pH Neutral detergents – Australia
I have found a number of Ph Neutral detergents for washing wool and delicate fabrics available in AustraliaAny of these should work for washing dyed fabrics and particularly, cyanotype fabrics.…
Advanced Cyanotype
Wet Cyanotype Exploring wet cyanotype and extended exposures. Cyanotype 101 is a Pre-requisite. Adding additional chemicals to the process – soap, vinegar, lemon juice… Exposing the prints for several hours…
Cyanotype 101
A Workshop for Beginners Introduction to Cyanotype Chemicals and Process Applying chemicals to 3 different papers and 2 kinds of fabric Composing botanicals, etc on substrates Exposing the cyanotype prints…
The History and Process of Cyanotype
History of Cyanotype The cyanotype is one of the earliest photographic printing processes, known for its deep blue images. It was invented in 1842 by Sir John Frederick William Herschel,…
Dyeing Fabric with Procion MX Dyes
There are many ways of colouring your own fabric, using either dyes or fabric paint. When you dye fabric with Procion MX Dyes, the molecules of the dye form a…
Preparing Fabric for Dyeing
Preparing fabric for dyeing with Procion MX dyes There are two options: PFD fabric is fabric that is already Prepared for Dyeing - I use a mercerised broadcloth, quilters percale…
History of Procion Dyes
Some History Procion MX dyes were created in Britain in 1954 by Imperial Chemical Industries Limited (ICI); they became available commercially in 1956. ICI discovered that a dye molecule containing…