Living Clothes: Sustainable Design and Botanical Dyeing
Learn how to make extracts with water
A course by FLAVIA ARANHA , Fashion designer
About the video: Learn how to make extracts with water
Overview
“Now, I will explain how to make the extracts by water extraction process of water soluble dye materials.”
In this video lesson FLAVIA ARANHA addresses the topic: Learn how to make extracts with water, which is part of the Domestika online course: Living Clothes: Sustainable Design and Botanical Dyeing. Learn the basics of natural dyeing and how to apply them to your wardrobe in this sustainable design course..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this class, we will learn how to make extracts of natural dyes from water. I brought here this example of Krajiru, which is the extract I'm going to make to dye my samples and a t-shirt. But you can use this process for many other plants. All teas, all leaves, tree barks will follow the same principle. The proportion between the plant that we are going to use and the fibers that we are going to dye is the essence of us getting a good recipe. For me to get a very dark tone, I used 100%. This means that if I have 150 grams of fiber sample, gathering my swatches and my t-shirt, I will need ...”
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Course summary for: Living Clothes: Sustainable Design and Botanical Dyeing
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Textile Design, Textile Dyeing
FLAVIA ARANHA
A course by FLAVIA ARANHA
Flavia Aranha is a renowned fashion designer specializing in natural dyes. Born in Campinas, Brazil, she graduated in fashion at Santa Marcelino and since then has focused her career in the studio of natural dyes, craftsmanship and sustainability.
Flavia is the creative director of her homonymous brand, Flavia Aranha, which she founded in 2009. She currently has three stores in Brazil and distribution points in Europe. In addition to her work as a designer, Flavia also teaches classes and workshops in different courses.
His passion for manual work, the ethnobotanical perspective and his connection with the women who keep the knowledge of plants and their processing are fundamental pillars in his work. Flavia seeks to integrate knowledge, connect science with popular wisdom and demonstrate that there is no separation between human beings and nature. Through its work, it seeks to create more positive processes for the environment and offer new opportunities for the fashion industry.
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