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SOLD OUT: Mushroom Forage, Dyes, Pigments, Paints & Inks

Join well-known mushroom educator/artist, designer, educator and author Julie Beeler and Botanical Colors for Mushroom Forage, Dyes, Pigments, Paints & Inks September 27, 28, 29, 2024 At Botanical Colors Studio 503 S Michigan St, Ste B Seattle WA 98108 We are thrilled to welcome Julie back for another forage workshop, this time in the forested Puget Sound area. Join us for an amazing weekend of celebrating Julie’s new book, enjoying a mushroom-themed meal, foraging for dye mushrooms, and creating in the studio with dye mushrooms! Julie says: We will kick off the weekend on Friday at Botanical Colors for a … Read more

Mordanted Hemp-Cotton Towel Eco-Print Kit

We mordanted some very vintage hemp-cotton towels so you can get right to the fun part: dyeing! These towels were mordanted with oak gall tannin and aluminum sulfate and are ready for bundle dyeing. We supply marigold, logwood and onion skins with the towels. Sprinkle, roll, wrap and steam and you are done! Follow our easy instructions below and make a hostess gift or brighten your kitchen. The towels are a silvery taupe shade. Some have subtle marks and stains as the fabric is unused but over 50 years old and these will blend right in once the towel is … Read more

SOLD OUT: Arounna Khounnoraj – @bookhou teaches Block Printing with Indigo Overdye

A One Day workshop held at Botanical Colors 503 S Michigan St Ste B Seattle WA 98108 Wednesday September 11, 2024 10AM-4PM We are very excited to have Arounna Khounnoraj from bookhou join us in Seattle for this workshop. Join Arounna in this one-day workshop working with non-toxic textile paint and indigo overdye to print on cotton fabrics. This is the perfect introduction into using overall patterns and indigo to create spectacular results. Arounna says: In this workshop you will be looking at different types of repeat patterns and creating your own image. You will then carve an individual … Read more

Japanese Surikomi brushes

Surikomi are traditional, handmade Japanese brushes used for textile painting. We offer a range of sizes from a tiny, tiny 0.5 beautiful for pinpoint marks and stipples to the popular larger sizes, that are perfect for larger marks. The brushes are hand carved from a single piece of bamboo, split to hold a round clump of soft deer hair, then seated in a paper “ferrule”, lacquered and stitched together to hold the bristles in place. They are works of art themselves. The dense bristle arrangement allows them to hold significant amounts of pigment and they are suitable for applying washes … Read more

Aquarelle Myrobalan Liquid

Aquarelle Myrobalan Liquid is an easy to use liquid natural dye that creates a soft butter yellow color. For information on how to use it, please see our liquid dye instruction page. Each Aquarelle liquid natural dye is pre-extracted from a leaf, root, bark or other natural source. In addition, they combine easily and produce beautiful shades. Thicken with print paste thickener. After that, use for printing, painting and other surface design applications. People commonly use myrobalan (Terminalia chebula) as a dye throughout India. It grows primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is an upright tree with small … Read more

Sold Out – Arounna Khounnoraj – @bookhou teaches Surface Design Techniques

A Three Day workshop held at Botanical Colors 503 S Michigan St Ste B Seattle WA 98108 Friday September 13-Sunday September 15 10AM-4PM We are very excited to have Arounna Khounnoraj from bookhou join us in Seattle for this workshop. Arounna brings her toolbox of colors, techniques and a keen design eye to guide this in-depth exploration in the natural surface. Working with non-toxic textile paint, clay resist, natural dyes, mordants, modifiers and indigo, we will explore images and color on fabrics. Students will work in Botanical Colors’ fully-equipped studio in the funky industrial-creative Georgetown neighborhood. Arounna says: Join … Read more

Aquarelle Tannin Liquid

Aquarelle Tannin Liquid is an easy to use liquid natural dye that is considered a “light” tannin. Liquid tannin comes from gall nuts, which contain approximately 50-60% tannin. When used as a mordant, it does not significantly alter the color of other natural dyes. It creates a soft purple color with iron or a light buff by itself. For more details, please see our page on how to use liquid dyes. Each Aquarelle liquid natural dye is pre-extracted from a leaf, root, bark or other natural source. They combine easily and produce beautiful shades. Thicken with print paste thickener. After … Read more

Mordant Monday: Celebrating Earth Day & Vibrant Valley Blue

We are thrilled to introduce a new, Pacific Northwest-based indigo paste from the incredible growers and dyers at Vibrant Valley Farm. Kara Gilbert and her skilled team created Vibrant Valley Blue, a Persicaria tinctoria indigo extract. This product is based on years of growing, harvesting and experimenting with varieties, cultivation and extraction and they’ve scaled their production from a few hundred starts to a robust crop of over 10,000 plants. The resulting indigo paste is easy to use and creates a beautiful clear blue. Kara used this indigo to dye a number of garments and styles to hold fashion shows … Read more

Vibrant Valley Blue Indigo Paste

Aquarelle Himalayan Rhubarb Liquid

Aquarelle Himalayan Rhubarb Liquid is an easy to use liquid natural dye that creates a beautiful gold or brown on natural fibers. Shifts in pH will create more yellow or nearly brick red colors. It makes a wonderful olive green when combined with Saxon Blue in the dye pot. For more information on using liquid dyes, please see our how to page. Please note: Aquarelle Himalayan rhubarb liquid works best with wool and protein fibers, and is less intense on cellulose fibers. Himalayan rhubarb is a traditional natural dye from the Himalayan mountains between India and Bhutan. The plant grows … Read more