I definitely don’t think the alum turned your papers gray but some of my best papers came out a gorgeous dark gray. It was probably a particular leave that mixed with something else in the water or the rusty stuff you used . When I got my really dark gray I had an old used rusty brake pad and a rusty saw blade in among my papers. Your papers came out amazing but I would think photo paper would be a little pricey. I got this from another eco dying utube. Pacon it is a heavyweight mixed media paper that you can buy in large packs on Amazon and is inexpensive I think for the quality. I t is not a bright white. I have always rinsed my papers and have always steamed/boiled for 2 or more hours so this was very interesting to me. I’m also surprised how well this worked on bone dry papers. I also have. Or tried the vinegar but once and didn’t notice any different. There is nothing like rinsing every one of those pages and seeing what you are gonna get. If you want to do larger amounts use a large pot like a lobster or crab pot . That’s what I used until during one batch it rusted out a pinhole and started shooting water out while it was boiling. That was fun. Also if you have a grill or outside burner you should do this outside because certain plants could have toxins. Thanks for sharing
Lovely prints. The iron from the rusty metal acts as a mordant as does the alum. Alum yields a brighter colour while iron is duller. (Copper and chrome are other mordants but care needed when using.) Both lovely in their own way. I steam my papers / fabric so this is an interesting alternative. (I’m not entirely sure why the cheesecloth was needed.)
Wow, saw your share on FB and couldn't wait to pop over and watch the video... .just HAD TO SUBSCRIBE from Australia....I will definitely try it as I LOVE MY GRUNGE and will definitely tag you when I share it on my channel 😊
So sorry...I'm long winded. I was super excited and posted my previous comment before the end of your video.🙄 Wow...just WOW! I am all about the "grunge". The effects of your dried flower results are absolutely stunning. I am gob-smacked. Truly beautiful.💖 Saving this video to my playlist. And off to look at the rest of your channel.😉 Thank you, again, for sharing with us.🥰
alum is used as a mordant in dyeing. it sets the dye. you could us salt, vinegar or even sugar but they will influence the colour somewhat. nice work! the iron bits are also acting as a mordant.
The better Alum (Aa lum) is the food grade Alum you buy on the spice or baking isle of the grocery store. "Pure" food grade and quality textile art alum (i.e., Jacquard) will not turn your papers or clothe grey or brown. If they did discolour it maybe because the grade of Alum wasn't good or old or your papers weren't acid-free...
Such a fascinating process with stunning results! Stellar beauty! Thank you for a captivating tutorial. This made me imagine magical fairies ‘baking’ such lovely papers in their tiny cottages in the forest when you were sprinkling the florals & leaves onto the papers, then wrapping it up and so forth. The beauty of nature. 💖🌿🌱🍁🍂🍃🌾🌺
Beautiful! I didn’t realize I could get away with such a short boiling time to get colors. And even with long boiling times I don’t get such great coloring. These blow my mind and I’m so glad you shared your process with us!
Loving the out come of the papers. I do it a bit different but the way you do it is so much easier. Going to give this way a try for sure. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my gosh. This looks so much more less complicated than all the other ecodying videos I've watched. I havent tried it yet because I wasn't sure it was worth all the effort but your way is so much easier im definately going to give it a try now. Thanks 💜
Oh I forgot to say did you know that you can take your fall leaves and dying Bouquets put them in a freezer ziplock and they retain their colors. I’m pretty sure some dried flowers might work because iced used dried pea flowers and hibiscus but that leaves 🍃 and foliage will not do anything
Ohmygosh, this looks like fun. I have a large metal baking dish . I wonder if that would work the same or would it have be non metal. Thanks so much for sharing. These are really Georguss.💜🙏👍🏻🤗🇦🇺
I have only used metal pans and they work perfectly fine. I didn’t know you could pay a ceramic pan on a burner. You can also use a big pot and do it on your stovetop and grill. I had a huge lobster pot until a pinhole started shooting boiling water at me with a full load on the stovetop. The best is the grill if you have a burner because we really should not be breathing in toxins that we don’t know what they are. Definitely use a stove fan if you do inside
Thank you. I have used blueberries, cumin and cinnamon before. If you sprinkle cinnamon on wet paper and dry in oven it creates darker grungy effects. Blueberries you get a light blue/purple effect. Cumin gives yellow colors. I have not tried also using leaves for patterns but I bet they would be beautiful, definitely worth a try. ❤️❤️
I think you were told to rinse the papers after they were cooked its the vinegar in the cooking may not be so good for the paper long tears. Just a thought.
