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Eco Dyeing On Paper Tutorial

May 16, 2021

How I Eco Dye my Papers part 1 Watch later. After one day youll already start to see the water accumulating rust.

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As promised Eco Dyeing part 2.

Eco dyeing on paper tutorial. If you like arts crafts and journals dont forget to like share and subscribe. Rubber bands or string. Try to get the tightest roll you can.

Place a rack inside the roaster pan and lay your bundle of papers on top. Turn off the heat and let the paper cool but dont allow it to dry out. Add water to the roaster and turn on high.

Just a brief outline on how I added watercolour onto my eco dyed pages to lift the images. This short tutorial is to encourage you to expand on your creative. We soaked the paper in the Alum solution for about 10 minutes before placing our leaves and flowers on the wet paper stacking the pages up into a bundle that we secured with card and string.

Subscribe by hitting the subscribe button and hit the bell icon to receive. Alum solution dip is one option but will yield more yellow results so I have simplified even further using just a vinegariron dip. Heat the dye on the stove until it begins to simmer.

Lay flat to dry. Place your paper bundle in a dye pot a cooking pot dedicated to dyeing only to avoid food contamination and cover with boiling water. Steam the Ecoprint Papers.

This is akin to flower pounding. How I Eco Dye my Papers part 1 - YouTube. Selection of plant material.

Eco Dyeing on card and paper. I have a new online workshop that goes into greater detail and shows you how to have more control over your outcome and how to bring more color to your print. Steamer mine came from charity shop.

Eco dyeing paper is one of my most favorite things to do. Just as eco printing has many options for preparing fabric. Eco Dyeing Paper How to Eco Print - YouTube.

Bring to the boil then simmer for about 1 hour. Autumn leaves print particularly well because they are high in tannins and carotenoid and anthocyanin pigments which all give colour. The paper absorbs the colour really quickly when the dye is hot.

Using gloves cut off the thread or rubber bands and discard. I use my eco print papers in my junk. Windfall Paper with Watercolor Lets talk about the simplicity of eco printing on paper.

If possible do this step outside or open doors and windows to ensure good ventilation. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your. This is in the dyepot today Here are the supplies what I used Take a walk and scout out leaves branches and flowers.

Card or Watercolor Paper I used 140lb Acid Fee. Paper is really just a cellulose fibre like cotton or tree pulp. The longer it sits the more concentrated it will become.

Start taking each sheet up and gently pull off the plants and discard. Readying the paper. Eco-printing on paper is a fun and easy way to introduce children to the wonders of natural dyeing or to get started with it yourself.

Place in a vegetable steamer and steam for as long as possible at least two hours adding. This will allow you to experiment with rust-dyeing. All the papers are dry and Im sharing the finished results of my eco dyeing with alum added to my papers.

Begin to dip the paper into the hot dye. White Vinegaryou do not have to use this experiment and see which you prefer. Turn off the heat.

Old Ceramic wall tiles. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and please feel fr. Once the water begins to boil lower the heat cover and simmer for about 1 12 to 2 hours.

Right away you should put the fasteners inside the jar add a little water and let it sit for a few days. Once our bundle was nestled in the top of the steamer with water underneath the rack we popped the lid on and weighted it down to stop the paper lifting it off. Heres a tutorial for one particular method using autumn leaves.

Gently rinse off any remaining plant matterdye from paper but be super careful not to rub the surface so that you dont disturb the fibers for future use. Then put the dye pot on a heat proof mat on the table next to your cloths. The flowers should have some strong color.

I dont have enough space to steam the pages flat so I rolled my leaves and papers into bundles then tied them with twine. Now we need to work quickly while the dye is hot.

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