Mordant printing

In this blog I want to show you the results of different mordants with different leaves.

Natural Dye • Indigo • Handmade • Leather • Los Angeles

This blog post walks your through the steps of mordanting fabric for natural dyeing. If you want to dye fabric naturally with plants and food waste, follow this tutorial to prepare your fabric.

Let master weaver Catharine Ellis tell you the many reasons why she now uses only natural colorants in her work. Though not necessarily easier, faster, less expensive or lightfast, the study and use of natural dyes has taken her on a mind-expanding journey to heightened sensory awareness, ecologically sound practices - and spectacular color....

Logwood & Chlorophyllin on cotton. Far left with aluminium acetate mordant other squares no mordant but dyed with willow first. Far right plain cotton no dye.

Before eco-printing or natural dyeing, it is a good idea to wash the fabric first. New fabric is often coated in waxes, oils and pectic substances that will inhibit the take up of dye. And even sec…