Dye experiments using different alum based mordants

Using Genista Tictoria, Dyer's Greenweed as a yellow dye source

I was gifted 5 beautiful Persicaria Tinctoria plants by my new friend Hagar in the North of my country. She has been growing a field of...

testing 7 different yellow natural dyes and their tannin levels.

4 Natural Dyes you can use without the need of a mordant. Most natural dyes really need a good mordanting, either aluminium based...

Het is echt verwarrend als je net begint met botanische prints, en je leest op de blogs: katoen, AA, Euc, Fe dip, 90 minuten gestoomd....

They are another classic of the natural dye world. Buckthorn berries, Avignon berries, or best known as; Persian berries. Buckthorn...

9 Top gadgets for eco printing and natural dyeing

A post about all the different salts available, because I really got confused. In eco printing and natural dyeing we use different salts...

Using blankets 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...

All plant materials contain a mix of different phytochemicals. I am not going to re-invent the wheel and I will quote Wikipedia on the...

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...

Red is a fascinating color. In the plant world there are several different phytopigments that are responsible for reds, purples and...

Part three in the series about what makes a plant a dye plant

Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances in an organism, in this case; alum. There are a few plants that are...