Moe, an artist who sells her handmade cards at our shop, came from Tokyo to visit Tereya and decided to try dying. We used the 40 liter vat for the first time.
She tied knots in the 4 corners and the
center of a cotton square.
This took about 1 1/2 minutes.
After wetting out the fabric she lowered it into the dye vat.
She kept the cloth under the surface and moved it around for 4 minutes
then brought it out into the air to oxidize for 10 minutes and then repeated this.
After oxidizing for the 2nd time she opened the center knot,
dyed the cloth one more time for 2 minutes, oxidized and then rinsed it.
She ended up with this lovely bandanna.
Not bad for a first try.
Do you still offer advice on small sukumo vats? I have grown and dried 2 k of polygonum t and want to try it. I know it is probably too few leaves. Where can I buy the fermented leaves.. .?
ReplyDeleteI live in the U.S.