HOW TO ECO-PRINT WITH SUMMER FLOWERS | ORGANIC COLOR | COSMOS COREOPSIS GERANIUM | COTTON MORDANT

Join me in picking summer blooms in search of color from wild & garden flowers to make wonderful eco-prints on textile using steam bundle dyeing to create beautiful natural designs. This tutorial will suggest flowers to forage for eco-printing and how to use steam to coax out vivid colors on cotton that has been pre-treated with aluminum acetate mordant. You will see my results on drawstring cotton bags for inspiration to step into the natural printmaking world.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction - Summer flower eco-printing
1:14 Flowers of Bailey Farm, Snohomish, WA
2:43 Supply list
3:25 How to pre-treat cotton with aluminum acetate mordant
4:53 Eco-print - Design 1
8:03 Design 1 results
8:20 Eco-print - Design 2
10:15 Design 2 results
10:52 Wrap-up
16:47 Sneak peak of next video tutorial
18:16 Blooper

SUPPLY LIST
Summer flowers - cosmos, coreopsis, geranium, nasturtium, rose, zinnia, California poppy
Pot with lid
Steamer
Scale
Measuring spoon
Measuring cup
Tongs
String
Scissors
Dowel
Plastic sheets - recycled if possible
Textile - cotton used in this video
Mordant - aluminum acetate for cotton

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Color Quest is a creative channel where we explore the wide world of natural color! If you love using organic materials in all of your arts & crafts projects, join me as I share tutorials and vlogs on how to find and create a rainbow of color from plants and the earth they live in.

I'm passionate about natural dyes and pigments which I use extensively in my art practice, so I'm thrilled to share my curiosity, excitement and knowledge of nature's palette with you.

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