It gave a light orange, almost creamscicle-like or pink-ish with alum and cream-of-tartar as mordant.
Monday, January 25, 2010
winter dye party pt. 6
The latest successful mushroom dye comes from Echinodontium tinctorum, a brick red polypore (I forgot to take a before photo). I picked up a small piece last fall at Easy Pass thinking it may be useful...and it was!
It gave a light orange, almost creamscicle-like or pink-ish with alum and cream-of-tartar as mordant.
It gave a light orange, almost creamscicle-like or pink-ish with alum and cream-of-tartar as mordant.
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Yes! I love these colors. Do you know if you can make pigment for paint using these techniques? Tristan and I have been thinking about making our own wheat-paste paint (http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/2006-10-01/Make-Safe-Natural-Paint.aspx?page=2), but we don't want to buy a ton of ocher to give it color.
Keep up the good work!
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