FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Storing mordanted wool and getting logwood’s rich purple to stay.
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FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Are natural dyes really compostable and besides eating rice, can we dye with it?
FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week: You want a deep red and a dark blue and we deliver on how to do that.
Video From FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Beam Paints
Last week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY, we had Anong Beam of Beam Paints. Anong says her business is the result of a multi-generational love of pigment, paint, color, and innovation. “I was raised by my artist parents, Carl Beam and Ann Beam, and was taught from a young age how to harvest hematite pigment in the LaCloche mountain range near our home in M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island.” Beam Paints draws on Anong’s early education in Indigenous pigment and expands it to encompass all paint traditions. She talked about the progression of her craft, her love of color, and more. … Read more
MORDANT MONDAY: Using Alum Sulfate For Plant & Protein Fibers?
We get mordant questions all the time at Botanical Colors so why not create Mordant Monday??? Got mordanting questions? Email [email protected] YOU ASKED: I’m confused about the different types of aluminum mordants. I want to do some dyeing of fabric (silk, cotton) and also some wool. Do I need to use different aluminum mordants for these different fibers? I was told that I needed aluminum acetate for plant fibers and aluminum sulfate for protein fibers. Is that true? I have alum sulfate and would love to use it for both if that is workable. KATHY ANSWERED: Mordanting provides lots of … Read more
Sunday Visit: Dyes, Quilting + Farming in Colorado’s High Desert With Farm & Folk
Today on Sunday Visit, we welcome Sara Buscaglia of Farm & Folk. Sara is an organic farmer, natural dyer and textile artist residing in the high desert of southwest Colorado. Her inspiration is found in the paradigm shifting slow processes of tending soil, seeds, and plants. Through her experience of being directly connected to food, natural color and fiber she has gained an understanding and appreciation of their true value. Her naturally dyed quilts are an embodiment of that. On September 26th, Sara debuted her first book Farm & Folk Quilt Alchemy: A High-Country Guide to Natural Dyeing and Making … Read more
Easy Eco-Printing Instructions
I’ll admit I am a latecomer to eco-printing, but now find it quite useful to extending dyestuffs that have had one life making a dyebath, but the bulky residue and stuff that gets strained out is still full of color. I prefer used dyestuffs for eco-printing as there’s usually so much dye left in the ingredients and to me, they aren’t quite ready for the compost pile. Plus, once you open your eyes to the amount of color that’s around us, this is a simple way to try out colors you’ve been curious about. Experiment with raw dyestuffs, or tannin-rich … Read more
Sunday Visit: In Tangier With Yto Barrada
Every Sunday, Botanical Colors sits down for an interview with a luminary in the natural dye and textile world. Today we get to meet Yto Barrada, a Moroccan-French artist recognized for her multidisciplinary investigations of cultural phenomena and historical narratives. In 2006, Yto founded the artist-run Cinémathèque de Tanger, North Africa’s first cinema cultural center, now an internationally appreciated institution. She also founded The Mothership in Tangier, a radical eco-campus for artists, makers, and researchers growing, making, and learning natural dyes and indigenous traditions, and a place for experimental collective artistic practice through art residencies and workshops. Her work has … Read more
Mid-Week FEEDBACK: Indigo Iron Vat & Expired Dyes
This week: How to make an indigo iron vat, can dyes expire and washfastness