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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.
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A lot of knowledge was lost when people switched to synthetic dyes
Plant colors used for fabric, cosmetics, hair etc. but doesn't work for anything that has to be baked like pottery
A lot of knowledge was lost when people switched to synthetic dyes.
Plant colors used for fabric, cosmetics, hair etc. but doesn't work for anything that has to be baked like pottery.
A lot of plants contain color molecules, huge variety of different molecules
Plants can be used only on vegetal fibers (cellulose-based - cotton, linen, hemp, rayon, stinging nettle...) and animal fibers
Plants can be used only on vegetal fibers (cellulose-based - cotton, linen, hemp, rayon, stinging nettle...) and animal fibers.
Tinctorial plants (plantes tinctoriales)
We're going to look for the more solid (stable?) molecules, not going to get into ephemeral dyes
We're going to look for the more solid (stable?) molecules, not going to get into ephemeral dyes.
3 more stable plants: madder, reseda, marigold (calendula)