Saturday June 27 this year saw us at Virginia Farm, Annangrove to experiment with natural dyeing. Filament members Sheralie and Teresa led the group through varios experiments. We all have a copy of India Flint's book, Eco Colour. http://www.indiaflint.com/
and worked through flower pounding, solar dyeing, rust dyeing, natural dyeing. Annette G, Gail and Robin are most grateful to Sheralie and Teresa whose experience due to numereous experiments was invaluable on the day.
We used a variety of plant matter including gum leaves, beetroot, tumeric...
...brown onion skins
...rust
Wrapped and tied bundles of fabric containing plant matter and rust waiting to be steamed.
Sheralie introduced us to using a safety pin to attach an identification label. The label is cut from plastic index pages for loose leaf binders. We used a sharpie felt tipped pens and the writing survived the steaming and subsequent washing. The letters and numbers refer to our first name initial and sequential number of the card where the information is recorded.
Bundles being steamed.
Rust dyed fabric with a horse shoe and a pliers.
A piece of felt and the vegetable matter used to dye it.
This fabric was dyed with tumeric root and other vegetable matter.
Fabric and dyeing matter in jars ready for solar dyeing.
Teresa discusses flower pounding with Gail.
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