What a great idea to use construction paper for colour! I’ve never seen eco-dying using this before. Thank you so much for sharing your very easy to follow process.
This IS the MOST informative tutorial ever. So glad I found you. Aka "snow white" they call me, my connection to our mudball 🌎 is deep. I can't wait to try this method. We had snow here in Michigan, hoping the leaves are still feasible to use. Thank u again. EXCELLENT INFO
I have never used color construction paper however thank you for introducing that! I will definitely do it! Also the tea addition. One thing I do is rinse from the stack, that way you have a little more stability behind the one you are rinsing. I am on the west coast so have some different varieties than you, still interesting and beautiful! Thank you for the video.
Just watched your tutorial Sandy…very well done..l’m going to try your method. I purchased a electric roaster oven/Pot at the thrift store for 12 dollars. I do Eco dyeing of cloth in it on the deck. What’s nice about it is, l can set the temperature to what ever temp l want and it’s nice and deep and has length to it as well. Thanks for sharing…l love the construction paper idea ❤️👍😃
I just found you via this tutorial. I really enjoyed this and found it very inspiring. I'm now searching and gathering the pots etc and getting ready to try it out myself. My alum arrived yesterday. I heard you mention something about sun dying flower blossoms. I'd really love to see a demo of your method. I couldn't find it in your videos or maybe I missed it? Or maybe you might consider doing an demo video on that method (or more of some of your other methods). You just do a great job of explaining and keeping things simple while staying effective. Thanks you so much. I am looking forward to trying this great method out very soon
Here is a link to a post on my blog where I did step by step photographed instructions for sun dyeing with flowers and leaves, Enjoy! quillcottage.blogspot.com/2012/06/sun-printing-fabric-with-coffee-and.html
I've done coffee, tea, a combo of coffee and tea, avacodo, tempra paints watered down into a spray, and the shaving cream, and acrylics mix, but I haven't eco dyed yet. I love how yours turned out, but I'd perfer pastel colors. I may have to try this.
I would adwise you all to use thin gloves (one-time-use gloves) when handeling alum, both the paper and the bundels. Aluminium is not good for our body. And prosess outside! What you told about the leaves was very informative! Thank you.
Thank you for this tutorial, I live where there are a lot of ferns and trees, can't wait to give this a try and add these papers to my journal-making paper stash.
Thank you, I enjoyed your process, Winter setting in and I've not tried indoor dying. I've saved the leaves, so many beauties this fall so added to the list of a day project. Enjoy the weekend.
Good tutorial Sandy! I used the colored construction paper over the summer with great success! Don't overlook using the black papers. I loved the results.
I hadn’t heard of Eco dying until this week. It looks like so much fun, I really like the idea of adding in the construction paper. Your papers turned out gorgeous, can’t wait to go through my garden and see what leaves I can find there that might be different. Thank you for your inspiration.
What a great video, Sandy! I've done a bit of eco-dyeing, but haven't gotten much color yet, so I'm anxious to try this today. I gathered leaves yesterday, so I think I'm ready! Thank you VERY much for taking the time to video your process, and for sharing it!
Hi, I just became interested in eco dying and found your video. Thanks so much! Everything was so easy to understand and your results were the best I've seen after several videos. I L. O. V. E. love them. I also love Cat.lol💕👏😀
This was fascinating! I can't wait to try it. I'd love to see how you dye with flowers. And sun dyeing? Please sign me up! I live in the southeast us and summers are HOT& HUMID, lol. If I could make that work to my advantage maybe I wouldn't hibernate all summer
I have done flower pounding as well as sun dyeing, I need to look, I may have done tutorials on those on my blog years ago. If I can find the posts I will send you another reply with links. Those are great video ideas! We are just coming into Spring here so it’s a great time to think about filming those to post here on UA-cam, thanks for the content suggestion.
That was the back of an old paper tablet that was quite thick, you can use any type of thicker cardboard (not corrugated it will come apart) or compressed tag board or you can even use a thinner pieces of wood. What you want is something a bit rigid that won’t become mushy or deteriorate during the boiling process to keep your stack of papers together and to help in the binding process of holding things tight so you will get a good transfer.
