In food as in nature, color abounds. Natural dyes, made from food scraps that would otherwise go composted or unused, suddenly inspire creative opportunities that reduce food waste. They can replace synthetic chemical colorings in foods like frostings, icings and batters. They can also dye fiber such as yarn, clothing and pillowcases. And they can add color to DIYs and projects from paper crafts to homemade paints to Easter eggs…
Endpaper of Vegetable Dyeing: 151 Color Recipes for Dyeing Yarns and Fabrics with Natural Materials by Alma Lesch. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications [1970] TP919 .L47
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Item Description Origin: Pakistan Style: Tribal Design: Gabeh Pile: Wool Colors: Multi-Color Size (Feet) 8' x 10' (Not including the fringe) Age: New Weave: Hand Knotted Condition: Mint Shipping & Handling: Free Shipping (International, Hawaii and Alaska buyer additional charges, please contact us) Retail Value: $7,500 If you are a rug collector well here is your chance to own a very rare and unique piece. This will be a great addition for any rug collector. This rug is in perfect condition, please look at photos for more details and if you have any questions please ask before bidding. I will ship within United States for free all other international bidders please contact me for shipping charges to your final destination. Thank you and good luck bidding. About Us Enrich your home with an exquisite and masterfully made Oriental rug from Shabahang and Sons Oriental Rugs. The family of Shabahang and Sons has been in the carpet industry for over one hundred years. Third generation and owner, Jalal Shabahang, began working in the family business in Isfahan, Iran, when he was only 14, and by the age of 17, he opened his own store in Isfahan, Iran. In 1980, he opened the Milwaukee store with his brothers. In 1995, he and his sons, co-owners Behzad, Ben, and Bruce, open their store in downtown Milwaukee, and in May of 2000, he and his sons added a Waukesha/Brookfield store. For more than 27 years, the Shabahangs have cultivated a reputation for excellence, based on their dedication to both their artisan vendors and their loyal clients. Shabahang and Sons has thousands of rugs on display, each of which has been hand selected by the Shabahangs who personally look at hundreds of rugs for each one that they ultimately choose for the company. The family has developed relationships with the artists that create the rugs and can tell the clients where a rug originates and details of the history, based, in part, on the diversity of each region’s weave, patterns, and colors. The Shabahangs are highly trained and happily do all of the legwork for their clients to ensure that the clients get only the highest quality products. The showrooms combined cover more than 16,500 square feet, all of which is beautifully lit, making it a welcoming environment. You will find rugs that are new, semi-antique, or antique and that range from a dainty doormat to grand, palace-sized pieces. Easily add elegance and quality to your favorite room with Oriental rugs from Shabahang and Sons. We at Shabahang and Sons take great pride, not only in our carpets, but also in our customers. You, as our client, will find in our carpets something you can enjoy for yourself and pass on to the next generation. Shipping & Handling All rugs are shipped within 2-3 business days so we can guarantee the quickest delivery anywhere in the United States. All of our shipping services are provided by both UPS and Fed-Ex to continental USA. Depending on the state you live in and your type of address, the best carrier will be chosen upon shipment of your rug(s). International customers including Hawaii and Alaska please email us for additional charges. International customers are also responsible for all taxes and duties when rug(s) have arrived in your country. You must note that shipping charges all include the following: (Shipping, Handling, Wrapping, Insurance, and warehouse fees which are associated with every rug).
Solar dyeing can be adapted to use with natural dyes, for a more hand's off approach for heat sensitive dyes, and small dye/fiber amounts.
