Natural Dyeing Specialization: Master Eco-Friendly Textile Techniques

Overview

“Now you will learn how to make lacquer pigments using sodium carbonate to obtain a translucent pigment.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Lacquer Pigment with Sodium Carbonate, which is part of the Domestika online course: Natural Dyeing Specialization: Master Eco-Friendly Textile Techniques. Master sustainable textile art with natural dyeing techniques using botanical pigments for eco-friendly creations.

Partial transcription of the video

“Lacquer pigment with sodium carbonate In this lesson we are going to make a recipe to obtain a more translucent and less opaque pigment. For this procedure I am going to use brazilwood, what is this crust, and sodium carbonate together with alum. Most of the steps are exactly the same, there are only a couple of variants in the order and we will dilute the alum before so that the effervescence is more controlled. Here I already have prepared a brazilwood dye, which has 3 g of Brazilwood in 200 ml of water. I left it soaking overnight and then I put it to boil for 30 minutes. The next step i...”

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Course summary for: Natural Dyeing Specialization: Master Eco-Friendly Textile Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 39 students
• 6 units
• 67 lessons (10h 10m)
• 38 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Floral & Plant Design, Jewelry Design, Painting, Textile Design, Textile Dyeing, Textile Printing