Mordants, tannins, assists and modifiers in natural dyeing and eco printing, what are they, and what are they not.

Mordants, tannins, assists and modifiers in natural dyeing and eco printing, what are they, and what are they not.

Rhamnus frangula on cellulose textiles

Dyeing with alder buckthorn bark (Rhamnus)

Dyeing green with logwood and weld

History and practical use of natural dye pastes for modern textile printing.

Madder Crop History in the Netherlands

Logwood made with a mordant called prune de monsieur, extracted from 18th century recipes.

All about the magic combination of tannins with iron

If you know my work you know I will always try to go straight to the source of everything; my cochineal comes directly from a small...

Creating deep black hues from natural dyes in four steps.

Logwood dye, in three different hues

A deeper look into the process of hand weaving fabrics in India

Sappan wood (Brazil wood) how-to for textile dyeing

Dyeing methods and samples for Himalayan Rhubarb for golden browns and brick reds.

Low Impact Dyeing as a new way to create impressive green blues.

The last months (and months to come) I am working on a project that contains a series of up cycled wedding dresses. This is the first...

9 Top gadgets for eco printing and natural dyeing

9 Top gadgets for eco printing and natural dyeing

A post about all the different salts available for natural dyeing and botanical printing. In botanical printing and natural dyeing, we...