week04.md

4. BioChromes

Research

When we started the week, I was happy to deepen my knowledge in natural dyes, as I had already learnt a few technics, such as natural dying, eco-print and screen printing with natural dyes. I also discovered new ways of doing it and it made me want to explore more and go further.

I could use the colour research as a base for the costume part of my project related to performance.

References & Inspiration

I'm getting inpired by the book Webs of Power from Starawhk, that is an ecofeminist witch and an activist. She talks about reshaping the economy through global and local actions. The fact of using what is in our surrounding (such as plants or kitchen wastes or recicled materials) is already making a step in the production of an art piece. The ecofeminist movement that has taken some time to be in the light in France has now a bit more visibility. It has been always judged as non coherent movement for the academics, as many of the texts, cultures and subcultures that were talked about were supposingly not proved scientifically.

Making magic colours with plants may not save the planet but it connects me more to the ancient knowledge of plants that we have been saving throughout history.

• Two images side-by-side

Process and workflow

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Ingredients & Recipes

Prepare this recipe ¹ by collecting the ingredients necessary, to be found in the list below:

??? info "ingredients"

* xxx gr madder root
* xxx gr alum
* xxx gr fabric
* xxx ml xxx
* xxx gr xxx

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Blue sky

??? summary "recipe mallow dye on protein and cellulose fibers"

* measure
* add
* simmer
* mix
* remove
* strain
* repeat

Documenting experiments

example from the documentation of Petra Garaiová FabTextiles Barcelona 2021-22

TEST 01 - SILK

Material name	Fabric composition	Breathability	Moisture-wicking abilities	Heat retention abilities	Stretchability	Washing temperatures
Silk	Animal fibers - silkworm insect	Highly breathable	High	Low	Low	Cool or warm

RESULTS

Two ways of showcasing and comparing results with images below

On the left an image of a sample made by xxx with xxx. The dye is more xxx. On the right, an image of a sample made by xxx with xxx and xxx. Here the dye is more xxx.

RESULTS

Recycling the dye into pigments

Ingredients & Recipes

Prepare this recipe ¹ by collecting the ingredients necessary, to be found in the list below:

??? info "ingredients"

* xxx gr madder root
* xxx gr alum
* xxx gr fabric
* xxx ml xxx
* xxx gr xxx

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pink pigment

??? summary "pigment from left-over dye bath"

* measure
* add
* simmer
* mix
* remove
* strain
* repeat

RESULTS

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Recipes

1. recipe: banana indigo ↩ ↩²