Love this process! One question: if the alum is a mordant and the rust is a mordant, why use both? Wondering if I could use something natural and not harmful instead of the alum.
That was a personal choice for me you do not necessarily need to use both. I always treat my papers with aluminum water to help them hold the dye. I used the rusty objects because I like the color it gives, you can get the same color using coffee or tea. I also like using smaller rusty objects between my pages sometimes to get cool markings or prints on the paper.
My Grandkids do this with me and love it… India Flint was the first and instigator of Eco printing. Love her book and have been using for year since it was first published. I do worry that the colour pigments in construction paper are not very echo friendly. Do you know how it is made?
Construction paper is made from shredded wood pulp and water mixed to a thick paste consistency then recycled paper and dye are added and paper sheets are formed. From what I can gather some colorants are synthetic and some are organic. I guess it would be up to the individual to determine if they would choose to use it or not. Some artists are purist and want totally organic compounds and some are not. I guess one would need to research the labels to determine what type of dyes were used. I do not over worry much over paper items as no matter how organic or acid free a paper is over time it will deteriorate. I hope this answers your question. Thank you for viewing.
The colored papers are called Construction Paper. Here in the US we can buy it from local department or craft stores and it is readily available on Amazon. Here is a link for a 50 sheet package, you can purchase in different brands and package sizes: Tru-Ray Construction Paper P103031, 10 Classic Colors, 9" x 12", 50 Sheets a.co/d/563e6Lr
Yes I ironed the paper with a warm dry iron after they completely air dried. Can you tell me which portion of the video where I mentioned “processed these” so I can reference back to it? It has been a while ago that I made the video, I will review to see what I said.
Have you tried leaves of “Eucalyptus polyanthemos” kind(I use translation robot on this word cus I’m not sure the right English of it)? I’m in Taiwan, and here when I see people doing eco printing they love to put those leaves. They will turn to orange color and REALLY gorgeous ❤.
I am not sure why the link is not working. I deleted it and posted the supply list in the drop down box under the video for ease of finding it. Hope you enjoy trying this!
The supply list is in the drop down box under the video. I don’t have any written instructions just a supply list. The only still photos I have would be on my Facebook Page and they are only of the finished dry papers. You can pause the video as I am showing them to see the results. Hope this helps.
Construction paper, here in the US, is considered a children’s art paper and is used widely in younger grades of schools. It is a thick brightly dyed paper made from wood pulp, water, recycled paper, and synthetic or organic dye. It is usually not color fast and will over time fade and when really old become brittle. Crayola markets a premium brand but there are many brands and for this experiment I used a cheap off brand from a dollar store. To help with preserving it after dyeing and drying before use in page binding I would recommend coating pages with a sealant. If you google “construction paper” or look on Amazon you will find many options.
What a great idea to use construction paper for colour! I’ve never seen eco-dying using this before. Thank you so much for sharing your very easy to follow process.
The best, clearest tutorial on this subject thankyou fro Yorkshire uk
I don’t often make comments over here across the Pond, BUT this is brilliant. Full of info, well paced and great shots. Thankyou and well done.
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial 😊
This IS the MOST informative tutorial ever. So glad I found you. Aka "snow white" they call me, my connection to our mudball 🌎 is deep. I can't wait to try this method. We had snow here in Michigan, hoping the leaves are still feasible to use. Thank u again. EXCELLENT INFO
I have never used color construction paper however thank you for introducing that! I will definitely do it! Also the tea addition. One thing I do is rinse from the stack, that way you have a little more stability behind the one you are rinsing. I am on the west coast so have some different varieties than you, still interesting and beautiful! Thank you for the video.
I love it ❤ I’ll definitely try this through the holidays
Just watched your tutorial Sandy…very well done..l’m going to try your method. I purchased a electric roaster oven/Pot at the thrift store for 12 dollars. I do Eco dyeing of cloth in it on the deck. What’s nice about it is, l can set the temperature to what ever temp l want and it’s nice and deep and has length to it as well.
