So I've started experimenting again with eco printing on fabric. Yesterday I printed on silk scarves using ferrous sulphate solution to dip the leaves. We have lots of good foliage now so I was excited to try it out. I learned recently about a few more plants to print. The following are scarves on the washline.
This one above is a crepe silk scarf printed with sumac leaves, wild raspberry and wild strawberry leaves. I used an iron blanket on it which explains the negative looking prints.
These two scarves are a little harder to distinguish. I put some flowers on the end of the left one and they didn't really print at all. The right one is mostly sumac branches.
This photo is a little clearer. I have buckthorn leaves, thimbleberry leaves and sumac leaves on this one. They came out in various brown colours.
In this photo the scarf in the middle I put some coreopsis flowers and buckthorn branches. So there's more colour in it. The last piece of fabric on the right was the iron blanket I used on the first scarf above - a piece of cotton which actually printed quite well itself. I'm pleased with all of these and hope to now incorporate some more colour into them.
I've enrolled myself in an online course with Kathy Hayes at the end of July. I'm excited to learn some new techniques including stamping with natural dyes.
Thanks for having a look!
