INFECTIOUS COLOURS¶

4. BioChromes¶

Research & Inspiration¶

pink pom mushroom

Tools¶

pots
glass basin
hot plate
wooden forks
bowls
coffee filters
strainer
jars

Process and workflow¶

Gather ingredients

Ingredients Stuff

FABRIC PREP¶

cutting, soaking & spring rolling

Soaking

GATHERING¶

Went to the farm to frolice and collect ingredients for the dyes

Farm Gather Mush

BREWING¶

brewing ingredients to make neutral dye base

Pom Brew

REACTING¶

adding mordants to the neutral dyes

Reacting Dye test

DYING¶

died shorts and burnt them

Dying Shorts

DRYING¶

dried & ironed swatches

Drying Iron swatches

Ingredients & Recipes¶

Weight

Prepare this recipe [^1] by collecting the ingredients necessary, to be found in the list below:

ingredients

xxx gr cabbage and lemon
0 gr alum
10 gr fabric
400 ml xxx
2 gr baking soda

HOT PINK¶

cabbage and lemon dye

* measure g of cabbage and lemon, measure baking soda & water 
* add 2g baking soda 
* simmer 
* mix mix mix 
* remove cabbage and lemons from pot 
* strain through coffee filter 
* repeat

Documenting experiments¶

Board

example from the documentation in the BioLab FabTextiles Barcelona 2024

RESULTS¶

FINAL SWATCHES

Result Result2

@bishgosh these natural dye samples are totally poppin like this 🫶🥑🧅🌸🍋🍀🍒🫘🥭🌿🍄✨#biotextiles #biodesign #natura #naturaldyes #fashiondesigner #bio ♬ Pop like this Pt. 2 (Sped Up) - prodbycpkshawn

Recycling the dye into pigments¶

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Ingredients & Recipes¶

N/A but you would

* measure
* add
* simmer
* mix
* remove
* strain
* repeat

Was Hoping to Learn¶

Myclieum Movements