4. BioChromes¶
The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to endure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone. by Janine Benyus
Week Intro¶
This week has started totally diffrent - off the lab and involve in nature . learning from nature and gather ingrediant to experience it when return back to the lab.
The main objective of this week is to extract colors from nature
and use them on fabrics with understanding the natural fabic origins
if taken from animals or planets as the output shown on image above.
will talk more about it on the next sections.stay tuned!!
Research & Explore Journey¶
In this section i will take you with the story begin and our lab nature trip to learn from the mother nature and understand more about the planets with the instructor guide . then i will show you some of research and inspiration i found about the topic .
Trip to mother nature¶
Before trip there were two helpful apps to understand more about surrounded plants will surround you and know more about it !
Remamber to go with open heart to nature and good search method such as app, phone or even books . here are the apps i relied on with searcch engines help.
Referances "get inspired!"
Check out and research alumni pages to betetr understand how to document and get inspired
* Dye book - [Isobel Leonard - TextileLab Amsterdam Waag FutureLab](https://class.textile-academy.org/2025/isobel-leonard/assignments/week04/)
* Inks & folds - [Germarillis Ruiz - FabLab Bcn](https://class.textile-academy.org/2025/germarilis-ruiz/assignments/week04/#color-swatches)
* Woven documentation matrix - [Riley Cox - TextileLab Amsterdam](https://class.textile-academy.org/2024/riley-cox/assignments/week04/)
* Comparison inks - [Stephanie Johnsons - TextileLab Amsterdam](https://class.textile-academy.org/2024/stephanie-johnson/assignments/week04/#i-n-k-s)
* Documentation formats - [Julia Karas - FabLab Bcn](https://class.textile-academy.org/2024/julija-karas/assignments/week04/#assembled-fabricated-biopantone)
* [Margret Guttormsdottir](https://class.textile-academy.org/2023/margret-guttormsdottir/assignments/week04/)
* Artistic intervention - [Kate Reed - Dassault Systems](https://class.textile-academy.org/2021/kate.reed/)
References & Inspiration¶
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- Two images side-by-side
- Image reference
- Download reference
Links to reference files, PDF, booklets,
about your images..
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Remember to credit/reference all your images to their authors. Open source helps us create change faster together, but we all deserve recognition for what we make, design, think, develop.
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remember to resize and optimize all your images. You will run out of space and the more data, the more servers, the more cooling systems and energy wasted :) make a choice at every image :) This image is optimised in size with resolution 72 and passed through tinypng for final optimisation.
Tools¶
Process and workflow¶
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Ingredients & Recipes¶
Prepare this recipe 1 by collecting the ingredients necessary, to be found in the list below:
ingredients
- xxx gr madder root
- xxx gr alum
- xxx gr fabric
- xxx ml xxx
- xxx gr xxx
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Blue sky¶
recipe mallow dye on protein and cellulose fibers
- measure
- add
- simmer
- mix
- remove
- strain
- repeat
Documenting experiments¶
example from the documentation of Petra Garaiová FabTextiles Barcelona 2021-22
TEST 01 - SILK¶
| Material name | Fabric composition | Breathability | Moisture-wicking abilities | Heat retention abilities | Stretchability | Washing temperatures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silk | Animal fibers - silkworm insect | Highly breathable | High | Low | Low | Cool or warm |
RESULTS¶
Two ways of showcasing and comparing results with images below
On the left an image of a sample made by xxx with xxx. The dye is more xxx. On the right, an image of a sample made by xxx with xxx and xxx. Here the dye is more xxx.
RESULTS¶
Recycling the dye into pigments¶
Ingredients & Recipes¶
Prepare this recipe 1 by collecting the ingredients necessary, to be found in the list below:
ingredients
- xxx gr madder root
- xxx gr alum
- xxx gr fabric
- xxx ml xxx
- xxx gr xxx
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pink pigment¶
pigment from left-over dye bath
- measure
- add
- simmer
- mix
- remove
- strain
- repeat
RESULTS¶