Re: Anthotypes
great mark, i guess its a good thing you didnt know where all that stuff i cooked for you came from........ -- Peg Fredi -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ender100@aol.com > > and if you make a bad print you can make it into a sandwich! heheheeh How ya > doing Peg! > > Best Wishes, > Mark Nelson > > Precision Digital Negatives > PDNPrint Forum @ Yahoo Groups > Mark I. Nelson Photography > > In a message dated 2/27/08 7:20:56 PM, pfredi@bellsouth.net writes: > > > > 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. one thing you have to be careful about is blue dyd stuff. they > arent > > colorfast. there are some mordating you can do with the paper or fabric before > you > > use the natural dyes to intensify the color and keep them more colorfast, > > but it would increase the bleaching time for your print. some things that are > > probably readilly available fairly soon are dandilions. with a few different > > mordants you can get anything from a bright yellow to a golden yellow. purple > > cabbage will also give a nice pinkish purple. if you get a grocery store to > > raid their onion bins, you can get yellow and purple onion skins that work > > well also. the natural dyes are very safe for children and are a blast to do > > with them. let me know if i can help further. peg > > -- > > Peg Fredi > > > > > > > > > > > > ************** > Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > |