve started a dye flower garden? It’s such an exciting and rewarding endeavor to take on growing your own dye materials. Get in there and grab one of each for a full rainbow of summer and fall color.
They're going fast.
Link in our bio to shop or just head straight to our sale page !
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#dyeflowers #seeds
#naturaldye #naturaldyes #plantdyes #naturaldyersofinstagram
#sustainability #botanicaldye #botanicaldyes #mordant #plantdye #rawdyes
What do tea, eggs and natural dyes have in common? What do tea, eggs and natural dyes have in common?
The ingredients for paint! Loosen up and get in a creative flow with our Illustrative Play Time: Painting with Tea Paints, Egg Tempera and Natural Dyes class with @caramariepiazza!
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#pigments #painting 
#naturaldye #naturaldyes #plantdyes #naturaldyersofinstagram
#sustainability #botanicaldye #botanicaldyes #mordant #plantdye #rawdyes
If you were a wholesaler, you could’ve joined us If you were a wholesaler, you could’ve joined us today for World Water Day to look at 6 water samples from all over the U.S. and how they impacted our cochineal.
The results were pretty amazing.
Want to be part of a future conversation?
Learn more about our wholesale program through our bio link!
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#naturaldye #naturaldyes #plantdyes #naturaldyersofinstagram
#sustainability #botanicaldye #botanicaldyes #mordant #plantdye #rawdyes
#worldwaterday
Head to our stories today for @fieldandgardner ‘ Head to our stories today for @fieldandgardner ‘s beautiful #equinox process. She creates unique coreopsis and #organicindigo shibori stitched patterns. Kristen makes beautiful , original designs and is an avid gardener & textile artist. Head to our stories to see how she works with @grandprismaticseed s and our organic indigo! Happy Equinox! 

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#indigo #shibori #dyegarden #dyegardener #fieldandgardener #botanicalcolors #naturaldye #coreopsis
MORDANT MONDAY! Today Kathy answers questions on p MORDANT MONDAY! Today Kathy answers questions on post-mordanting with iron + her preferred methods for protein mordanting.
Check out the Q&A through our bio link or head straight to our blog.
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    • FEEDBACK FRIDAY Videos
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    • New To Natural Dyes?
      • How-To: Bundle Dyeing Harvest & Mill Socks
    • How Tos
      • How to Scour
      • How to Mordant
        • How to Mordant with Aluminum Acetate
        • How to Mordant with Aluminum Potassium Sulfate
        • How to Mordant with Aluminum Sulfate
        • How to Mordant with Aluminum Triformate
        • How to Mordant with Symplocos
        • How to Mordant with Tannin and Alum
      • How to Dye with Natural Dye Extracts
        • How to dye with Ceriops
      • How to Dye with Raw Materials
        • Cochineal Insect Instructions
        • Dye Flower Instructions
        • Dye Mushroom Instructions
        • Fruitwood Chips Instructions
        • Logwood Chip Instructions
        • Madder Root Instructions
        • Marigold Flower Instructions
        • Oak Gall Instructions
        • Onion Skin Instructions
        • Osage Orange Sawdust Instructions
        • Pericón Instructions
        • Pomegranate Peel Instructions
        • Rhubarb Root Instructions
        • Safflower Instructions
        • Sappanwood Sawdust Instructions
        • Walnut Powder Instructions
      • How to Dye with Indigo
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Fructose Indigo Vat
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Shakealotta Indigo Vat
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Iron Indigo Vat
        • How to Make a 1-2-3 Henna Indigo Vat
      • How to Dye With Liquid Natural Dyes
      • How to use Iron Powder (Ferrous Sulfate)
      • How to use Print Paste Thickener
      • How to check pH
    • Botanical Colors Natural Dye Glossary
    • Botanical Colors FAQ
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Indigo
      • Frequently Asked Questions About Aquarelle Liquid Natural Dyes
    • Blog
  • About Us
    • Our Dyehouse
    • Wholesale Customers
    • General FAQs
    • Order and Shipping FAQs
    • Contact Us
    • Support Aboubakar Fofana’s Organic Indigo Farm