With all the information i’ve got after reading the Books of Jenny Dean,
India Flint and Rebecca Desnos and Taking a Workshop with Lucila Kenny (
100% recommended )
I was ready to give it a try by my own and the first thing I found out
was that I must take care about my Mordant.
The most
important step to work with Natural dyes (and now I see why).
While most dyers use Aluminium (AA) as a Mordant (or fixer) because is easier
to find and use, Lucila Kenny encouraged me to find out more about
Lycopodium - a rare plant used as a Mordant from which Alum can be
extracted from- while Rebecca Desnos recommend in her Book the use of
Soy Milk as a more Natural way to reach real Natural colors without
adding any kind of chemicals to the process.
This is my experience in the process:
