Living Clothes: Sustainable Design and Botanical Dyeing
Learning how to make extracts with water and alcohol
A course by FLAVIA ARANHA , Fashion designer
About the video: Learning how to make extracts with water and alcohol
Overview
“In this class, I will show you how to make extracts by water and alcohol extraction process for oily materials.”
In this video lesson FLAVIA ARANHA addresses the topic: Learning how to make extracts with water and alcohol, 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 I will teach you how to make alcoholic extracts. Some plants are not soluble in water, that's why we need to extract them with alcohol. An example is turmeric, which is a natural dye known worldwide and is soluble in alcohol. Alcohol is soluble in water, so it works as this means of transport between plant dye and water. Let's start? Turmeric has a very strong dye, very concentrated. So, for us to arrive at these colors here, I'm going to use 50% by weight of my dry fiber. I'm going to hit that sample kit of ours, with 30 grams. Then, to achieve a 50% revenue, I'm going to use...”
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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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