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Introduction
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Intro to cotton module
- Introduction
- Making mordants
- Choosing and gathering leaves
- Preparing leaves
- Choosing plant-based fabric and clothing
- Scouring plant-based fabric and clothing
- Mordanting cotton with iron
- Doing test prints
- Basic rolling and bundling technique: tank top
- Cooking eco-print bundles
- Rolling a piece of fabric
- Rolling garments with sleeves
- Combining alum and iron mordants
- Aftercare: washing, drying and wearing
- Eco-printing over failed or faded prints
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Advanced Cotton module
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Soy Milk Binder module
- Introduction
- Understanding the effect of soy milk binders
- Preparing cotton with a soymilk binder
- A shibori and rust rolled bundle
- Shibori and rust variation
- A simple rolled bundle with iron dipped leaves
- Making iron blankets and dye blankets
- Using the soy binder and blankets together
- Dye blankets on clothing
- Eco-printing on nylon
- More examples of eco-printing on nylon
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Wool and shibori module
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Conclusion
Introduction
Welcome to the first module of Living Colour. Here you will learn the basics of eco-printing on cotton, including how to make mordants, choose and prepare fabric and leaves, and roll up bundles.
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Making mordants