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Dye With Avocados Course
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Dyeing with avocados
Introduction to avocado dye (8:24)
Equipment & Safety (5:29)
Collecting avocado skins & stones (2:46)
Prewashing your fabric (1:21)
Pretreating fabric in soya milk (7:49)
Painting fabric with soya milk (6:15)
Extracting dye from avocado skins & stones (15:02)
Dyeing your clothing (23:32)
Darkening with iron water (16:14)
Modifying pH levels & making ink (14:11)
Making paint (16:46)
Colourfastness tests (4:40)
Washing naturally dyed clothing (2:05)
Conclusion (1:00)
Extras: Different mordanting options
Choosing a mordant that's right for you
Recipe: Mordanting cellulose fibres with aluminium acetate or lactate
Recipe: Mordanting silk with aluminium sulphate
Recipe: Mordanting cellulose fibres with aluminium sulphate
Recipe: Pretreating cellulose fibres in soya milk
The 'pot as mordant' method
Bonuses
Hammering herbs onto fabric to make botanical prints (13:00)
Dyeing paper with avocado dye
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