Re: Anthotypes
Jack, The typical stuff used for a really good black is logwood with an additgion of iron tannate and copper salts, however i think logwood may be hard to find but a fairly good black may be obtained from strong black walnut solution. gather hulls and boil them down then put a rusty nail in the soup and let it sit for a couple of days then strain. have you thought about using silver nitrate - toxic but a good black. peg -- Peg Fredi -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jack Fulton <jfulton@sfai.edu> > > > > > liz, > > I have done quite a bit of natural dying for fiber and have a > > number of sources of herbs, roots , nuts and berries that woiuld be > > gereeat for anthrotypes. > > -- > > Peg Fredi > > > > About 35 years ago I purchased two Ugandan bark paintings: a dark red > pounded flat bark painted on with some sort of black dye/paint. The > black color has faded quite a bit and I've thought of using poison > oak juice to 'repaint' the geometric > design. Do any of us know of other natural dyes to produce a nice > black . . if you would like to see more I can send anyone a small > JPEG of the painting, which is about 30"x50" > > The post by Peg above made me ask . . sorry if it is a bit off-topic > > Jack |