I was an early childhood teacher (have a brain injury from car accident now). I taught haha zome and natural dye techniques to my students. I loved learning more natural and sustainable ways of creating art. We used to ‘explore’ the school gardens snd talk about plants and flowers. The children were so engaged and used to live predicting the results. I miss teaching. I have been inspired by you to explore the gardens and find some treasures to eco print with. Thank you x
If you are doing this with children, I bought smooth river stones for them to use as hammers (cheaper than buying 25 hammers for a class and safer - no wild swinging hammers)
Ive lived 4 years in my apartment without owning a hammer. Ive had to put up shelves and put together furniture. All with Big Rock. I even make mineral pigments from rocks and I use bigger rock to Crush
You are simply a TREASURE for sharing your knowledge with us! Thank you so so so much! I feel so lucky to have found you and your material, this is GOLD! It helps me a LOT with my learning process ! I'm from Brazil, and basically all of the natural dyers here, only sell their knowledge lol
Awesome tutorial thank you I’m going to use this in my class I cannot find your pre-treatment video Could you please put a link in for me Thank you love your channel
Can I suggest adding your social links to your website...I just went there to find them but couldn't...but then came back here and was able to. Just a a thought. Thank you for these awesome videos!!!
Thank you! Do you start out with damp material such as cotton or dry material? When ironing do you place another piece of fabric over it? Do you use a dry iron or steam??? Thank you.
This was such a lovely video. Thank you for sharing it! I have been a lurky sub for a while now, but you were brought up in a live stream, so I though I would stop by! We chatted about you this morning on my channel, and discussed using your coreopsis eco printing tutorial to inform how I will be dyeing my bridesmaids dresses this summer! Thank you for making videos and sharing so much of your knowledge with us!
Wow!! That’s incredible! That will be so beautiful! Please share photos of your bridesmaids dresses when they’re finished. I would absolutely love to see them!
Hi ! I was looking the list of flower and leaves in the description. I cannot find it. I thought was mentioned in the video to look for it. Can you please add the information in the description. Thanks.
Thank you so much! Just found your RUclips channel & subbed. Lovely & easy to follow presentation! 1 stupid ?; how do you iron after dye process, do you apply the hot iron directly on the printed side of fabric or do you lay a cover on top?
Thanks for this great tutorial. A lot of 'eco-dye' methods encourage using fossil fuel gas to heat to boil / steam your fabric (not very eco if you ask me!). So I'm excited to try simply hammering. Do you have a list of plants that work well, aside from marigold? And would eucalyptus leaves work? I'm in Australia.
Thank you! Goldenrod and marigold are quite colorfast for flowers. As for leaves, most are high in tannin so dipping the fiber in iron before pounding the leaves will help the leaf color be more colorfast.
Hi thankyou soooooo much for sharing with us I am from India. I need to learn more from you. Can I get ur email or the direct contact number please. Thanks waiting for ur reply.
When you say scrub material, is that simply washing the fabric? What mordant are you pretreating for this process? I have been following you for some time and tried several mordant you suggested with no success 😔
Nope! The fibre is pre-treated with a mordant, usually alum or aluminum acetate with a very small amount of ferrous sulfate (iron) used. Some dyes in plants will hold up better than others to washing, but they can all be washed. Some that she used I know do well are indigo leaves and coreopsis.
Thank you so much for such an interesting and informative podcast! As soon as I get something to use for mordanting, I will definitely be doing this. While I am no expert on Japanese language, I know a bit. I believe zome would be pronounced zo-me (like saying the e in eggs). 🤗
Question I don't get what you are saying to do when done, I'm sorry I can't understand what you are saying? So you wash the material beforehand? I'm confused. How besides ironing do you make sure flowers are "set" so you can wash in laundry. Also can you do this on Jean material?
