Lanceleaf Coreopsis - Whole dried flowers
£10.00
Coreopsis flowers - whole dried yellow flowers, grown in the British Isles with natural permaculture farming practices which build soil health.
Use for bundle dyeing to create direct prints on textiles and paper, or for steeped in water to create a dyepot for immersion dyeing.
Colours:
Strong yellow to orange colours
Ingredients: Whole dried coreopsis flowers - Lanceleaf/Early Summer Coreopsis.
Herbal and traditional uses:
Used to treat upset stomachs, by making a tea with the roots. In folk medicine a tea without the roots has been drunk to conceive a female baby.
Flower symbolism:
Coreopsis means “always cheerful,” and provide a lovely sunny presence wherever they make their home.
Native origins: North American praries.
Growing:
Grown on a farm in Guernsey using naturaul farming techniques, without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fungacides.
Recipe:
200% WOF - Good yellow
To make a dye, add enough water to create the space required for your fibres to move around freely in.
Bring to a simmer and keep at 82 celsius for 30 mins. Strain using a sieve and cheesecloth. Add pre-wetted fibres and simmer for 60 mins or until desired depth of colour achieved. Remove from heat and cool. Rinse, wash and air dry.
Ref Botanical Inks book for further info on dyeing instructions for cellulose/protein fibres, mordanting etc..
For bundle dyeing, follow instructions in my book or using the online workshop recording, available within this online store.
Fastness:
Medium fastness to sunlight, rubbing and washing.
Mordants/Modifiers:
Alum brightens and deepens orange/rusts on animal fibres and oranges on plant fibres.
A tiny measure of an alkaline such as soda ash will shift orange to more reddish shades.
Ph sensitivity:
Sensitive to ph levels.
Alkaline shift to more reddish/orange colours.
Transport:
Air courier from Guernsey to English mainland
Shipped from Botanical Inks in Bristol via Royal Mail
Packaging:
Packaged in natural unbleached food grade waxed paper, and secured with natural plant gum paper tape and 100% natural unbleached twine and placed inside a biodegradable corn starch mailer bag - safe for health and environment.
