Dyeing
with Fungi for Beginners
(8 participants) |
Workshop
leader: Nessie Henshaw (Australia) |
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Fungi
used:
Piptoporus australiensis |
Dermocybe austrosanguinea |
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Yarn:
2-ply pre-mordanted and in 50-meter lengths |
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Utensils:
stainless steel and enamel pots (Pots were not consistent in size
and some came up to and exceeded desired temperature quicker than others) |
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Mordants: Alum,
Iron, Copper |
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Procedure
with Piptoporus australiensis
(in frozen chunks) |
Yarn: 2 x 50m alum pre-mordant and 2 x
50m iron pre-mordant |
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Katie Syme advised us that this
dye material is best used fresh or frozen, not dried.
The frozen chunks too longer to thaw than we expected and the
ration was increased from 100 gr fungi per 100 meters yarn to 200 gr fungi
per 100 meters yarn. The pot
was slow to reach the simmer point and was maintained at simmer for 1 ½
hours. The contents then
strained and liquor divided into 4 pots (2 stainless steel and 2 enamel). |
1 50-m skein alum pre-mordanted wool into s.s. pot |
1 50-m skein alum pre-mordanted wool into enamel pot |
1 50-m skein iron pre-mordanted wool into s.s. pot |
1 50-m skein iron pre-mordanted wool into enamel pot |
The pots were to be kept at 50
degrees for 30 minutes but exceeded this temperature. |
Procedure
with Dermocybe austrosanguinea
(dried) |
Yarn: 2 x 50m alum pre-mordant and 2 x
50m copper pre-mordant |
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Alum: one
each enamel and stainless steel pot |
1L. cold water and 9.4g dried fungi added and simmered for 30 minutes.
Strained, pot rinsed and liquor returned to pot and temperature
brought up to 50 degrees. Skein
entered for 30 minutes and simmered at 50 degrees. |
Copper: one
each enamel and stainless steel pot |
1L. cold water and 9.4g dried fungi added and
simmered for 30 minutes. Strained,
pot rinsed and liquor returned to pot and temperature brought up to 50
degrees. Skein entered for 30
minutes and simmered at 50 degrees. |
The dyed yarn was washed with warm
soapy water. |
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