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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...
Silk fabric is a Reliable Eco-Friendly and Renewable Fabric Source
A lot has been said about the sustainability of different fibers, and silk has been getting a bad reputation in the last years with large...
Botanical Printing with an Iron Blanket.
In the botanical printing groups online, you will read the term 'iron blanket' often. And I would like to explain to you what it is and...
Fiber Foundations: the difference between mordants and tannins.
On the various eco-printing and natural dye fora there is a lot of confusion and mis-use of terminology going on when it comes to the...
Fiber Foundations: Understanding Mordants
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...
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...
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...
A Tour in the New Studio
You may know how I started working from my home, then occupied a spare bedroom and eight months ago moved out of that room to a small...
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...
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...
What makes a Plant a Dye Plant? - Part 2 Anthraquinones
Red is a fascinating color. In the plant world there are several different phytopigments that are responsible for reds, purples and...
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...
Make dye and ink from Persian Berries
They are another classic of the natural dye world. Buckthorn berries, Avignon berries, or best known as; Persian berries. Buckthorn...
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...
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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