It is hard to choose, but I also really love the tannin blanket version. Having those crisp prints on the white background with the flecks of blue & black bits make for a beautiful contrast for sure 😊
I'm exploring mordants and color shifts and wondering if iron or tannin is used as a mordant or with a mordant and then dyeing with madder or logwood, can a bit of powdered iron or tannin be added to the dye bath? Does this need to be two separate steps, e.g.: dyeing after mordanting and then adding a post-dye bath? Or can the shift/color enhancer be added to the dye in one step assuming that there was a mordanting completed first? Thanks so much.
Such a great set of questions, Carolyn, thank you for asking! Iron is a mordant which can be used as a treatment both before dyeing or after (I typically do a post-dye bath with iron), but it is also a modifier, so if you use it inside the dye pot, you will change the color of your dye. If you want to keep the dye in its neutral color, best to either mordant fiber before or after the dye step. Of course, you will still get the modified color effect of iron in any of these processes on the fiber itself. Tannin can be added to a dye bath or with dye stuffs to help with the binding process and to reduce steps. I believe Botanical Colors adds tannin to their logwood chip mix to help with fastness, so why not give it a try? I still think there is great value in making it a practice of keeping a pre-treated inventory of mordanted fiber. I like to do it in bigger batches so I always have some available for dyeing. You can also make use of cold mordant treatments to save on energy 😊
Wow 😍 Both sets are beautiful but i loved the set with tannin blanket 🥰
It is hard to choose, but I also really love the tannin blanket version. Having those crisp prints on the white background with the flecks of blue & black bits make for a beautiful contrast for sure 😊
What a beautiful prints. Thanks for showing us this experiment!
Thank you so much, Cathrien - so fun to play in the studio! Hope you get to try this out too 🌼
Wow! Thanks. There's so much to learn by experimenting.❤
Experimentation is the best part!
Gracias por compartir
De nada. ¡Gracias por acompañarnos en Color Quest!
I'm exploring mordants and color shifts and wondering if iron or tannin is used as a mordant or with a mordant and then dyeing with madder or logwood, can a bit of powdered iron or tannin be added to the dye bath? Does this need to be two separate steps, e.g.: dyeing after mordanting and then adding a post-dye bath? Or can the shift/color enhancer be added to the dye in one step assuming that there was a mordanting completed first? Thanks so much.
Such a great set of questions, Carolyn, thank you for asking! Iron is a mordant which can be used as a treatment both before dyeing or after (I typically do a post-dye bath with iron), but it is also a modifier, so if you use it inside the dye pot, you will change the color of your dye. If you want to keep the dye in its neutral color, best to either mordant fiber before or after the dye step. Of course, you will still get the modified color effect of iron in any of these processes on the fiber itself. Tannin can be added to a dye bath or with dye stuffs to help with the binding process and to reduce steps. I believe Botanical Colors adds tannin to their logwood chip mix to help with fastness, so why not give it a try? I still think there is great value in making it a practice of keeping a pre-treated inventory of mordanted fiber. I like to do it in bigger batches so I always have some available for dyeing. You can also make use of cold mordant treatments to save on energy 😊