100% New Zealand Wool Made in India with love and attention to detail Colored with Natural & Vegetable Dyes All made to order rugs will ship FREE in 90-120 days Due to the handmade nature of the rugs, the length and width can vary between 1-3" of specified size. We try to most accurately represent our rugs in the best lighting, but due to differences in computer screens, colors may appear differently on different monitors. If you have any questions on any colors, please don't hesitate to reach out us, we would we be happy to answer any questions you may have at [email protected]
Star quilt with madder-style setting blocks and border 1840-1860 In the quilt above, the quilter combined indigos, Prussian blues and other fashionable fabrics with madder-style prints in the blocks. Madder browns have an unfortunate tendency to deteriorate or "tender" fabrics. The darkest brown in the quilt above, mordanted with iron, has oxidized, leaving large holes where the dark stripes were. The batting is showing through. A detail of the star quilt. It's an interesting quilt because of all the mismatched strips added to the triangles to make them fit. And doesn't that madder-style print at right look like tiny rotary cutters??? Madder-style prints were popular for clothing and quilts--- the fabric of everyday mid-19th-century life. These young women photographed with their books in the 1860s are wearing prints that might have been dyed with madder. Cottons dyed with madder are among the most common fabrics in nineteenth-century quilts. Madder pleased both mills and customers because it was colorfast and inexpensive, yet versatile. Dye from madder root could produce the bright orange, the paler and duller oranges and the chocolate browns in these prints. The calico printer treated the yardage with different mordants (metal salt solutions such as iron or aluminum) and dipped the cloth in a single dye bath made from madder root. Each mordant reacted differently with the dye, producing colors ranging from red-orange through purple, brown, and almost black. The madder coloring agent would not bind to areas that were not mordanted. Madder is a vegetable dye derived most efficiently from a perennial plant with the Latin name of Rubia tinctorum. Like many dye plants, it is an Asian native. Pliny the Elder, a Roman naturalist who traveled to Asia in the first century AD, described the amazing transformation of a piece of cloth treated with colorless mordants emerging from the dyebath in a rainbow of shades. The plant and its secrets traveled to Europe where madder thrived in Italy, France, Holland, and Spain. Other names for the dye are al izarin in Arabic and garance in French. Madder produced a plum colored purple known as puce. Madder was particularly popular with quilters between 1840 and 1890. Madder dyeing produced a brick red or orangey-red, not the bright red that the Turkey red process did. The browns tend toward reddish. Photograph from the late 1850s(?) A print skirt and a big dog. Reproduction Quilt Sorghum Taffy Strip Quilt made from my Civil War Homefront collection from 2009. Blues and honey-colored yellows accent the madder-style prints. Prints from two Moda collections: Civil War Homefront and Civil War Reunion In my latest Moda reproduction collection Civil War Reunion I've colored several prints in a Dusty Rose colorway with an authentic madder orange. It's a shade to buy when you see it as the color so popular in 1860 might not be available in the future.
Kuba cloth, the result of a laborious process involving many hands, is one of the most famous cultural exports of this dynamic Kuba society. The cultivation of raffia palms and the weaving of raffia cloth are traditionally male-dominated activities in Kuba society. The most common form of raffia cloth is a plain woven cloth used as the base for decorated textile production, though other types of raffia cloth are also manufactured for various uses. Cloth is woven by men on inclined, single-heddle looms. When the cloth is first removed from the loom, it is coarse; it is then pounded in a mortar to soften it and prepare it for the surface decoration that is the responsibility of the women. In order to begin softening the raffia, the fibres are first stripped and kneaded. Vegetable dyes are then used to colour the strands of the iconic ivory, brown, clay red, and indigo blue of the Kuba kingdom artwork. After that, an inclined heddle loom is used to create a flat-weave textile, which is traditionally done by men. Kuba women are typically responsible for the "finishing" process, which may involve additional dying or kneading. With the help of embellishments like embroidery, appliqués, and patchwork, a velvet-like cut pile fabric can be created. It can take several days to complete a single Kuba cloth, which is about the size of a placemat. Larger prestige pieces, made by joining numerous smaller ones, were traditionally used to demonstrate the power and wealth of Kuba kings. Size: ∼320cm x 56cm
Is Vegetable Art a real thing? Yes! Painting with vegetable dye can be a great substitute for watercolor paint. How paint with vegetable dye on the blog!
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The world's best coarsely woven Iranian tribal rugs are Gabbeh. Which consist of very thick pile. The designs are mostly geometric, and symbolic in both shape, and style. Their construction consists of handspun wool, and vegetable dyes. They are organic in composition, and their appearance is rich in texture.
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