Natural Dye Extract Kit - India
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BCF-KIT
Description: These beautiful dyes come from India where there is an extremely rich and ancient history in the knowledge and craftsmanship of natural dyes. More details...
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Natural Dye Extract Kit - India
Natural Dye Extract Kit - India
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These beautiful dyes come from India where there is an extremely rich and ancient history in the knowledge and craftsmanship of natural dyes. The dyes are fair trade and because gathering plant material is so labour intensive, it employs many rural woman who are able to supplement their incomes. They are also easy to use and environmentally friendly, using an herbal mordant in place of mineral mordants considered by some to be toxic-although these can be used with our dyes as well. These dyes are designed to be used and incorporated into the textile industry as well as fiber crafts.
For the home hobbyist or small craft business, the Natural Dye Kit is perfect for trying out the dyes. They work beautifully with any natural fiber, particularly wool and silk. Cellulose fibers like cotton will dye in lighter shades and require an extra mordanting step.
Natural dyers are familiar with plant names like madder & indigo. These dyes are made up of many of the common dye plants but because most of the colors are combination's of various plants they have been given more descriptive names to identify them. For example, Blood Red is a combination of Madder and Soapnut and Mango Yellow is Tumeric and Pomegranate.
There are many colors and shades that can be created with these easy-to-use dye powders depending on the concentration of the dye bath, the type of mordant and the type of fiber being used.
The kit includes complete instructions, a face mask and stir sticks. Colors included are: Navy Blue, Forest Green, Turkey Red, Mango Yellow, Tiger Yellow, Blood Red plus Herbal Mordant.
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