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Dye Lab

An online resource for anyone who would like to explore using plants for colour.

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Dye Lab Vocab 

  • Collecting Plants/Suppliers
  • Foragers Guide to Collecting Local Colour
  • List of Plants and Colours
  • Cultivating Dye Plants at Grand Parade
  • Solar Dyeing
  • Mordants
  • Dye Method 1 : No Mordant Required
  • Dye Method 2: Mordants
  • Tips for Dyeing Paper
  • Ink Recipe: Evaporation Method
  • Ink Recipe: Soda Ash Method
  • Pigment making
  • Pigment to Paint
  • Screen printing 
  • Block printing medium
  • Ferrous Sulphate
  • Natural v Synthetic
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