Tag Archives: Eco Dyeing

A First Try at Eco-Dyeing with Staghorn Sumac (Rhus Typhina)

Posted on August 26, 2018 by

I was delighted, when we first came in May last year to inspect what was to become our new home,  to find no less than four mature Staghorn Sumac trees flourishing in the garden, for I knew Sumac to be … Continue reading →

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In Search of Blue: Dyeing with Woad, Beans and Lentils

Posted on March 13, 2018 by

And I haven’t found it. Blue. Yet. And in the first picture, when I believed I was dyeing with black beans, I discovered I’d used black lentils. Pah! Black beluga lentils, which are – blue.  I do like the bronzey silks, however. … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 23, 2017 by

Another from a recent eco print batch. The paper ground is one of the layers from the cardboard backing that fell away, after the boiling process, from my eco printing experiment using watercolour board. The wet cardboard fell apart into … Continue reading →

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Mark-Making with the Iron Blanket

Posted on November 14, 2016 by

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Archeology and Hand Dyeing – Some Raspberry-Dyed Fabrics and Papers

Posted on July 12, 2015 by

Raspberry Dyed FabricsGrowing on our new allotment is a number of raspberry plants. They’re old and neglected, but still producing little fruits, though not particularly useful, food-wise.

Rather than wasting the harvest, I used it to dye some fabrics and papers. Continue reading →

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