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  • Oh, Shift! Using pH Adjustments to Extract Pigment and Modify Colors From Madder

    Some natural dyes are more sensitive than other to changes in pH. Both species of madder that I have been using recently, Rubia cordifolia and Rubia tinctoria (or tinctorum) fall into that category. In this post, I am specifically talking…

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  • Soak ‘Em if you got ‘Em: Adventures in Mordant

    Choosing and using mordants is a really broad topic, so I will be talking about it in chunks. In this segment, I’m talking specifically about the mordanting I did in preparation for dyeing silk and cotton with madder dye. For…

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  • Watching it all go Scour

     Fiber preparation is not one of the sexy parts of dyeing, but it’s a process that can improve your results significantly. It’s kind of like painting the walls in your house. You can skip the prep and go straight to…

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  • Pale Madder & Walnut Dye

    An Adventure Begins!

    I have only started adding blog posts to this website, but those of you who have been following me on social media and through Griffin Dyeworks already know that this is a very exciting time for me! Last fall, I…

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