Wednesday 13 August 2014

Interesting

After leaving the bundles until a slight mould had begun to grow, which must surely be long enough, I've just opened these and been quite surprised. 
They are both a mixed bunch of sunflowers and agapanthus but the results are quite different. The "yellow" piece is cotton mordanted with alum, 
the pale piece is silk. I like the greens that have marked the silk fabric 
and am startled by the strength of the yellow on the cotton.  I took these pictures while the fabrics were still wet, I wonder whether they will be considerably paler when they dry.

Edited:

I'm adding pictures taken today, 14th August, of the fabrics now they are dry. Much paler colours, especially the yellow.

7 comments:

  1. That yellow is a fantastic shade, well done with both

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  2. These are great Lis! Janine is dyeing back in the UK too. She has some fantastic results!

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  3. I love the yellow piece - where do you source your alum??

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  4. I guess these will look paler when they are dry. The pale cloth has some nice spots.

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  5. Interesting results from your eco dyeing Lis. A friend at Stitchcraft has been doing a lot of experiments with natural dyeing and she's go tsome fabulous effects. She's made her own mordants from rusty nails in white vinegar and with copper. I think she got the recipes from Jenny Dean's Wild Colour book. I've currently got two bundles of rose petals in silk that I should unwrap. They smell lovely :-)

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  6. What lovely work - I love the vividness of that yellow. Have enjoyed reading about your processes. xCathy

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  7. Thanks everyone. Gill, I got the alum from George Weil online, they have everything you could possibly need for dyeing (and other crafts too).

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hugs, Lis x