Thanks for sharing…l love the construction paper idea ❤️👍😃
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I just found you via this tutorial. I really enjoyed this and found it very inspiring. I'm now searching and gathering the pots etc and getting ready to try it out myself. My alum arrived yesterday. I heard you mention something about sun dying flower blossoms. I'd really love to see a demo of your method. I couldn't find it in your videos or maybe I missed it? Or maybe you might consider doing an demo video on that method (or more of some of your other methods). You just do a great job of explaining and keeping things simple while staying effective. Thanks you so much. I am looking forward to trying this great method out very soon
Here is a link to a post on my blog where I did step by step photographed instructions for sun dyeing with flowers and leaves, Enjoy!
quillcottage.blogspot.com/2012/06/sun-printing-fabric-with-coffee-and.html
I've done coffee, tea, a combo of coffee and tea, avacodo, tempra paints watered down into a spray, and the shaving cream, and acrylics mix, but I haven't eco dyed yet.
I love how yours turned out, but I'd perfer pastel colors. I may have to try this.
Thanks voor sharing 🙏 I loved watching you explaining every step you did❤
I would adwise you all to use thin gloves (one-time-use gloves) when handeling alum, both the paper and the bundels. Aluminium is not good for our body. And prosess outside! What you told about the leaves was very informative! Thank you.
Thank you for this tutorial, I live where there are a lot of ferns and trees, can't wait to give this a try and add these papers to my journal-making paper stash.
Yes, it works great !! Ive used it for a few years now and have always been happy with the results …
These are the best eco dye results I’ve ever seen. Thanks for a great tutorial.
Fantastic! One of the best That I have viewed. I love this one.
Thank you so glad you enjoyed it!
Sorry, reached the point in the vid with the answer. Thanks!
Thank you, I enjoyed your process, Winter setting in and I've not tried indoor dying. I've saved the leaves, so many beauties this fall so added to the list of a day project. Enjoy the weekend.
I hope you enjoy the process, thank you for dropping in for a visit
Good tutorial Sandy! I used the colored construction paper over the summer with great success! Don't overlook using the black papers. I loved the results.
Thank you, I will try the black paper next time, I was afraid it might be too dark. Does it give you more of a gray tone, that would be cool?
@@sandybabb8313 I like grungy looking papers. Do a batch with the blacks , grey and dark blues. I think you will like it!
@@rosemarymorristherustypeac1750, great idea! Thanks for sharing that! I love grungy too!
I hadn’t heard of Eco dying until this week. It looks like so much fun, I really like the idea of adding in the construction paper. Your papers turned out gorgeous, can’t wait to go through my garden and see what leaves I can find there that might be different. Thank you for your inspiration.
Best eco dye video I've seen! Well done! Thank you for all the great info! So gorgeous!😍
Thank you, I hope you give it a try!
These are GORGEOUS!!! Can't wait to try your method with the construction paper! THANKS!
Thank you, enjoy!
What a great video, Sandy! I've done a bit of eco-dyeing, but haven't gotten much color yet, so I'm anxious to try this today. I gathered leaves yesterday, so I think I'm ready! Thank you VERY much for taking the time to video your process, and for sharing it!
I am so glad you enjoyed it, wishing you much success with this method!
Great video! Your pages are so very yummy!! 😘
I am honored to have you visit…and yes, I used your word “yummy” ;)
@@sandybabb8313 😘♥️
Hi, I just became interested in eco dying and found your video. Thanks so much! Everything was so easy to understand and your results were the best I've seen after several videos. I L. O. V. E. love them. I also love Cat.lol💕👏😀
I am glad you enjoyed the video. Best results in your eco dye!
It’s beautiful!!
Love this a wonderful idea. Thank u
They look great. Thanks for info. Take care.
Alum is also a mordant
Those are soo beautiful, i want to try this, I hope I can find the alum!
Alum is readily available in grocery stores, it is with the spices and should be easy to find. Have fun!
Thank you so much for this!!!
This was fascinating! I can't wait to try it. I'd love to see how you dye with flowers. And sun dyeing? Please sign me up! I live in the southeast us and summers are HOT& HUMID, lol. If I could make that work to my advantage maybe I wouldn't hibernate all summer
I have done flower pounding as well as sun dyeing, I need to look, I may have done tutorials on those on my blog years ago. If I can find the posts I will send you another reply with links. Those are great video ideas! We are just coming into Spring here so it’s a great time to think about filming those to post here on UA-cam, thanks for the content suggestion.
