Juniper + Iron Plant Dye on Cellulose Fibre

Experiment

Heritage

Research

Sustainable

Traditional

Cotton dyed with juniper (leaf, twig and berry) and post modified with iron (ferrous sulfate). Collected and dyed in Letur, southern Spain. Fabric pre mordanted with oak gall powder and alum.

Material

Fiber

Craft

Textiles

General Technique

Surface modifying

Specific Technique

Natural Dyeing

Properties & Qualities

Application

Sample Making Other

Qualities

2D Colourful Opaque Textured / tactile Other

Colour

Brown Yellow

Sample Information

Date of Creation

April, 2023

Process & Production

Dye bath at 1000% WOF (weight of fibre). Simmered plant material in water at 80C for one hour, with added sodium carbonate, soaked for two days.  Removed plant material before adding fibre. Overnight dye bath. Post modified with iron (ferrous sulfate) @ 2% WOF.

Cellulose fibre -two step pre mordanted with oak gall powder @12% WOF and aluminium potassium sulfate @ 20% WOF.

Protein fibres pre mordanted with aluminium potassium sulfate @ 15% WOF.

Credits

Craft Maker

Chloe Scadding

Library Contributor

Chloe Scadding UWTSD

Photographer

Chloe Scadding