Have you heard of Eco Printing before and are wondering what it is? Well, eco printing is the process of directly transferring dye from a plant material onto a piece of fabric. It is an amazing skill that yields most beautiful natural dye results. Actual form of the leaf or flower are printed on your fabric.
Read more details about eco printing below:
Plants Used for Eco-Printing
Eco printing begins with plants. You need to understandย which plants will give better and successful results for the design & color that you want on the fabric. These plant's availability and affordability is something that you better check before fixing on the plant. Mostly used plants are eucalyptus, red maple leaves, black walnut leaves, rose flowers and many other flowers also.
Process for Eco-Printing
The parts of plants are kept on mordant treated fabric, rolled into a bundle and then steamed or simmered. This is basic method. The bundling is also an important step. If not bundled properly, the print does not adhere to the fabric. The tannin present in the plant parts gets sticked to mordant treated fabric.ย ย
Designsย for Eco-Printing
There are manyย designs that one can explore in eco printing!ย The beauty lies in the different shapes of flowers and leaves which come as it is. Sometimes even though they are irregular the very shape itself makes it precious! The raw look gives eye catching beauty to the outfit.ย Mesmerizing prints can be made with simplest materials.ย
Fabricsย for Eco-Printing
All the fabrics are not similar and suitable for eco printing. The most used materials for eco-printing are cotton and silk. Wool and linen are little hard to do eco printing on because of its uneven and lustrous surface. Every fabric is treated with mordant before printing to make sure that the print adheres onto the fabric.
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