Hi there. I’ve just left a comment on how to make the dyes permanent so you can wash your fabric. It’s in Spanish but you can use Google translate. Soft cotton fabrics work best. Denim (jeans fabric, as you called it) may not be suitable besides that it needs be white or other light color. Hope it helps
There are a couple options. I have a blog post tutorial on mordanting using tannin & aluminum acetate here: thebarefootdyer.com/how-to-mordant-fiber-before-natural-dyeing/ This method leaves a bit of color behind on the cloth so the background won’t be stark white. For a white background, you’ll need to use a tannin free method. I exclusively share my favorite tannin free mordanting method in both my online mini & full length courses: thebarefootdyer.thinkific.com/courses/foundational-elements-of-natural-dyeing-cleaning-pre-treating-fiber thebarefootdyer.thinkific.com/courses/natural-dye-cellulose-fiber
The fabric can be dipped in soy milk which will act as a sizing/protect the dye from uv light but unfortunately there isn’t a way to mordant post dyeing.
Oh I see! In the beginning of the video I mention that I’m using mordanted fabric. The mordant and the dye bind together which is the most permanent way to set dye with natural dyeing.
Happa zome is pronounced like happa zo-may(trust me I am Japanese(^_-)-☆) Your step by step instruction is beautifully presented and the result is just amazing!
No, it’s not. Japanese vowels have short sounds unless it has the ‘-‘ (dash) then it can be lengthened. Zo-me ぞめ/染めhave short vowel sounds. ‘Zo’ (ぞ)like in /dog/ or /Bob/ and ‘me’ like in /pet/ or /ten/ Copy and paste these characters: 叩き染め (tataki zome) on RUclips and listen for reference. @thebarefootdyer thank you for the video! Although, I wish you added how to pretreat fabric here too. I will look for more on your channel.
I was an early childhood teacher (have a brain injury from car accident now). I taught haha zome and natural dye techniques to my students. I loved learning more natural and sustainable ways of creating art. We used to ‘explore’ the school gardens snd talk about plants and flowers. The children were so engaged and used to live predicting the results. I miss teaching.
I have been inspired by you to explore the gardens and find some treasures to eco print with. Thank you x
If you are doing this with children, I bought smooth river stones for them to use as hammers (cheaper than buying 25 hammers for a class and safer - no wild swinging hammers)
Ive lived 4 years in my apartment without owning a hammer. Ive had to put up shelves and put together furniture. All with Big Rock. I even make mineral pigments from rocks and I use bigger rock to Crush
Amazing idea!
You are simply a TREASURE for sharing your knowledge with us! Thank you so so so much! I feel so lucky to have found you and your material, this is GOLD! It helps me a LOT with my learning process ! I'm from Brazil, and basically all of the natural dyers here, only sell their knowledge lol
Hi Carina! Thank you so much. It makes my heart glad to know that you found this helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing your work. How long does the color last? Thanks again.
Thanks for the tutorial! I would love it if you also showed your fabrics after rinsing or even washing
Awesome tutorial thank you I’m going to use this in my class
I cannot find your pre-treatment video
Could you please put a link in for me
Thank you love your channel
It's a link in the description for a$120 course...😂
Thanks a lot, very kind of you sharing your technique with the world.It's very easy to learn the way you explain it.
Im learning so much from you! Thank you!
This is by far my favourite way of dyeing! Doing a direct print of a flower! Beautiful! Thanks a lot for sharing !
So fun!
How well does the color stay after washing? Can this be done to paper instead? Really cool video, thanks.
That’s a gorgeous way to use flowers and greenery! Will have to try this! Thank you
Love your tutorials. Please check pronunciation for zome (zo me). The 'e' sounds like 'eh'.
Stunningly beautiful. It's hard to improve on nature. Thank you.
Can I suggest adding your social links to your website...I just went there to find them but couldn't...but then came back here and was able to. Just a a thought. Thank you for these awesome videos!!!
Hi this is very nice. Let me know how to keep colour? Is it bleeding when washing?
Saw it on Instagram i had to watch the full thing
Thanks for watching! :)
Excellent!! Have you ever steamed after hammering? Thank you!!
I loved this!!! I can’t wait to go pick some flowers and try this!!!
It's Really Beautiful
I Love It ❤️
Brand new to this art! I can not wait to start! How can I find out what flowers will work best?
Thank you! Do you start out with damp material such as cotton or dry material? When ironing do you place another piece of fabric over it? Do you use a dry iron or steam??? Thank you.
