Over the summer, we have been collecting plant material to make into ink. The inks are easy to make – plant material is cooked and sieved and reduced and strained again until a strong colour is reached.
Ink making
Category Archives: Recipes for inks and dyes
Woad Dyeing
The woad leaves are torn up and boiling water is poured over them. This stew is left for an hour to get the colour out of the leaves.
The sherry colour liquid is processed by first adding some washing soda to make it ph9-10 and then oxygen is both added and removed.
Silk and wool fibres tend to take up more colour than cotton and linen.