Those are awesome! I know this is the older video I have a question if you get to it I only have an electric glass top stove will this work on this or should I maybe try it in the oven and how long would it cook on the stove top? Thank you! Great job! ❤
I use old electric roasters to do mine. No need for a pan, just put the bundle in the roaster directly and pop on the lid. Plus you just plug it in an outdoor outlet.
Thank you so much. I lay them out on a plastic tablecloth and leave until dry. Usually about 4 or 5 hours. I have also used a blow dryer to speed up the process ❤️
what do you think might happen if you intermingled the rust pieces inbetween the papers. I totally know the pieces that have the rust would show more, but i wonder if the orange of the rust would be on more pages too
Yes I thought of that to, but when you tie the bundle together really tight I think it might tear the pages, unless maybe you have flat pieces. It's worth a try.❤️
Oh. My. Gosh... I just spent 4 days eco dying...with the rust water mordant...with the copper mordant...and alum, and vinegar. Soaking the paper. Soaking the leaves... soaking the fabric...on & on & on... Steaming each batch in the oven for an hour & a half. Letting it sit overnight... Just to have a couple of "less than stellar" batches. The worst I've ever made. Granted, I let my leaves soak too long 1st batch, as I have a disability with chronic pain. But, this was the first time EVERYthing turn out pretty awful.😭 This is sooo much simpler, easier. I think this is actually more like "boiled paper". But with results like yours, who cares what it's called!🤩lol!! Sadly, I only have trees. Not really any flowers right now. That's OK. I'm gonna give this a shot! I really need some good prints to finish a project that has already taken too long. This is it!😉 Thank you so much for sharing your process & for the inspiration I needed to try it again.💗💗💗 p.s. I did learn a trick from the "Art Archeologist". I think she changed her channel name. I can't recall it right now. Anyway, she lives in Colorado and has no foliage through the winter. You can put leaves in a zipper storage bag, add a couple spritzes of water and freeze them to use through winter. I have done it, then used for eco printing & dying. Leaves worked quite well! The one flowering bush I have, a Camelia, did not work so well after freezing.🤔 Happy eco-dying, everyone!💚💚💚
Oh wow! What a process you went through! That sounds like so much work. In the winter, I have gone to the store and have bought their cheaper bouquets, here they are only about $5.00 so it’s not bad. I love the freezer idea. I so wish you luck and I hope they turn out fantastic! Thank you so much for your beautiful comments. Please update me of how they turned out. 🥰❤️
I definitely don’t think the alum turned your papers gray but some of my best papers came out a gorgeous dark gray. It was probably a particular leave that mixed with something else in the water or the rusty stuff you used . When I got my really dark gray I had an old used rusty brake pad and a rusty saw blade in among my papers. Your papers came out amazing but I would think photo paper would be a little pricey. I got this from another eco dying utube. Pacon it is a heavyweight mixed media paper that you can buy in large packs on Amazon and is inexpensive I think for the quality. I t is not a bright white. I have always rinsed my papers and have always steamed/boiled for 2 or more hours so this was very interesting to me. I’m also surprised how well this worked on bone dry papers. I also have. Or tried the vinegar but once and didn’t notice any different. There is nothing like rinsing every one of those pages and seeing what you are gonna get. If you want to do larger amounts use a large pot like a lobster or crab pot . That’s what I used until during one batch it rusted out a pinhole and started shooting water out while it was boiling. That was fun. Also if you have a grill or outside burner you should do this outside because certain plants could have toxins. Thanks for sharing
my goodness 💓 beautiful ❤️ so beautiful - WOW 😲🥰
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Thank you for alerting me to this video.
Your welcome and thank you ❤️❤️
what beautiful results! can't wait to try this. Thank you!
Oh thank you and I do hope you try this, it’s fun ❤️
Wow amazing! Thank you for the recipe and walking us thru this process. Just gorgeous pages!🦋🦋🦋
Thank you so much, it’s a lot of fun ❤️
Thanks, this is so inspiring.
Thank you so very much🥰
Exceptionnel thanks so much,its marvelous🤩
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words 🥰
Lovely prints. The iron from the rusty metal acts as a mordant as does the alum. Alum yields a brighter colour while iron is duller. (Copper and chrome are other mordants but care needed when using.) Both lovely in their own way. I steam my papers / fabric so this is an interesting alternative. (I’m not entirely sure why the cheesecloth was needed.)