How to pre-treat fabric ?
Thanks for sharing. May I know the way how to lastlong this lovely ecoprint?
Hola,te saludo desde Cusco, Perú...Pregunta, como preparas la tela antes de la estampación?.....con que mordientes?...gracias Victoria
This is so awesome, thank you for sharing. Love your tutorials ❤️🌿
Thank you Monica! :)
Hi! How can I make the colour on the fabric permanent? Thanks a lot
Lovely & well explained. Thank you so much. 🌱🌸🌿
Thank you! So glad that you liked it!
Very good compliments! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Such a great tutorial! And a beautiful piece of art! Can’t wait to make mine
That's so beautiful!
This was such a lovely video. Thank you for sharing it!
I have been a lurky sub for a while now, but you were brought up in a live stream, so I though I would stop by!
We chatted about you this morning on my channel, and discussed using your coreopsis eco printing tutorial to inform how I will be dyeing my bridesmaids dresses this summer!
Thank you for making videos and sharing so much of your knowledge with us!
Wow!! That’s incredible! That will be so beautiful! Please share photos of your bridesmaids dresses when they’re finished. I would absolutely love to see them!
Hi ! I was looking the list of flower and leaves in the description. I cannot find it. I thought was mentioned in the video to look for it. Can you please add the information in the description. Thanks.
I absolutely love it! Thank you!
Good afternoon from Portugal, this work is excellent. In the end we don't have to do any bath to fix the colors in the fabric? Thanks
I'm from Thailand🇹🇭 and I saw your clip. It's really helpful.❤😊 I would like to ask if I wash this cloth. Will the flower pattern disappear???
Tradução em português por favor
Could you use dried flowers and leaves? Beautiful film... thank you.
Thank you! The flowers and leaves should be fresh for this method.
How do you pre mordant the fabric / cloth⁉️⁉️
Thank you so much!
I love this.
It is pronounced zō mā
Thank you!! ☺️🧡
love it! do I need to prepare silk with soy milk as well or only the plant based fabrics?
Thank you so much! Just found your RUclips channel & subbed. Lovely & easy to follow presentation! 1 stupid ?; how do you iron after dye process, do you apply the hot iron directly on the printed side of fabric or do you lay a cover on top?
Beautiful❤
I wonder, can iron mordant be used for this technique? The guides I've found mostly recommend alum mordant but i dont have that :0
In your grocery in Spices!
Thank you so much! You do the the best instructive videos!!!
Thank you Patricia! 🥰
This is BEAUTIFUL!!
Amazing and beautiful.
Thank you!
I Love it. Thank you for the sharing of info
Gladly :)
I love this! Can you use mordanted water color paper with this method? Thank you!
Yea! Absolutely! I have a reel on Instagram showing the results of my son using this technique on water color paper. 💛
JAJA ITS GOOD ITS PRETTY
Thanks for this great tutorial. A lot of 'eco-dye' methods encourage using fossil fuel gas to heat to boil / steam your fabric (not very eco if you ask me!). So I'm excited to try simply hammering.
Do you have a list of plants that work well, aside from marigold? And would eucalyptus leaves work? I'm in Australia.
No mordant ingredients used though .
how can colors be protected after wash??
Can I make a washable cotton t shirt this way?
What do you use on fabric to hold colour? I couldnt understand in your video
Beautiful work! What are some other colorfast leaves and flowers that work for this project?
Thank you! Goldenrod and marigold are quite colorfast for flowers. As for leaves, most are high in tannin so dipping the fiber in iron before pounding the leaves will help the leaf color be more colorfast.
Lovely.
Thank you!
Beautiful! 💖💖💖
Thanks so much Kanika!
Hi thankyou soooooo much for sharing with us I am from India. I need to learn more from you. Can I get ur email or the direct contact number please. Thanks waiting for ur reply.
Because i have tried before the same method, but unfortunately the colour spreads, so I do not get the beauty I want . thanks
When you say scrub material, is that simply washing the fabric? What mordant are you pretreating for this process? I have been following you for some time and tried several mordant you suggested with no success 😔
So you use a spray seal at all for holding up in the wash?
