Confused About Cochineal? Ask Kathy!
…has yielded from cochineal dye has often varied. I know from reading your site (and Amy DuFault’s blog post), that Botanical Colors’ cochineal process typically starts with the silvery purple…
…has yielded from cochineal dye has often varied. I know from reading your site (and Amy DuFault’s blog post), that Botanical Colors’ cochineal process typically starts with the silvery purple…
…news that there was no cochineal extract available. Cochineal growers decided that the cost and effort of raising cochineal was too steep for the prices they were being paid and…
…Dictionary being used to describe pale reds is the late seventeenth century”. Our recipe today comes from the historically charged and potently packed insect cochineal. 100g of whole cochineal insects…
…began to smell like hints of death warmed over. Cochineal is a red dye consisting of dried female cochineal insects that feed on the nopal cactus, sucking moisture and nutrients…
Whole Cochineal Insects 100g of Whole Cochineal Insects will dye about 900 grams (2 pounds) of fiber to a deep red shade. For detailed instructions, please see our page on…
…mordant and describe the mordanting steps. 2. Are you using cochineal insects or cochineal extract? If you are using cochineal extract, which one? 3. What type of red are you…
…nice true red using two dyes: madder and cochineal with a tannin and alum mordant. I dyed first with madder and achieved a deep reddish orange, then overdyed with cochineal….
…Rio de Janeiro and took aboard prickly pear cactus plants containing colonies of the Cochineal insects for this purpose. Sadly, the insects died out before an industry could get off…
This week: Basically everything you need to know for dyeing silk with cochineal Every week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community asking simple and complex questions…
…possible if you use natural dyes to “paint” or dip the completed paper. Related articles on cochineal: Confused About Cochineal? Ask Kathy! Dyeing For Dummies: The Wonders of Cochineal …