The Process of Making Botanical Lake Pigments

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2022
  • In this video I show how to extract dye from the flower petals of the Delphinium plant and create a lake pigment.
    I 'cooked' the flower petals in 500ml of water and then sieved them. Stirred in 10gr of Alum and 5gr of Bicarbonate, the water became quite clear so I got most pigment out and it seems it's a good ratio.
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  • @FroggingAround420
    @FroggingAround420 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The sound of you plucking the flowers into the pot was very satisfying to hear lol. This is an amazing video!🙌

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  ปีที่แล้ว

      Awww thank you so much!

  • @50hh05
    @50hh05 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video 👏

  • @nandingpanelo
    @nandingpanelo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for sharing

  • @syedahsanali2943
    @syedahsanali2943 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice video

  • @sebastiaantheartartist
    @sebastiaantheartartist ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Why backing soda and Alum? Can't you have used chalk instead? Just a curious question. Im learning. You made a beautiful color. Would've loved seeing it mixed with oil.

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Hi! Yes, chalk could have been used too. I am still researching and have come to this conclusion. A lake pigment is formed when alum (a mordant and acidic) is added to a dye and precipitates in a chemical reaction with an alkali. The chemical reaction causes the alkali to bind to and neutralise acids. There are many alkali carriers (or substrates) and baking soda and chalk are just two of them. The first creates a more transparent pigment and the latter an opaque pigment.

    • @theanthropiceyedolatry
      @theanthropiceyedolatry 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thanks guys, this has been a very informative conversation

    • @sebastiaantheartartist
      @sebastiaantheartartist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@yvonne9198 is that Alum Stearate? Where do I get Alum? 😊

    • @BumbletheBea
      @BumbletheBea 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sebastiaantheartartistyou can get it in most grocery store spice aisles

    • @Silly7852
      @Silly7852 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Would crushed egg shells work??

  • @gabrielvarca
    @gabrielvarca 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hello, can i ask for some studies you look onto for the process of pigment extraction in this video?. I'll try and use it onto our school's research paper

  • @rileysherman3497
    @rileysherman3497 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How long did you leave it to sit after mixing the alum and baking soda? Would washing soda work?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi Riley, it takes just a couple of minutes really. As the alkaline soda neutralizes the acidic dye solution, it releases carbon dioxide as a gas causing the solution to foam. Continue stirring and knocking back the foam. Add soda until the reaction ceases or the soda solution is exhausted.
      Baking or washing soda do have some differences, it may effect pigments differently as it will have a slightly different pH but the main difference I have noticed is that baking soda will cause more frothing and foaming than sodium carbonate.

  • @gnomeyg959
    @gnomeyg959 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Did you add the pigment to a medium after to make paint? What did you do with it?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for your comment, I made some water colours with them to test their lightfastness. It is still a process.

  • @marisajohnson9679
    @marisajohnson9679 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😮

  • @cread9671
    @cread9671 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome video! By any chance do you know if the lake pigment can later be used in the making of pastels?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, lake pigments can indeed be used to make pastels :)

  • @gabrielvarca
    @gabrielvarca 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello, did you put the coffee filter with the pigment on the oven to dry it?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi! No I let it airdry. Higher temperatures may effect the final colour outcome.

  • @TheBlondiesNr1
    @TheBlondiesNr1 ปีที่แล้ว

    do you add the same amounts of soda and alun? or more of one than the other?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't measure out the equations of alum/bicarbonate rather add it on intuition. In this video I did 10 gr Alum and 5 gr of Bicarbonate but you could also use Calcium hydroxide too which is a substrate in itself and does not require alum.

  • @kpr4225
    @kpr4225 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh... I had no foam, barely a fizz after adding the soda...
    Wish me luck, ill try to work with it regardless!

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ah... mmmh...did you add alum?

  • @paulberry1234
    @paulberry1234 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How much plant material did you use if yoi dont mind me asking?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't mind. 🙂 about 30 grams of flowers yielded 2 grams of pigment.

  • @user-oi6oi1gz7v
    @user-oi6oi1gz7v 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hello can i ask, how long do u boil the flowers?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I take it off the stove when most of the colour of the petals have seeped into the water.

  • @janadamarawy9308
    @janadamarawy9308 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I tried it and all the mixture passed through the filter paper, nothing remained! Do you know why?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, it is possible the pigments do not bond. I reckon it has to do with the substances in the plant and how it reacts with the substrate. It's worth exploring different substrates. Try using calcium hydroxide, it is a base, alum is not needed and works like a suspension. Let me know if this helps.

  • @user-bc2gt6sr6p
    @user-bc2gt6sr6p 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    im from mexico. can you help me? what other name more universal had the "alum" i dont know what is it :(
    aluminium??? ahhhhggg

    • @user-bc2gt6sr6p
      @user-bc2gt6sr6p 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Potassium alum or potassium aluminum sulfate (also called Neapolitan alum or Alum)" is this?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi there, I googled and found that it translates to 'sulfato de aluminio', the images do very much look like it's the same thing!

    • @VirginiaSantapepa
      @VirginiaSantapepa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@yvonne9198 "alumbre"

  • @BabaBaba-vm7ln
    @BabaBaba-vm7ln 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it food colour?

    • @user-qx6qh4qf1s
      @user-qx6qh4qf1s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do not use this in food, it is not edible.

  • @nimishabainara98
    @nimishabainara98 ปีที่แล้ว

    This powder alum is different from solid alum? Because when ever I have used Solid alum, the color changes.., for example i boiled onion peels and thn added alum to it.., the result was green color. But I see no change in color over here. Any specific reason for that?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hi Nimisha, alum is a chemical compound and I don't think your solid or my powdered form are any different. The color of this Delphinium slightly changes. The liquid was a dark blue purple and changed into an icy blue however I do not expect or guarantee the same results as many aspects are contingent on environmental phenomena and on which of the pigment groups a plant contains but also Ph of the solution.

    • @pepphearter
      @pepphearter ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was having the same problem just 2 days ago making my first lake pigments! Boiled red onion peels, added calcium to neutralise it, after adding alum it turned green! And I was like oh no! 😂

  • @rositavarghese2673
    @rositavarghese2673 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can dye clothes with this?

    • @yvonne9198
      @yvonne9198  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, lake pigments are insoluble and are generally not suitable for dyeing clothes.

  • @markdanielalcantara2114
    @markdanielalcantara2114 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can i try it with vegetable like carrots?