Eco-printing

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 eco-printing

1. Ecoprinting
   • for ..
   • sustaible when..
   • sustaible when..
   • sustaible when..

Within the ecoprinting we see a sustainable process, when ..

Experimenting

Process

We planned our process to be:

1. Preparation
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2. Preparation
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3. Preparation
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4. 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

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 in the session

Ecoprinting step by step

Below a general step by step process for vat dyeing

STEP BY STEP overview

step 1

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step 2

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step 3

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step 4

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• add an image of the process

step 5

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step 6

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Other "leftovers"

leftover type

Add here if you had leftover, and which

The colours

Wool - ecoprinting

DYE STUFF	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
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other

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Last update: September 6, 2022