Saturday, September 20, 2008
Rust Dyeing Results
After my fabric set for a week I unwrapped the poles and removed my fabric. I wanted a little more color so I pole wrapped it and set it in tea for about 10 minutes. The tea gave it a lovely grey shade to the white areas. I'm guessing that was because of the vinegar. I washed the fabric in a mild detergent dried and pressed. Here are the results.
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Love the organic look to these pieces. I mostly wrap my fabric around a bottle with rusted wire but against these they tend to look 'constructed' if you know what I mean. Pieces like yours just look far more natural.
ReplyDeletePlus I'm too impatient to leave them for a week - a couple of days is about my limit :)
It was not the vinegar that gave the lovely gray colors to your rust dyed piece. It was the tea. I very ancient recipe for black is iron oxide, plus tannin acid, plus salt.
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