7.04.2014

Natural Dyeing: Part Seven.

Pre–wetting fabrics on left to dip into the iron bath on right. 
Golds immediately turned into olive greens. 
 Osage Orange dye mordanted w/ Tannin + Iron, Tannin + Alum + Iron, Alum, and Tannin + Alum
Step Seven: (Optional) Mordant after-bath of iron to "sadden" or darken the colors. 
Iron turns the golden colors into olive greens!

2 comments:

Cathy said...

This series is so inspiring!!

Nome Alone said...

Thanks Cathy!!

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