Botanical Printing on Fabric and Paper
Bitten with soybeans
A course by Anabel Torres , Fashion Designer and Textile Artist
About the video: Bitten with soybeans
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain how to bite paper with soy milk, I will teach the recipe and I will detail the effects that are achieved and I will share some tricks. ”
In this video lesson Anabel Torres addresses the topic: Bitten with soybeans, which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Printing on Fabric and Paper. Learn how to transfer textures and colors to create patterns with flowers and plants.
Partial transcription of the video
“MORDANTING USING SOY BEANS In this lesson, I'll teach you how to make soy milk that you can use to mordant your paper. This is the recipe I use. It yields around 250 ml of milk. I like to make it myself. It's cheaper that way. But if you can't find any soy beans, store-bought soy milk works just fine. The first thing you need to do is soak some 30 grams of soy beans in water for a period of 24 to 36 hours. These have been soaking in water since yesterday. I recommend you cover them and leave them on the fridge. Up next, you need to drain these until there's no water in your beans. Now we'll...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Printing on Fabric and Paper
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fashion Design, Textile Design, Textile Dyeing, Textile Printing

Anabel Torres
A course by Anabel Torres
Anabel Torres has been a specialist in natural textile dyes for the past seven years and, through her brand Antesis, she designs and sells sustainable items decorated with stunning organic colors, as well as offering textile art workshops across Mexico City.
Her focus is on studying and experimenting with colors that can be easily obtained from the world around us—such as indigo, annatto, and cochineal—and she draws inspiration from the textures found in nature.
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