The 2003 IFFS Exhibit

THE EXHIBIT which was open to the public and local press, included mushroom dyed hand-woven rugs, tapestries & scarves, bowls, books and hangings of made of polypore paper, hand and machine knitted sweaters, felted scarves hats and sporrans, socks, jewelry and much more!!! It was absolutely stunning!

photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills)

“Kim Barrow, Dr. Judy Edwards and Katrina Syme showing Myco-Stix exhibit”

photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills)

“Dr. Judy Edwards, listening to Hjördis Lundmark, Hans Marklund, and Mattias Andersson discuss their dye projects in Sweden”

photo by Dorothy Beebee (USA)

Some of the sample pages of Swedish Dye Fungi from upcoming new dye book by Hjördis Lundmark and Hans Marklund

	Dyeing of Synthetic Polymers using High Temperature Disperse Dyeing
	(photo by Mattias Andersson). Dermocybe phoenicea (=D. purpurea)	By Mattias Andersson, Umeå University

	photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Mattias exhibit	“Traditionally dyeing has been performed on wool due to its suitability as a protein fibre. Also silk - another protein fibre - are easy to dye with the acid dyes extracted from different fungi. Cotton that is a cellulose fibre is much more difficult to dye. With a lot of effort and mordants you can get some mild colours on cotton. Synthetic fibres are also difficult to dye with traditional methods. Nylon, which is a polyamid, almost like a protein, can be dyed in the same way as wool. In order to dye polyester, which do not have charged positions on the fibre like proteins,
	other methods must be used. One way to dye polyester is a technique called ‘high temperature disperse dyeing’. At high temperatures,
	around +130° C, at high pressure, 3 bar, it is possible to trap the dye to the polymer fibre. These conditions can be obtained using a pressurized vessel or an autoclave. I tried this technique using Cortinarius phoeniceus (= purpureus). Probably other dye mushrooms would do equally well.	photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Mattias exhibit
	The results may differ due to difference in fibre quality or experimental conditions. No mordants are needed. So if you can get a pressurized vessel give it a try and let me know your results! “
	photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Mattias exhibit	photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Mattias exhibit

photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Wearable adornment by Nalda Searles, (Australia)
photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Fungi dyed Merino wool tops used to make felt sporrans (Scotland)	photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Feathers dyed with Fungi by Katrina Syme (Australia) & felted woolen scarves by Janette McKeown (Scotland)
photo by Dorothy Beebee (USA) Fleece woven rug using Phaeolus schweinitzii dyes with all mordants, by Carol Lee, USA
photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Fungi dyed woolen handwoven rug of mushroom dyed wool woven by Helen Bernasconi, (Australia)	photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Various woven and knitted pieces dyed with C. semi-sanguineus by Karin Engerström-Gerstel, (Sweden)
photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Mushroom dyed silk scarves, felted purses, handwoven scarf by Hjördis Lundmark (Sweden)
photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Hand knitted sweater of mushroom dyed wool by Monica Svensson (Sweden).	photo by Bobi Ward (Green Skills) Mushroom dyed tapestries & purse by Trish Gow, (Scotland)
Photo by Andrea Marks, (USA) Knitted sampler of Australian mushroom dyes by Katrina Syme, (Australia)
photo by Dorothy Beebee (USA) Hanging of tiny folded pieces of mushroom paper by Anna King, Scotland	photo by Dorothy Beebee (USA) Display of Myco-Stix experiments by Miriam C. Rice, USA
photo by Dorothy Beebee (USA) Handpainted butterflies on silk, drawn and painted with Myco-Stix by Dorothy Beebee, USA

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