Solar Dyes

Current documentation on natural dyes can be found in the lecture note of the Biochromes course in the Fabricademy website. We really invite you to first navigate through it to initiate your exploration.

Qualities of vat dyes

1. Solar dyes
   • sustaible because of the slow proces that doesnt require heath

Within the solar dyes we see a sustainable process, when we can scale it up in unconventional ways

Experimenting

Process

We planned our process to be:

1. Preparation
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3. Preparation
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5. Preparation
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6. Preparation
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7. leftovers

   [illustration/map of the process]

Used plants in the first research session

Dye

WELD

• NAME: Weld - Reseda Luteola - Wouw
• COLOR: yellow-green
• DYE COMPOUND: luteolin
• PROVENIENCE: locally grown

NAME DYE PLANT

• NAME: ENGLISH - LATIN - DUTCH - OTHER LANGUAGES :)
• COLOR: color-color-color
• DYE COMPOUND:
• PROVENIENCE: local plant, abundant, waste stream etc

NAME DYE PLANT

• NAME: ENGLISH - LATIN - DUTCH - OTHER LANGUAGES :)
• COLOR: color-color-color
• DYE COMPOUND:
• PROVENIENCE: local plant, abundant, waste stream etc

NAME DYE PLANT

• NAME: ENGLISH - LATIN - DUTCH - OTHER LANGUAGES :)
• COLOR: color-color-color
• DYE COMPOUND:
• PROVENIENCE: local plant, abundant, waste stream etc

0-waste dyes process overview

Vat Dyes

Below a general step by step process for vat dyeing

STEP BY STEP overview

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Recycled pigments - recycling your dye bath

With wool it is possible to create a fully circular process, where nothing is wasted. This is done in two steps, Pigments, showcased here below in a step by step, and by creating an acid dye bath from split lakes in the step by step below.

STEP BY STEP overview

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Recycled dye bath - recycling your dye bath

With wool it is possible to create a fully circular process, where nothing is wasted. This is done in two steps, Pigments, showcased here above in a step by step, and by creating an acid dye bath from split lakes in the step by step below.

STEP BY STEP overview

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Other "leftovers"

leftover type

Add here if you had leftover, and which

The colours

Wool - vat Dyes

DYE STUFF	1 dip	2 dips	3 dips	4 dips	5 dips
persicaria
indigofera
isatis
other

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Last update: September 6, 2022