Great tutorial. Thanks.
Великолепно! Очень интересно и полезно. Спасибо! 🙂
I know it’s been years, but, I am interested in where or what the cardboard is!
I have never seen brown cardboard?
Thanks fron Niagara
That was the back of an old paper tablet that was quite thick, you can use any type of thicker cardboard (not corrugated it will come apart) or compressed tag board or you can even use a thinner pieces of wood. What you want is something a bit rigid that won’t become mushy or deteriorate during the boiling process to keep your stack of papers together and to help in the binding process of holding things tight so you will get a good transfer.
Thank you love the video still today
Love this process! One question: if the alum is a mordant and the rust is a mordant, why use both? Wondering if I could use something natural and not harmful instead of the alum.
That was a personal choice for me you do not necessarily need to use both. I always treat my papers with aluminum water to help them hold the dye. I used the rusty objects because I like the color it gives, you can get the same color using coffee or tea. I also like using smaller rusty objects between my pages sometimes to get cool markings or prints on the paper.
My Grandkids do this with me and love it… India Flint was the first and instigator of Eco printing. Love her book and have been using for year since it was first published.
I do worry that the colour pigments in construction paper are not very echo friendly. Do you know how it is made?
Construction paper is made from shredded wood pulp and water mixed to a thick paste consistency then recycled paper and dye are added and paper sheets are formed. From what I can gather some colorants are synthetic and some are organic. I guess it would be up to the individual to determine if they would choose to use it or not. Some artists are purist and want totally organic compounds and some are not. I guess one would need to research the labels to determine what type of dyes were used. I do not over worry much over paper items as no matter how organic or acid free a paper is over time it will deteriorate. I hope this answers your question. Thank you for viewing.
太美了～
Awesome .
What type of those coloured papers are? Where can we get those?
The colored papers are called Construction Paper. Here in the US we can buy it from local department or craft stores and it is readily available on Amazon. Here is a link for a 50 sheet package, you can purchase in different brands and package sizes:
Tru-Ray Construction Paper P103031, 10 Classic Colors, 9" x 12", 50 Sheets a.co/d/563e6Lr
Did you ironed papers after drying them? And what do you mean by "processed these " ?
Yes I ironed the paper with a warm dry iron after they completely air dried. Can you tell me which portion of the video where I mentioned “processed these” so I can reference back to it? It has been a while ago that I made the video, I will review to see what I said.
Have you tried leaves of “Eucalyptus polyanthemos” kind(I use translation robot on this word cus I’m not sure the right English of it)? I’m in Taiwan, and here when I see people doing eco printing they love to put those leaves. They will turn to orange color and REALLY gorgeous ❤.
Great video Sandy, I can’t get that pdf link to work.. could you send me an active link?? Thanks!
I am not sure why the link is not working. I deleted it and posted the supply list in the drop down box under the video for ease of finding it. Hope you enjoy trying this!
Sandy where can I find the still photos and the written instructions that you mentioned please ?
The supply list is in the drop down box under the video. I don’t have any written instructions just a supply list. The only still photos I have would be on my Facebook Page and they are only of the finished dry papers. You can pause the video as I am showing them to see the results. Hope this helps.
How much alum do you add to a 32 oz bottle?
1 teaspoon per Cup (8oz) of water, 32oz is 4 cups so 4 teaspoons
@@sandybabb8313 thank you so much 😊
What exactly IS construction paper?
Construction paper, here in the US, is considered a children’s art paper and is used widely in younger grades of schools. It is a thick brightly dyed paper made from wood pulp, water, recycled paper, and synthetic or organic dye. It is usually not color fast and will over time fade and when really old become brittle. Crayola markets a premium brand but there are many brands and for this experiment I used a cheap off brand from a dollar store. To help with preserving it after dyeing and drying before use in page binding I would recommend coating pages with a sealant. If you google “construction paper” or look on Amazon you will find many options.
Is the construction paper also useable after drying?
Absolutely!
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