Botanical Colors

This week: Is it possible to use too much natural dye in a vat, foaming kamala and getting green with myrobalan

This week: Lac and our BioHue inks get lots of questions online. We get a little feedback help from Judi Pettite, founder of BioHue inks!

This week: Quebracho rojo gets the spotlight and microwaving wool?

This week: How to make a “Christmas Green” and info on making your own printing dyes from extracts and liquids

This week: What kind of dye pots should you use, do liquid dyes need a mordant and how to shift color with iron

This week: Iron contamination, stainless steel dye pots and overnight in the dye bath? Hmmmm…

This week: Liquid dyes for silk flower making and what’s up with those red marks when dyeing with madder?

This week: Insight into print paste thickening and how long can an indigo vat stay alive?

This week: iron stains, straining and repeat offenders

This week: Indigo for printing and how is calcium hydroxide and tortilla masa linked?