Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers
Extract color from avocado pit
A course by Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel) , Artisan and Paper Specialist
Joined November 2019
Joined November 2019
About the video: Extract color from avocado pit
Overview
“You can also use the avocado pit to obtain a natural dye. In this case it will be a reddish color. I encourage you to experiment with other seeds. Maybe you will get interesting colors!”
In this video lesson Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel) addresses the topic: Extract color from avocado pit, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers. Learn step by step how to process plants to make handmade paper that you can dye and use to create notebooks.
Partial transcription of the video
“Extracting Pigment from an Avocado Pit In this lesson, you will learn how to extract pigment from an avocado pit. For this lesson, we'll use a Hass avocado. What you do is grate the whole pit. If the outer skin bothers you, you can remove it. It can be hard to remove from some pits, but it can be practical. At this point, you can stop so you don't hurt your hands. Here, it's interesting to see that the part we just grated is still white, but the part we grated first has already started to brown. This gives us an idea of the color we'll extract from this pit. Now we'll transfer the grated bi...”
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Course summary for: Creating Handmade Paper with Natural Fibers
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Fine Arts
Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel)
A course by Camila Moncada (Jáku Papel)
Camila Moncada is the creator of Jáku Papel. She originally studied fine art, although she is currently focused on her studies in physics. What most concerns her is to think through matter about what time is and how it shapes the universe, both from the point of view of art and science.
In 2013, she delved into the world of handmade papermaking from organic waste. She discovered a wealth of possibilities when she realized that paper can be obtained from any vegetable fiber, each one lending their unique qualities to create different kinds of paper. After several years of experimenting, she created Jáku in 2016, a company dedicated to making handmade paper and paper products.
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