Thank you, and the cheesecloth really is just to hold everything inside. I'm not sure if it really is needed🥰
Wow, saw your share on FB and couldn't wait to pop over and watch the video... .just HAD TO SUBSCRIBE from Australia....I will definitely try it as I LOVE MY GRUNGE and will definitely tag you when I share it on my channel 😊
Oh that’s awesome thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
I love this
Thank you so much 😊
So sorry...I'm long winded. I was super excited and posted my previous comment before the end of your video.🙄
Wow...just WOW! I am all about the "grunge". The effects of your dried flower results are absolutely stunning. I am gob-smacked. Truly beautiful.💖 Saving this video to my playlist. And off to look at the rest of your channel.😉
Thank you, again, for sharing with us.🥰
No worries! I loved your comments and your process that you have been doing. I hope mine works better for you.🥰
Great results!!
Thank you❤️
alum is used as a mordant in dyeing. it sets the dye. you could us salt, vinegar or even sugar but they will influence the colour somewhat. nice work! the iron bits are also acting as a mordant.
Thank you so much! It’s a fun process
Wow. Thank u for showing. So pretty!!!! Sorry to hear of your pets passing as well
Thank you for doing the dried too. What a difference wow
Thank you so much. Yes I was surprised about the dried flowers. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for your video. I have dyed some papers using your method and I am very happy with the results.
Oh wonderful! I’m so happy you tried this. ❤️❤️
The better Alum (Aa lum) is the food grade Alum you buy on the spice or baking isle of the grocery store. "Pure" food grade and quality textile art alum (i.e., Jacquard) will not turn your papers or clothe grey or brown. If they did discolour it maybe because the grade of Alum wasn't good or old or your papers weren't acid-free...
Oh thank you so much for that, I appreciate the tip
Thanks for sharing , loved this process, going to have a go .
Thank you so much ❤️
Really interesting effects.
Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much ❤️
I love those so much😍😍😍 those are so cool and they would work perfectly in my junk journals😍😍😍
Thank you, yes I can't wait to use them in some journals as well.❤️
I love this video! Can’t wait to try it on photo paper thanks abunch
Thank you so much! Yes I think the heavier weight paper is better to use.❤️
Such a fascinating process with stunning results! Stellar beauty! Thank you for a captivating tutorial. This made me imagine magical fairies ‘baking’ such lovely papers in their tiny cottages in the forest when you were sprinkling the florals & leaves onto the papers, then wrapping it up and so forth. The beauty of nature. 💖🌿🌱🍁🍂🍃🌾🌺
Thank you so very much ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for sharing this. Definitely going to try this.
Your welcome and thank you so much. I hope you share when you do them, and trust me, it's addicting. LOL❤️
Beautiful! I didn’t realize I could get away with such a short boiling time to get colors. And even with long boiling times I don’t get such great coloring. These blow my mind and I’m so glad you shared your process with us!
Yes really about 20 minutes, not long at all. Thank you so much and I’m sure yours will turn out beautiful as well. ❤️
Favoloso ! Grazie per il video 🥰
Thank you so much ❤️
Just incredible results…thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much ❤️
Loving the out come of the papers. I do it a bit different but the way you do it is so much easier. Going to give this way a try for sure. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, I’m glad it helped ❤️
Oh my gosh. This looks so much more less complicated than all the other ecodying videos I've watched. I havent tried it yet because I wasn't sure it was worth all the effort but your way is so much easier im definately going to give it a try now. Thanks 💜
Oh how wonderful, thank you! Yes it really is very easy. You will do great ❤️
The vinegar releases the rust ❤
They turned out fantastic! I am trying it out right now! Can not wait to see the results!! Thank you for the tutorial !! 😍
Yeah so awesome, I hope you share your results, so exciting ❤️❤️
@@SweetPeaCuriosities I will ! Thank you so much !
Oh I forgot to say did you know that you can take your fall leaves and dying Bouquets put them in a freezer ziplock and they retain their colors. I’m pretty sure some dried flowers might work because iced used dried pea flowers and hibiscus but that leaves 🍃 and foliage will not do anything
Oh that is a great idea and I didn't know you could do this, thank you
Ohmygosh, this looks like fun. I have a large metal baking dish . I wonder if that would work the same or would it have be non metal. Thanks so much for sharing. These are really Georguss.💜🙏👍🏻🤗🇦🇺
Your so welcome and thank you! I’m sure that will work perfectly ❤️❤️
I have only used metal pans and they work perfectly fine. I didn’t know you could pay a ceramic pan on a burner. You can also use a big pot and do it on your stovetop and grill. I had a huge lobster pot until a pinhole started shooting boiling water at me with a full load on the stovetop. The best is the grill if you have a burner because we really should not be breathing in toxins that we don’t know what they are. Definitely use a stove fan if you do inside
So beautiful! Set me to wondering about using herbal tea leaves, dried spices and herbs. Any comments?
