Menu
Log in


Natural Dye Interest Group

  • 26 Feb 2023
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • 408 Depot Street, Asheville NC
  • 17

Registration


Registration is closed

 In February the Natural Dye group will be exploring cochineal. Cochineal are small parasitic insects that live on the prickly pear cactus that grow in the Southwest of the US and Central and South America. The pigment, carmine  is used widely in the food and cosmetic industry industry . Cochineal yields a lovely red color that can be modified to orange or purple with a change of pH. We will dye our fiber then do a post dye modification with an acid and alkaline bath.

What to Bring: 

small samples of mordanted fiber: aluminum acetate for cellulose fibers and alum for protein fibers. As usual bring a project to work on and any show and tell you'd like to share.

Hosted by Joyce Tromba 



Local Cloth, Inc.

408 Depot Street, #100

Asheville, NC 22801
828.774.5134

Info@localcloth.org

Copyright © 2012-2024 by Local Cloth, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Artists' work and images are property of the individual artists.

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software