Our process for ecoprinting:
Saturate fabric in white vinegar bucket
Add leaves to a different bucket with rusty water (the mordant).
On a table, lay the right side of fabric up with no folds. Alternate directions of leaves from the rusty water bucket on top of fabric. Roll tight on Copper Pipe that is an inch wider than scarf and secure with twine. Different color pony beads on ends of string marked who created the fabric.
Place the rolled up and tied fabric in large pots of boiling vinegar, onion skins, and Eucalyptus leaves and rusted iron metal at least three hours.
Other variations:
-Onion skins crumpled onto soaked fabric gave an orange or yellow
color to the fabric. It takes about a gallon size Ziplock bag of onion skins to print one scarf!
-Anotto seeds gave an orange halo
-Geranium Ginko ,Oak leaves soaked in rust FL Fold fabric in half and place them in
between.
-Snip bits of tea bag on fabric
-Tri fold edges. Use Saran wrap for resist. Loose ties.
-Wrap strings in opposite directions..give really neat lines on the edges
-The best results seemed to be on heavier silk and wool
Eco Printing works mainly on silk and wool with great
results.Ideas and inspiration:
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