Botanical Printing on Fabric and Paper
Ferrous sulfate etched
A course by Anabel Torres , Fashion Designer and Textile Artist
About the video: Ferrous sulfate etched
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain how to etch paper and fabric with ferrous sulfate, the effects that are achieved, tricks and safety measures. ”
In this video lesson Anabel Torres addresses the topic: Ferrous sulfate etched, 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 WITH FERROUS SULPHATE For this lesson, we'll be talking about ferrous sulphate and its capacity to affect your natural coloring elements. That's something that happens especially with tannin-rich plant-based dyes. The way they interact with the iron in the ferrous sulphate creates a complex molecule that turns darker. Tannins are a complex kind of element found on plants. You can find them in tea tree leaves, in nuts, in oak, in the bark of certain trees, in their leaves too. They're usually yellow, astringent. They're extracted from a certain number of plants to be sold as tanni...”
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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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