Thank you. I have used blueberries, cumin and cinnamon before. If you sprinkle cinnamon on wet paper and dry in oven it creates darker grungy effects. Blueberries you get a light blue/purple effect. Cumin gives yellow colors. I have not tried also using leaves for patterns but I bet they would be beautiful, definitely worth a try. ❤️❤️
I think you were told to rinse the papers after they were cooked its the vinegar in the cooking may not be so good for the paper long tears. Just a thought.
Oh I’m not sure, I don’t recall this step. My papers have done really well without rinsing 🥰
Those are awesome! I know this is the older video I have a question if you get to it I only have an electric glass top stove will this work on this or should I maybe try it in the oven and how long would it cook on the stove top? Thank you! Great job! ❤
Thank you so much and I think your top stove will work, you just need to bring to a boil
I use old electric roasters to do mine. No need for a pan, just put the bundle in the roaster directly and pop on the lid. Plus you just plug it in an outdoor outlet.
Wow amazing. Thank you. Is that paper a normal one (90g weight paper)? Thanks.
Thank you so much! I used my photo matte paper from printworks that I get on Amazon. It’s 140 weight 🥰
Love this video! What’s your drying method?
Thank you so much. I lay them out on a plastic tablecloth and leave until dry. Usually about 4 or 5 hours. I have also used a blow dryer to speed up the process ❤️
Very beautiful Marisa🥰🥰 new subscribe I didn't know you had the channel too. Hug Dany
Thank you so much 🤗 So glad you found me
That looks so pretty 🥹😍I wonder how it looks on a fabric, is it the same process!? Can anyone help if you know
@@arunadevi353 oh I’m not sure but I think it would work, maybe with cotton since it absorbs more? Let me know if you try it ❤️
@@SweetPeaCuriosities sure 😊 btw can I use synthetic vinegar here
what do you think might happen if you intermingled the rust pieces inbetween the papers. I totally know the pieces that have the rust would show more, but i wonder if the orange of the rust would be on more pages too
Yes I thought of that to, but when you tie the bundle together really tight I think it might tear the pages, unless maybe you have flat pieces. It's worth a try.❤️
@@SweetPeaCuriosities ahhh, yes, or maybe cause indentations too. Thank you for replying.
Oh. My. Gosh... I just spent 4 days eco dying...with the rust water mordant...with the copper mordant...and alum, and vinegar. Soaking the paper. Soaking the leaves... soaking the fabric...on & on & on... Steaming each batch in the oven for an hour & a half. Letting it sit overnight... Just to have a couple of "less than stellar" batches. The worst I've ever made. Granted, I let my leaves soak too long 1st batch, as I have a disability with chronic pain. But, this was the first time EVERYthing turn out pretty awful.😭 This is sooo much simpler, easier. I think this is actually more like "boiled paper". But with results like yours, who cares what it's called!🤩lol!! Sadly, I only have trees. Not really any flowers right now. That's OK. I'm gonna give this a shot! I really need some good prints to finish a project that has already taken too long. This is it!😉
Thank you so much for sharing your process & for the inspiration I needed to try it again.💗💗💗
p.s. I did learn a trick from the "Art Archeologist". I think she changed her channel name. I can't recall it right now. Anyway, she lives in Colorado and has no foliage through the winter. You can put leaves in a zipper storage bag, add a couple spritzes of water and freeze them to use through winter. I have done it, then used for eco printing & dying. Leaves worked quite well! The one flowering bush I have, a Camelia, did not work so well after freezing.🤔 Happy eco-dying, everyone!💚💚💚
Oh wow! What a process you went through! That sounds like so much work. In the winter, I have gone to the store and have bought their cheaper bouquets, here they are only about $5.00 so it’s not bad. I love the freezer idea. I so wish you luck and I hope they turn out fantastic! Thank you so much for your beautiful comments. Please update me of how they turned out. 🥰❤️
What kind of paper did you use to do this craft?
I used my photo matte paper which is 140lb. I think you would want a heavier paper so it does not tear
What’s the point of the cloth.
It's really to just hold everything in, you could skip this step if you would like🥰