Nope! The fibre is pre-treated with a mordant, usually alum or aluminum acetate with a very small amount of ferrous sulfate (iron) used. Some dyes in plants will hold up better than others to washing, but they can all be washed. Some that she used I know do well are indigo leaves and coreopsis.
LOVELY! HAVE YOU EVER preserved leaves with glycerine and come back after a month and did an eco dye?
Thank You! I haven’t! Have you?
Thank you so much for such an interesting and informative podcast! As soon as I get something to use for mordanting, I will definitely be doing this. While I am no expert on Japanese language, I know a bit. I believe zome would be pronounced zo-me (like saying the e in eggs). 🤗
Hi Diane!
So glad you enjoyed the tutorial! Thank you for the pronunciation help :)
ThNk you so much.
Question I don't get what you are saying to do when done, I'm sorry I can't understand what you are saying? So you wash the material beforehand? I'm confused. How besides ironing do you make sure flowers are "set" so you can wash in laundry. Also can you do this on Jean material?
Hi there. I’ve just left a comment on how to make the dyes permanent so you can wash your fabric. It’s in Spanish but you can use Google translate. Soft cotton fabrics work best. Denim (jeans fabric, as you called it) may not be suitable besides that it needs be white or other light color.
Hope it helps
You pronounce it zo-me
the second you said it right.
Do you spray your flowers with vinegar before using?
I don’t - vinegar doesn’t do much in the natural dye process besides shifting the pH. I mordant my fiber beforehand.
@@thebarefootdyer thanks!
You’re welcome:)
@@thebarefootdyer I used alum water for my first try. The prints look really beautiful in my cloths. Is ironing a must? Or the hot sun would suffice?
How do you mordant or prepare fabric before hand?
There are a couple options. I have a blog post tutorial on mordanting using tannin & aluminum acetate here: thebarefootdyer.com/how-to-mordant-fiber-before-natural-dyeing/
This method leaves a bit of color behind on the cloth so the background won’t be stark white.
For a white background, you’ll need to use a tannin free method. I exclusively share my favorite tannin free mordanting method in both my online mini & full length courses: thebarefootdyer.thinkific.com/courses/foundational-elements-of-natural-dyeing-cleaning-pre-treating-fiber
thebarefootdyer.thinkific.com/courses/natural-dye-cellulose-fiber
Thanks for this lovely video-I found you on Instagram and am so glad I did! What is the weight of the rubber mallet you’re using?
Hi! Thanks for being here! I’m not sure - I’ll check and get back to you!
I didn’t mordant before printing. Is there a way to preserve them afterwards?
The fabric can be dipped in soy milk which will act as a sizing/protect the dye from uv light but unfortunately there isn’t a way to mordant post dyeing.
Did she wet the fabric before starting to hammer?
No, It’s dry ♥️
Hi...did u mordant the fiber first..
Yes 🙂
Thank u 🌼
this fabric cannot be washed. how do you make the fabric washable?
Hi, I’m not sure I understand. The fabric I work with in the video can be washed.
@@thebarefootdyer Yes, but the DYE is not set. So, if you wash the garment, all the leaves & flowers will wash out. So, how do you "set" the dye?
Oh I see! In the beginning of the video I mention that I’m using mordanted fabric. The mordant and the dye bind together which is the most permanent way to set dye with natural dyeing.
Hermoso!!
How would this work on paper? Have you done it?
I have! Here’s an example: instagram.com/reel/CTuuHl1FyU3/?
Happa zome is pronounced like happa zo-may(trust me I am Japanese(^_-)-☆) Your step by step instruction is beautifully presented and the result is just amazing!
Thank you, Myeuca! ☺️💕
No, it’s not. Japanese vowels have short sounds unless it has the ‘-‘ (dash) then it can be lengthened.
Zo-me ぞめ/染めhave short vowel sounds. ‘Zo’ (ぞ)like in /dog/ or /Bob/ and ‘me’ like in /pet/ or /ten/
Copy and paste these characters: 叩き染め (tataki zome) on RUclips and listen for reference.
@thebarefootdyer thank you for the video! Although, I wish you added how to pretreat fabric here too. I will look for more on your channel.