Avocado dye

Making natural paints and inks from plants

June 8, 2019

I’ve been making an exciting foray into the world of natural paints and inks. It’s not so different from natural dyeing really. You can use the same dye plants but just create a really strong dye bath by using a higher proportion of plant material to water. If the colour isn’t quite strong enough when […]

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Natural dyeing with avocado seeds: step by step instructions

November 13, 2018

Dyeing with avocado is a safe and simple process, perfect for beginners to natural dyeing. Both the seeds (also called stones or pits) and the skins contain colour. They produce a quite colourfast dye of the most unexpected and delightful pink. The exact colour you get will be affected by which variety of avocado you

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