As I am making papers and book binding, it would be fitting to use more natural colourants to dye fabrics ect, I also felt it would be a nice opportunity to make natural dyes rather than buy reproduced artificial ones. Aesthetically as my books are authentic and not always perfect a more subdued colour achieved by natural dyes would be more fitting to the book.
This process was surprising as some of the colours were far from what I expected.
coffee- brown beige
tea- brown
white onion skin- orange brown
red onion skin- red brown
beetroot- burnt red
carrot- light yellow
turmeric- yellow orange
avocado- light pink
red cabbage- blue purple.
The ingredients were boiled with table salt and for an hour to extract the pigment. By dip testing the colours the second and third dips became a more vibrant colour, I will be using these colours not dye cotton fabrics and papers for my books.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 