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Dried Weld Flowers

We are happy to carry beautiful dried weld flowers from Two Looms Textiles based in Washington State. They are sweet-smelling and very potent. The 100g bag contains a mix of weld flowers, stems and leaves. Use all of the plant in the dye pot. For detailed instructions, please see our how to page. Weld (Reseda luteola) is the most lightfast of the yellow dyes, used by ancient tapestry weavers in Central Asia, Turkey and Europe. Weld is the brightest and clearest yellow flower dye. In combination with iron, weld creates a rich chartreuse, or when underdyed with light indigo, yields a … Read more

Soda Ash

Soda ash (SA), also known as sodium carbonate, is a workhorse in the dye studio. It is an easy way to add alkalinity to a dyebath to modify its shade. For example, when added to a madder dye bath, soda ash will cause it to redden. It is also an easy way to raise the pH of an indigo vat or scour silk fibers. From our Feedback Friday series: Is soda ash the same as washing soda? In other words can I substitute washing soda for use in scouring linen? And do I use the same amount? I want to dye with … Read more

Marigold Mix

We are especially pleased at how well marigold mix dyes cellulose fibers. So it’s a great way to create that sunny yellow on cotton and linen. (Kamala extract works best with animal fibers and silk.) For details on how to use marigold mix, please see our page on natural dye extracts. Marigolds are native to Central America but are used as temple flowers in India and used lavishly during the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) when Mexican families celebrate their departed loved ones. Elaborate altars and memorials are festooned with flowers, special sweets and remembrances of family … Read more

SOLD OUT Conjuring Color Blends With Kathy Hattori in New Hampshire!

Sign up for this class is on the Sanborn Mills Farm website. $700, Aug 21, 2024 – August 25, 2024 (9am – 5pm) Conjuring Color Blends With Kathy Hattori at Sanborn Mills Farm in New Hampshire is a course on how to blend colors using natural dyes in unexpected combinations to create beautiful results. The palette will be developed on natural fabrics including hemp, cotton, silk and wool, with an emphasis on cellulose fibers. We will work with natural dyes in raw, concentrated extract and liquid form, different mineral salts and indigo. Pre- and post-dips in iron, pH color changes … Read more

Chlorophyllin Green Dye

Let’s talk about chlorophyllin green dye. Although chlorophyll is the most common green plant color in the natural world, it is tricky to use as a dye. To create green as chlorophyll in its raw state is not stable for textile coloring. That’s why grass stains fade to buff and deciduous leaves lose their chlorophyll and change to brilliant red and gold in the fall. The vivid green of the natural world is a photosynthesis engine but not necessarily a robust dye. There is however, a preparation where chlorophyll green dyes fibers and that is by using chlorophyllin. Chlorophyllin is … Read more

50% OFF!!! Cara Marie Piazza Online Class Bundle – Cosmic Nebula, Gravity Ice Dyeing & Back to Black

Cara Marie Piazza – Online Class Bundle It’s hot, you want cool and beautiful projects. We got you covered. This summer, we are discounting our best-selling Cara Marie Piazza workshops. Purchase all three and get half off. These are great workshops to learn a variety of surface dye techniques for your summer dye parties and creative projects. By purchasing the workshop bundle you will receive THREE PDF downloads with Vimeo links and 90-day access to each workshop. We are working on some special new classes behind the scenes, so this offer will only be available for a limited time! The … Read more

Experience the Colors of Tangier

Experience The Colors of Tangier at The Mothership. August 2024 DATES: August 1 – August 11th, 2024, 11 days, 10 nights PRICING: $4495 includes all activities as detailed below, airfare and lodging are additional The Workshop Overview In this workshop you will be immersed in Moroccan culture, textiles, dye plants and in free creative play. You will be guided in a methodical approach to color building, using the natural dyes growing at the Mothership in Tangier, by Cara Piazza, a New York City based natural dyer and artist. In addition, you will have guided studio time for interdependent creative … 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

Aquarelle Pomegranate Liquid

Liquid Pomegranate is an easy to use liquid natural dye. It creates a bronze yellow or a beautiful olive green shade with iron. For detailed instructions, please visit our page on how to use liquid dyes. Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is known as anaar in India and granado in Spain. It grows wild in India, Italy, North Africa and China. People use pomegranate in India as both a tannin-rich mordant and as a dye. Each Aquarelle liquid natural dye is pre-extracted from a leaf, root, bark or other natural source. They combine easily. In addition, they produce beautiful shades. Thicken with … Read more

Aquarelle Cutch Liquid

Aquarelle Cutch Liquid (Acacia catechu) is the rich reddish brown color seen in Indian textiles. It is both a dyestuff and tanning agent and has been used in India since ancient times. Aquarelle cutch liquid is an easy to use liquid natural dye that creates a soft brown. Alum mordants tend to turn cutch yellow. So if you are seeking a deep chocolate shade, mordant with iron. After that, dye with 20% cutch on the weight of fiber (WOF) for a beautiful brown shade. For more details on using liquid cutch, please see our how to page on liquid dyes. … Read more