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Sunday Visit: Salvation Through Soy with John Marshall

June 14, 2024June 16, 2024

Mordant Monday: Kakishibu (Persimmon Tannin)

June 8, 2024June 9, 2024

Make a Natural Dye Rainbow

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

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The Incredible John Marshall is having a Trunk Show! Sign up here to learn more!

The Nerd’s Guide To Mordants With Kathy Hattori In New Hampshire! August 14 – August 18

Workshop: Experience The Colors of Tangier

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We sell sustainable textile dyes retail + wholesale from plants and natural sources and have a huge new natural dye production studio-message us!

Today’s Sunday Visit is with the incredible John

Today’s Sunday Visit is with the incredible John Marshall! Head to our blog to hear all about his work. We are so lucky to have had him teaching with us this week! You can now order his new book Salvation Through Soy!

Also, happy Father’s Day to all of our dads in our community!!!

#Salvationthroughsoy #johnmarshall #sundayvisit #japanesetextiles

John Marshall’s Treasure Trove Trunk show is her

John Marshall’s Treasure Trove Trunk show is here!!!

Today June 15th - 503 S Michigan St STE B, Seattle, WA 98108!

Come by the HQ to shop John’s incredible Japanese textiles, dolls, hand made paper and more. John has amassed an incredible collection of historical items he is selling for wonderful prices. You really don’t want to miss this if you’re in the Seattle area!

#John Marshall #japanesetextile #japanesedoll #textile #trunkshow #seattleevents

We have a new exciting offering around @seaspellfi

We have a new exciting offering around @seaspellfiber ‘s FRESH LEAF INDIGO CLASS ! If you’re in the Seattle area, we have now opened up an IN PERSON VIEWING PARTY! You will still receive the recording, but we want to offer you the option to follow along at the Botanical Colors HQ in community!! Join us from 9-12 to watch Britt work her magic via a projector and also receive your own indigo plant to dye along with! You will receive a thriving indigo plant, fabric swatches, use of the tools & studio and access to the recording after the session. Seats are limited!

#naturaldye #naturaldyeing #dyegarden #indigo #freshleafindigo #botanicalcolors #seaspellfiber

In Person Follow-Along for Fresh Leaf Indigo Works

In Person Follow-Along for Fresh Leaf Indigo Workshop! July 20th! @seaspellfiber
Are you interested in using fresh indigo but don’t have time to grow your own?

We have a crop of indigo to share, courtesy of Vibrant Valley Farm and our good friend Erica, and invite you to join our live streaming event in Seattle. We'll view Britt Boles’ Fresh Indigo Five Ways Zoom workshop as a group, and explore fresh leaf indigo together.

We'll supply enough indigo and fabric to follow along with Britt and try the techniques that she covers, plus you will leave with your own indigo plant and tons of inspiration for future fresh leaf fun! Admission includes Zoom workshop registration, all materials and light refreshments.

Head to the workshops section of our website to sign up! Or follow the link in our stories!

#freshleafindigo #indigo #botanicalcolors #naturaldye #dyegarden #naturaldyeingworkshop #naturaldyeworkshop

Saturday July 20 from 9:30AM -12:00PM

RESTOCK! Organic Indigo, Henna & Gallo Tannin are

RESTOCK! Organic Indigo, Henna & Gallo Tannin are all back on the shelves!

#organicindigo #gallotannin #indigo #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #botanicalcolors

It's Eco-printing season!!! Blooms are blooming an

It's Eco-printing season!!! Blooms are blooming and we have all the supplies you need to get to flower pounding, and printing the abundance of your dye gardens! Mordanted Silk Hankies, Mordanted Cotton bandanas, the mordants themselves & more! Swipe through for ideas!

#ecoprint #bundledyeing #bundledye #naturaldye #botanicalcolors #naturaldyeing

This Mordant Monday: Kakishibu (Persimmon Tannin)!

This Mordant Monday: Kakishibu (Persimmon Tannin)!

Natural dyes are fascinating because we can see the history of human curiosity and imagination as it interacts with the natural world. Like, who looked at a hard, green, horribly astringent, inedible persimmon fruit and thought “You know, there’s probably an amazing, insect-repelling, anti-microbial, water-resistant, beautiful color in there if I just ferment it for a couple of years with a slice of eggplant.” Who, exactly?

