Monday, June 22, 2009

Friday

Orange
1/2 teaspoon madder
1/4 teaspoon aluminum sodium sulfate
2 cups water
2 minutes in dye: Light Orange, 10 minutes in dye: Bright Orange

Purple
1 part cupric chloride
1 part madder
1 part nickel acetate
2 cups water
5 minutes: Light pink/purple, 10 minutes: Purple

Blue and Purple
1/2 teaspoon elder
1/2 teaspoon aluminum sodium sulfate
2 cups water
Silk fabric: Purple, Cotton fabric: Blue

Light Pink
1/2 teaspoon redwood
1 teaspoon aluminum sodium sulfate
2 cups water
heat for 5 minutes

Light Orange
1/2 teaspoon redwood
1/2 teaspoon fustic yellow
heat for 5 minutes

Magenta
1 part rhamni immaturi
1 part cochineal bugs
1 part water
Results: hot pink, light purple, magenta, salmon pink

Green
2 ml Japanese seaweed
1ml aluminum sodium sulfate
1 cup water
5 minutes: light green, 20 minutes: bright green

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