Oh, man! I forgot to mordant the silk first! The colors won't be as deep, but hopefully, there will still be enough color to make a difference.
Suni's sister from Korea is visiting. She came over to do some dyeing with me this morning. I showed her how to measure the aluminum sulfate for mordant and to bring the water to a boil before adding the mordant and the cloth.
We soaked the silk de Chine and the antique Japanese silk in this water while we made a dye bath from tea from my trip to China in 2009 and from the coreopsis flowers I got from Laurel Boyajian.
We folded the still wet cloth and clamped it with plexiglass disks to block the dye. Then we submerged the cloth in the hot dye baths. We will leave it overnight and take it out tomorrow.
When I took Suni's sister back to the green houses where Suni works, Suni showed us some iris's we can try for dyeing tomorrow!
It was only after I got home that I realized I had forgotten to add the mordant to the boiling water before adding the cloth!
Suni's sister from Korea is visiting. She came over to do some dyeing with me this morning. I showed her how to measure the aluminum sulfate for mordant and to bring the water to a boil before adding the mordant and the cloth.
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| the tea from Yunan province in China comes as a compacted disc |
We soaked the silk de Chine and the antique Japanese silk in this water while we made a dye bath from tea from my trip to China in 2009 and from the coreopsis flowers I got from Laurel Boyajian.
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| silk in the tea bath the tea leaves have been strained out |
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| silk in the coreopsis bath |
When I took Suni's sister back to the green houses where Suni works, Suni showed us some iris's we can try for dyeing tomorrow!
It was only after I got home that I realized I had forgotten to add the mordant to the boiling water before adding the cloth!
How did it turn out then? Love you Suzi Anni
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