Join me on a van trip in Colorado to collect red mud for dyeing fiber with earth pigment. The iron oxide filled mountains are a fantastic landscape to explore for color inspiration from the minerals embedded in the earth. This tutorial will show you how to prepare fiber to work with earth pigment, create a red mud slurry as a dye bath, and tie dye cotton textile in a Ne-Maki style to design a unique earth inspired surface pattern.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction - Mud dyeing in Colorado
1:07 Fiber prep
3:02 Off we go!
3:28 2nd earth pigment - charcoal
4:28 How to make red mud slurry
14:14 How to tie dye fiber (Ne-Maki style)
17:10 Red mountains of Colorado
18:14 Unearthing mud dyed fiber
20:55 Tie dye results
21:07 Wrap up
22:41 Sneak peak of next tutorial
23:33 Blooper
SUPPLY LIST
Red dirt - iron oxide earth pigment
Tannin - oak gall shown
Soy milk
Fiber of choice - cotton shown in video
Trowel
Collection bag
Mortar & pestle
Large mason jar
Stones
Rubberbands
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2021 ICE INSTALLATION NOTECARDS - Grab a slice of my ephemeral installation practice with a bundle of 10 cards featuring the natural colors of Aruba infused in ice. The notecards are 3.5 x 5 inches and include envelopes. Perfect as gifts or to keep to write love notes! https://www.margaretbyrd.com/shop/installation-greeting-cards-2021
COOKIN' COLOR DIGITAL COURSE - Self-paced video workshop on the basics of natural dyeing and a step-by-step demonstration of an ombre dip-dye technique on textile: https://www.margaretbyrd.com/cookin-color-youtube
DOWNLOAD FREE NATURAL DYER'S QUICK START GUIDE - 11 tips to a successful natural dye practice: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/natural-dyer-quick-start-guide
DOWNLOAD FREE COOKIN' COLOR BREW BOOKLET - 4 natural dyes to make from food in your kitchen: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/cookin-color-brew-booklet
OAK GALL TANNIN - Where to buy
https://botanicalcolors.com/
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Color Quest is a creative channel where we explore the wide world of natural color! If you love using organic materials in all of your arts & crafts projects, join me as I share tutorials and vlogs on how to find and create a rainbow of color from plants and the earth they live in.
I'm passionate about natural dyes and pigments which I use extensively in my art practice, so I'm thrilled to share my curiosity, excitement and knowledge of nature's palette with you.
xoxo - Margaret, aka Byrdie
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