New Member Introductions

Please take the time to introduce yourself and let us know your experience level with natural dyes. NOTE it is not required that you have dyed with natural dyes to be a member here!

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Permalink Reply by Arlene on October 5, 2009 at 8:59am: kimberly baxter packwood said:
Welcome Arlene! Can't wait to see what you've done with the rust, you'll have to keep us updated on your indigo I'm not sure how well it grows in Florida but I'm thinking it might get huge with all of the humidity there.

Kimberly

Thanks for the welcome Kimberly

I wish I would have started exploring this media a couple of years ago when I lived on five acres. Unfortunately I will have to grow the indigo in pots. But I am hoping, because of the warm weather I will still be able to get enough plant matter to experiment.

Arlene

Arlene said:
Hi I am Arlene. I just found Kimberly's blog and after reading it for a bit I found my way here. I'm pretty new to natural dyes. Back in 2000 I started making handmade paper and used flowers and plant fibers to color the paper. Recently I started playing around dyeing fabric and cheese cloth to use in my mixed media art.

In the past month I have been experimenting using the solar dyeing method with just a couple of different plants that grow in my yard and onion skins. Oh I forgot I used onion skins with the handmade paper also. I've also used coffee and tea. I live in Florida so I should be able to solar dye for most of the year.

I've also started some indigo seeds and can't wait to be able to experiment dyeing with the plants.

I have also rolled a few rusty things up in muslin and paper so I guess I have done a little rust dyeing also. I am looking forward to being here. I'm very excited to have found my way here!

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Permalink Reply by lizet on October 7, 2009 at 6:48am: Hi everyone,
I am Lizet and live in Australia in Far North Queensland. I joined this network because I'd love to connect with other dyers and learn from each other.
I have been doing a lot of immersion dyeing with natural dyes for years now. I am experimenting with the earth pigments, applied with soy milk, rust dyeing and compost dyeing. I am getting ready to use the screen printing with gum tragacanth for a project that I am working on. This is something new for me and I am quite excited.
I would love to learn more about rust and clay dyeing.
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Permalink Reply by kimberly baxter packwood on October 7, 2009 at 11:42am: Welcome Lizet!

Ask away on what you don't know, and do post pics of what you've done in the past. Can't wait to see your screenprinting samples!

Kimberly

lizet said:
Hi everyone,
I am Lizet and live in Australia in Far North Queensland. I joined this network because I'd love to connect with other dyers and learn from each other.
I have been doing a lot of immersion dyeing with natural dyes for years now. I am experimenting with the earth pigments, applied with soy milk, rust dyeing and compost dyeing. I am getting ready to use the screen printing with gum tragacanth for a project that I am working on. This is something new for me and I am quite excited.
I would love to learn more about rust and clay dyeing.
I think there will always something new to learn.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Johoanna Boykin on October 13, 2009 at 8:47pm: Hi all

I'm Johoanna. I live in Country NSW in Australia. I don't have a lot of experience with any sort of dyeing, but I have done some with eucalyptus leaves. I like using eucalyptus leaves because you don't need to use a mordant, but if you do the colours you can get expands greatly.

I spin, knit, crochet, as well as a variety of fabric crafts. I'm about to start weaving in the next few weeks. Waiting for some dry weather so I can put together the Navajo loom I and a friend are making.

Blessings
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