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How to create the darkest blacks with tannins and ferrous sulfate.
If you have been reading my blogs you have seen a thing or two about creating dark shades using the magical collusion of tannins with...
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Storing your Natural Dyes and Mordants Safely
Just now, I received an email that made me scream in horror: Hello this is a silly question but, I accidentally ate some of this ...
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The Easiest Apple Cake Recipe
"But why are you putting up a recipe here Suzanne? Is this not a site about natural dyes?" You are 100% correct. But it is also Rosh...
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Chlorophyllin, what is it, and how to dye fabrics with it?
There are no true one-step greens in natural dyes. It is either a khaki or moss-green of sorts by post-mordanting a yellow dye with...
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Dyeing with Kermes
The rarest dyes, part of a series of (now) rare natural dyes, see also the blog about Murex and Kakishibu. Kermens is an insect-derived...
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How to use Symplocos, a plant based alum mordant.
Try Symplocos for a 100% plant based dye process and stunning new shades. In the second half of the 19th century, botany was extremely...
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Mordants: an overview
THE FUNCTION OF MORDANTS Most dyes, when applied to fabric, will either wash out or fade rather quickly. These dyes need to be fixed to...
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Dyeing like it's 1744
When I was young(er) I studied classical guitar. I actually have a degree-and-a-half in it, finishing the final concert of my Masters...
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Using Clubmoss as an Alum Mordant
Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances in an organism, in this case; alum. There are a few plants that are...
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What makes a Plant a Dye Plant? - Part 3: Naphthoquinones.
Part three in the series about what makes a plant a dye plant
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Foraging Flavonoids
Before we get started, let's agree on what I call the Foragers Pact; When foraging it’s important to leave enough for the plant to thrive...
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5 Different Mordants in Eco Printing
In several previous blogs you have been able to see and read more about the different results in natural dyes when using different...
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Natural Dyeing WIthout a Mordant
Here are 4 Natural Dyes you can use without the need of a mordant. Most natural dyes really need a good mordanting, either...
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Abbreviations in Natural Dyeing and Eco Printing for Beginners
It is really confusing, when you are just getting started and you are reading up on the blogs: cotton, AA, Euc, Fe dip, Steamed for 90...
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7 Different Natural Yellows And An Iron Test
testing 7 different yellow natural dyes and their tannin levels.
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4 types of aluminium mordants & recipes for use.
Dye experiments using different alum based mordants
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8 Key Tips for your First Eco Print.
(Or your second) Eco printing has been the rage for the past few years. The term minted by eco print guru India Flint has evolved at the...
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