Eco printing without mordants in a health conscious and environmentally mindful way

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Are you interested in learning more about achieving beautiful, lasting and colourful leaf prints on fabric using home grown or foraged vegetation? Join me as I explain the difference between working with or without traditional powdered mordants (metal salts) and why I've chosen a simple method of working without as my preferred practice? During the video I've included a short section where I reveal the prints achieved by using cotinus (smoke bush) leaves on a recent project working on organic hemp! It's amazing the power of nature.
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@clasheen 2 жыл бұрын

Here's the link to my new eBook for those wanting a step by step guide to eco printing in the 'dirty pot'! nicolabrown.ie/shop/new-products/eco-printing-in-the-dirty-pot-ebook/

@sol.calling7332 Жыл бұрын

now this is the kind of content i am here for! i am new to eco dyeing and the uses of anything not of the earth or natural is not sitting right with my Truth so i thankyou for this!

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Great to hear, and thank you for the lovely compliment!

@rebeccabriggs2982 2 жыл бұрын

There's also natural mordants for those interested or who don't have various pots. Oak galls and rust water.

@clasheen 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rebecca, I love using different home made tannins for tannin and iron reactions but from the eco printing perspective don't personally use them as a mordant. I've done many experiments using Symplocos however and that is an interesting avenue to explore!

@Florian_Ionescu Жыл бұрын

LOVELY!!

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@dinqilibaliq 2 жыл бұрын

I wanna start learning eco print but enviroment is very important for me and I'm worry about mordants or procedure harm so I try use more sustainable techniques. I'm glad to finding this channel😊.

@clasheen 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Solmaz, I'm glad that you have found my channel and it is nice to meet someone who is also interested in the environment! I do have an intensive 6 module online workshop which has just opened for registration, it will start in the middle of September. Here is the link for you in case you are interested in learning more! app.ruzuku.com/courses/71437/about Thanks.

@dartiindar5281 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Thank you Danti!

@emilysummer7394 Жыл бұрын

Loved this, thank you! Your outdoor cast iron pot is mind blowing, how incredible to work with such a vessel. Looking forward to learning more!

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Thank you Emily. I know, I was very lucky to find it in France many years ago!! Enjoy the journey.

@manuelacarmignani7645 3 жыл бұрын

very interesting ... I also thought that it is not sustainable to use mordents. when you have updates i am happy to see them. I congratulate you on your work. very good!!!

@clasheen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Manuela, I’m delighted that you too like working without mordants whenever possible!!! Good to meet you here on KZfaq.

@srisugiharti9453 Жыл бұрын

Thank fr the video. You spelling so clear, I like it. I understand with pause many times.

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, I'm glad it was helpful!

@mariaessencing Жыл бұрын

i love this!

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Great!! Thanks for watching Maria

@sunne1954home Жыл бұрын

Love your giant cauldrons!!! I, too dye without mordants using metal pots.

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!! I'd love to see your pieces if you'd like to share in my Facebook community - web.facebook.com/groups/nicolabrown

@thomaslinseedsoap6743 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful and genius!

@clasheen 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@mariannepheeb7921 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful work, wowzers!😻

@clasheen 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

@steventfitness2166 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven!

@carolinaparedesdiaz52 Жыл бұрын

¡ Hola Nicola !, 👏👏👏👏👏 ¡ Mis felicitaciones por tu excelente presentación ! 🤩🤩🤩 Ha sido muy completa, con diversidad de opciones a la hora de comenzar el proceso de teñido natural. ¡ Muchas gracias por compartir todas estas bellísimas cosas que con tanto amor y cariño haces ! 🌟💖🌟🌻🌟🌺🌟😘

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias Carolina!!

@luisakurila5162 8 ай бұрын

Adoro il tuo lavoro mi piacciono i colori naturali, complimenti ❤❤

@clasheen 8 ай бұрын

Grazie mille! Saluti dall'Irlanda.

@eightfoldfox 3 жыл бұрын

This video is fantastic, I've recently got into natural dying and this is going to be so helpful. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us.

@clasheen 3 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome, I’m delighted that you enjoyed the video! I should also add that I do include information about which leaves and plants to use sometimes as I saw you asked that earlier then edited your comment. I’ll be posting at least one video each week (on Wednesdays barring an emergency) and hope to start posting show style videos where I answer questions from workshop students. You can also ask me things in the community tab (only works from a mobile phone or computer, not tablet) and that way I might get to answer them.

@Alexis-iq7lz 6 күн бұрын

I'm ecoprinting for the first time. Fingers crossed it turns out well. 🤞🏼 Should the fabric always be boiled (with the flowers/leaves and in between layer all rolled up) for the prints to appear?

@rosanesilva3140 Ай бұрын

Hello Nicola! Congratulations on your beautiful work! When the fabrics are inside the pot, is it immersed in water, or does the water sit underneath to produce only steam?

@LoociJ Жыл бұрын

Hi Nicola, incredible videos thank you so much! They are so informative. I have a quick question though, the metal plates you used, were they also iron? Is that why they had an effect on the fabric?

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Hi Lucinda, sorry for my slow reply. Yes, the plates were metal, they had rusted with use and that is why they had such a wonderful effect on the fabric!

@spraycandy01 Жыл бұрын

I love this! Does it work with natural dyeing too?

@clasheen Жыл бұрын

Yes and no! With certain vegetation it's possible to achieve beautiful, washable and colourfast naturally dyed fabric without using traditional powdered mordants, eucalyptus leaves and bark would be a very good example. Most other vegetation needs to be used with mordanted fabric though because otherwise the dye will either wash out, fade almost immediately or turn colour AND fade. I'm actually planning a video about using eucalyptus as a natural dye soon so if you're not already subscribed to my newsletter please consider doing so and you won't miss out! Here's the link for you. members.nicolabrown.ie/newsletter

@spraycandy01 Жыл бұрын

@@clasheen Thank you! I’ll definitely subscribe and keep an eye out

@edgehabitat 3 жыл бұрын

Oooh I love you! I wish we could walk to each other's house!

@clasheen 3 жыл бұрын

That would be fun!!! Whereabouts do you live?

@edgehabitat 3 жыл бұрын

@@clasheen Northern New Mexico USA mountains. A bit too far!

@clasheen 3 жыл бұрын

@@edgehabitat A wonderful part of the world! If it wasn't for the current worldwide crisis and travel restrictions I could very well be over your way.....

@henydevita145 7 ай бұрын

How long the textile proceses in pot? To achieve nice colour?

@clasheen 6 ай бұрын

This all depends on the vegetation that you are using, not the fabric. Onion skins release good colour after 2 hours, most soft leaves work well after 2.5 hours however some eucalypts need up to 5 hours for the best prints.

@paolasignanini6763 2 жыл бұрын

Ciao sono Paola signanini e abito a piombino in Toscana ti seguo con molto interesse ma purtroppo non so la tua lingua e le cose piu' interessanti non riesco a capirle spero tu possa un giorno mettere la traduzione in Italiano . Un saluto e tantissimi complimenti

@clasheen 2 жыл бұрын

Ciao Paola, ci proverò!