Echo Printing – Natural Dyeing Explorations – I see the possibilities here…

I’m finally finding my own way of getting through the workload of my FBRS260 class. I just have to do one thing at a time and do what I understand clearly first. The echo printing exercise seemed simple enough. Take a piece of silk habotai, scour (clean) it, lay some flowers and other organic materials on it, place another piece of fabric (I used canvas) on top, roll it tightly around a cylinder (I used a beer can), and steam it in a water-bath for about an hour. Then rinse and hang to dry.

The colours of most of the plant material didn’t transfer at all… These are the colours that came out the most: blackthorn berries, dandelions, wild flowers… and some little blue flowers I still don’t know the name for…

The colours stained the cotton drop cloth I had on my table, so I might try this again with a sheet of cotton… if I have time…

More to come…(maybe)