A multi-optional Tutorial that will work with many different plants!

NO ALUM POWDER, No Problem! This Tutorial is Purely Plant Powered!

I'm often asked if there is a way to effectively EcoPrint without using fixatives that are "Chemicals". Natural dye mordants can seem mysterious and foreign with unknown origin or composition especially for the beginner (or even the experienced dyer) who is not familiar with the chemical makeup of commonly used metal salt mordants like ALUM in the dyeing process.

And now I can say that YES I have an EXTENSIVE & EXHAUSTIVE educational offering on how to ECOPRINT USING ONLY PLANTS!

This Tutorial is TWO LESSONS IN ONE - A very detailed Plant Mordant Guide & an EcoPrinting Tutorial.

Included in the Tutorial:

• Learn how to avoid the Open-cut topsoil mining of bauxite from where most metal salt mordants are refined

• Go BEYOND SOYMILK as the primary alternative mordant for natural dyeing & learn about plant mordants that give striking, durable, saturated ECOPRINTS & IMMERSION (SOLID COLOR) dyeing whose colors last.

• This process can even be adapted for mordant painting, block printing, screen printing, etc.

• Adaptable techniques that can be used with many different varieties of plant leaves occurring in many different bio-regions WORLDWIDE.

• Directions to optimize the mordanting process to get the best prints & colors on ALL NATURAL FIBER TYPES including the more stubborn & challenging to dye cellulose fibers like cotton, linen, hemp, etc. Getting the variables straight & mordant process right for this process is KEY!

• Complete SUPPLIES LIST including links for places to SOURCE PLANT MORDANTS and support working artisans if you can't forage them in your region as well as dyeable material suppliers including sustainable fabrics/garments

• List of suggested plants for the best quality ecoprints

• Dye natural chemical compound explanation of Coreopsis & related dye plants well suited for this process.

• ECOPRINTING instructions for FABRIC & GARMENTS- printing a garment FRONT & BACK in one steaming process

• Printed Textiles Reference Section- showing & outlining labeled samples with process variability & mordant details so you can see how changing this process will affect print results- saturation, clarity, color, etc.

• This tutorial can be employed at ANY TIME OF THE YEAR (Especially if you save/press leaves and flowers for winter months ecoprinting).

  *After purchase you will be emailed automatically with the Digital Download Tutorial.