Shibori is a Japanese dyeing technique, where you fold or tie up the fabric in order to create resists. Then you submerge the fabric in dye. The resist area stays plain, while the exposed area picks up the dye. This produces a pattern. By placing leaves inside the areas of resist, you can get organic leaf prints surrounded by geometric patterns of solid colours. Here is a vest dyed with this technique:
To create this, I used eucalyptus leaves for the eco-printing, and created a dyebath of eucalyptus sawdust with iron mordant to darken it.
We explore these methods in my Wool and Shibori eco-printing ecourse. Click here to check it out.
I am looking forward to seeing more of your work. Thank you,
Me encanta todo lo concerniente a tintes y técnicas. Muchas gracias.
My pleasure!
What gives the red color of the eucalyptus?
Thank you