Painting with Hyacinth Modified Dyes and Iron Paste Print

Modifiers with Hyacinth Dye - Butterfly Moss Dress

• Starting with yellow privet dyed habotai silk - turned green in hyacinth flower dye bath.  Green intended to match with other fabrics used in dress - Moss Jade Chirality [link].
• Shibori stitched butterfly dyed feint yellow-green; discharged further with lemon juice and paint brush.
• Leaf print: Leaf glued to card, printed with iron modifier paste.
• Modifiers: Clockwise on colour wheel sample: Alum, Cream of Tartar, Citric Acid, Iron, Sodium Carbonate, Calcium Carbonate