Whoever that clever person was, we have them to thank for one of my latest obsessions, which is kakishibu. Kakishibu literally means kaki = persimmon and shibu = astringent. So, astringent persimmon, which is a very accurate description of this ingredient that is made from fermented persimmon juice. The green persimmons are full of tannin and yield a very rich brown to dark gray that darkens with repeated dips, exposure to the sun, and with pH and iron shifting. Since it is such a strong tannin, it does not need a mordant. We have not used it in our tannin gradation experiments – yet.

Kakishibu is made when the fruit is developed, but still quite hard and green. According to Takayuki Ishii of Awonoyoh, the persimmons are ground, then pressed. The pressed juice is loosely covered and allowed to ferment for 1-3 years. Once the liquid has fermented, it is ready to use. Takayuki says that a slice of eggplant prevents the juice from coagulating and is discarded once fermentation is complete.

To read more about this amazing tannin dye - head to our blog!

#Kakishibu #persimmontannin #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #botanicalcolors

We have an exciting host of upcoming workshops & p

We have an exciting host of upcoming workshops & previous recordings of past online workshops you can watch from the comfort of your own home!

Coming Up in order of the slides:

Today: our Indigo Dip with Eileen Fisher Renew!
June 15 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Seattle Japanese Garden Community Indigo Dip
June 15 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm - John Marshall’s Treasure Trove! At BC HQ!
July 20 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Online Workshop: Fresh Indigo Five Ways – Blender, Salt, Tataki-Zome and More! With Britt Boles of @seaspell fiber
August 1 - August 11: Experience The Colors of Tangier at @theMothership_tangier With @YtoBarrada & @CaramariePiazza : The Mothership Tangier 312 Route de la Vieille Montagne, Tangier, Morocco

Nothing to report here. Just Kathy’s gorgeous in

Nothing to report here. Just Kathy’s gorgeous indigo babies growing outside the studio 🌱

#Indigo #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #botanicalcolors #dyegarden

A NATURAL DYE RAINBOW FOR PRIDE 🌈 To celebrate

A NATURAL DYE RAINBOW FOR PRIDE 🌈

To celebrate pride this year, we want to give you the tools and dyes to make the rainbow! Use these bandanas as an inspiration to make flags, banners, or gifts! See all of our extracts & dyestuffs below to help you make a beautiful range of natural color. Color details and how-to are in our blog!!

#madder #weld #logwood #indigo #rainbow #naturaldye #naturaldyerainbow #pride

Gorgeous Vintage Hemp Throws now with a Mordant Op

Gorgeous Vintage Hemp Throws now with a Mordant Option!

We discovered a trove of large, handmade hemp throws and decided to offer them mordanted as a blank canvas for summer dye projects. These pieces were used in rural Romanian villages as bed covers, but we love them as casual tablecloths, daybed throws, picnic blankets and more. We professionally dyed a number of these and they take natural colors beautifully. We’ve also bundle-dyed them and it looks amazing.

You can choose to have your throw mordanted (ready for dyeing), or unmordanted. Simply choose the option in the dropdown box.

The vintage hemp throws are handwoven plain and a variety of twill weaves. Some show wear while others seem to have been in storage for decades. Many have a few shots of thread or embroidery that signified the weaver or household where the piece was woven. The throws are a heavy durable textile with the characteristic drape and texture of antique hemp and have withstood time beautifully. They will soften with use and acquire the patina of a well-loved textile. Each throw is one-of-a-kind and will vary in size but they are generally about 54′ x 70″. Each piece is made from three woven panels that have been carefully joined together with durable stitching and hemmed by hand. Our supplier estimates these were woven between 1940-1970.

FAQ: What’s a mordant?

We use a non-toxic metallic salt (aluminium acetate) to pretreat the fabrics before dyeing which is called mordanting. We’ve done the work so you can get started right away. This allows you to be creative with natural dyes without needing to wrestle a large textile in and out of the dye pot.

#mordant #hempthrow #homewares #home #interior #diy #diyinterior #craft #naturaldyeing #naturaldyes

Join us!! June 8 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Eileen Fis

Join us!! June 8 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Eileen Fisher Renew Seattle Community Indigo Dip

Community Indigo Dip at Eileen Fisher Renew Seattle - 4860 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 We are excited to host another Community Indigo Dip at Eileen Fisher Renew. You are invited to bring your own garment to dip and we will have simple shibori tools available to use. Please bring a small item. No chunky sweaters or bedding and nothing synthetic as it will not be able to take the dye.

@eileenfisherrenew ! Sign up in the stories to let us know you’re coming 💙

#naturaldye #indigo #naturaldyeing #botanicalcolors #eileenfisher #renew

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