hobby #152

Natural Dye Textile Printing

Using plant-based dyes extracted from local flora to create repeating block-printed patterns on woven fabric. Combines botanical material collection, mordant chemistry for colour fastness, carved woodblock pattern design, and precise registration on handwoven textiles. Each print requires understanding plant chemistry, dye extraction timing, and heat/pressure transfer dynamics.

May 31 10:23 AM #152 5 min

Pale Tan at the Coordination Complex I Trusted

Natural Dye Textile Printing

Walnut hulls, aluminum mordant, and a coordination complex that produced every shade of beige I didn't want.

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