Chapter 68: Dyeing of Plants and Trees (1)
Eucalyptus glovida has recently become obsessed with dyeing plants.
Grass dyeing refers to the method of coloring textiles using natural plant dyes. Neolithic people began to use natural plant dyes in addition to the application of mineral pigments.
It has been found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains can be soaked in warm water to extract the dye. After repeated practice, the ancient people of our country finally mastered a set of dyeing techniques using this kind of dye.
It can be seen that plant dyeing appeared at a very early age, and it can be said that it is a gift from nature. In fact, more and more people are pursuing ancient skills and ingenuity, in fact, because the older the cleaner and more environmentally friendly, the higher the technical requirements.
At the foot of the beautiful Mogan Mountain, there is a land planted with vitality, which is YYO Yiyuan Organic Farm, where we have a blue grass field - indigo.
Yingxing of the Ming and Song dynasties "Tiangong Kaiwu Blue Lake": "All five kinds of blue can be a lake". Tea blue is woad blue, the roots are live, and the indigo, horse blue, Wu blue, etc. are all sprinkled with seeds. Recently, there are small leaves of indigo, commonly known as amaranth, and the species is better.
Eucalyptus globulus picks new leaves, ferments and precipitates, and then beats indigo to complete the transition from green to blue, and then throws the rotten leaves into the field as fertilizer.
The indigo dyeing of Asuka and new sake is truly the original ecology, and this gift of nature still exudes its unique freshness in this era of quick success.
Whether it is planting bluegrass, or beating indigo, building a tank, raising a tank, and finally dyeing cloth and clothing. The tank is really super tired, and if it is a pure biological tank, the temperature, pH and many more are very important, and the tank will die at every turn.
The method of coloring textiles using natural plant dyes is called "plant dyeing". Neolithic people began to use natural plant dyes in addition to the application of mineral pigments.
It has been found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains can be soaked in warm water to extract the dye. After repeated practice, the ancient people of our country finally mastered a set of dyeing techniques using this kind of dye.
The method of coloring textiles using natural plant dyes is called "plant dyeing". Neolithic people began to use natural plant dyes in addition to the application of mineral pigments.
It has been found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains can be soaked in warm water to extract the dye. After repeated practice, the ancient people of our country finally mastered a set of dyeing techniques using this kind of dye.
By the Zhou Dynasty, plant dyes had reached a certain scale in terms of variety and quantity, and officials who were specially managed for plant dyes were set up to collect dyed grass for the purpose of dyeing clothes. During the Qin and Han dynasties, plant dyes were basically used for dyeing, forming a unique style.
There are 39 kinds of color names in the Eastern Han Dynasty's "Shuowen Jiezi", 57 kinds of color names in the Ming Dynasty's "Tiangong Kaiwu" and "Tianshui Iceberg Record", and a total of 704 kinds of color names have appeared in the "Snow Eun Embroidery Spectrum" in the Qing Dynasty.
The main plant dyes used in ancient China are: red madder, safflower, and Su fang; yellow species of Horseweed, Gardenia, Ginger and Sophora rice; Frozen green (also known as Chinese green) in the green category; bluegrass of the blue category (indigo); Black soap pipes and black trees, etc., can change infinite colors through mordant, color-matching and over-dyeing techniques.
Plant dyeing is also known as plant dyeing. Due to the different molecular structures of natural dyes, the dyeing methods are also quite different, for protein fibers, cellulose fibers, the dyeing methods mainly include no mordant, first dyeing and then media, first media dyeing, same media dyeing, etc. The best dyeing process should be determined according to the nature of the dye.
Jia Sixian, an agronomist of the Northern Wei Dynasty, recorded in detail in his book "Qi Min Yaoshu", first "the blue is erected upside down in the pit and put into the water", and then pressed with wood and stone, so that the blue grass is all soaked in water, and the soaking time is "one night when it is hot, and two nights when it is cold".
The immersion is filtered, and lime water is added to the ratio of 1.5% and stirred rapidly with a wooden stick, and after precipitation, "the water is clarified and drained", and "if it is like a strong porridge", then "blue indigo becomes a lot". When used for dyeing, only need to add lime water to the indigo mud, prepare the dye solution and ferment, and replace the indigo with indigo.
Indigo can be dissolved in an alkaline solution, which makes the fabric colored, and the fabric can be obtained a vivid blue color by air oxidation. This technology of indigo production and dyeing process has been almost identical to the dyeing mechanism of modern synthetic indigo.
In today's era when simple chemical dyes are widely used, the traditional method of "plant dyeing" has not been forgotten, and when we talk about plant and wood dyes, we may think of the dyeing technology that has been passed down from ancient times to the present generation.
The method of coloring textiles using natural plant dyes is called "plant dyeing". Neolithic people began to use natural plant dyes in addition to the application of mineral pigments.
It has been found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains can be soaked in warm water to extract the dye. After repeated practice, the ancient people of our country finally mastered a set of dyeing techniques using this kind of dye.
After repeated practice, the ancient people of our country finally mastered a set of dyeing techniques using this kind of dye - plant dyeing.
The use of natural plant dyes to color textiles is called "plant dyeing". Xunzi's "Persuasion" "Qing is better than blue", and "Qingqing" in "Book of Songs".
To the general public, dyeing is both strange and familiar, we know that it is a kind of tradition, but we can't explain what it is.
Grass dyeing is a method of extracting dyes from plants for dyeing. Vegetable dyes exist all around us, and many plants can be obtained by heating extraction.
When the gardenias, madder, sumac, and indigo scattered in the poems...... All fall on the cloth to show the unique color of the plant, when the "plant dyeing" enters.
It has been found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains can be soaked in warm water to extract the dye. After repeated practice, the ancient people of our country finally mastered a set of dyeing techniques using this kind of dye - plant dyeing.
With a history of thousands of years, plant dyeing is made of natural plants, Chinese medicinal materials, flowers, vegetables, tea, rhizomes, fruit peels and other materials, and the juice is squeezed to make dyes for fabrics.
Traditional Chinese medicine dyeing evolved from this, using the color of traditional Chinese medicine itself to color the fabric. Not only can the fabric have a variety of colors, but the active ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine can also give the fabric a magical vitality.
After ten years of continuous research and practice, "Ai Baby Bud" has finally mastered this beautiful, romantic and ancient skill.
In ancient times, the five colors - blue, red, yellow, white, and black were the basic colors. Then mix the natural colors to bring out more colorful colors, which are called "intermediate colors"
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Lan is an important cash crop in the north of China, and it is a professional Ma Lan production area in Kaifeng, Henan Province. The writer Zhao Qi passed by this place, and was moved by it, and wrote in "Blue Fu", "Yu is a medical teacher, and the Tao is left behind."
People in this realm are all engaged in planting cyanosis and dyeing. Lantian is hopeful, and millet is not planted". Correspondingly, the southern compatriots mostly use "Wu Blue" (wood blue locust blue).
Ruder root contains alizarin, which can be obtained with alum as a mordant. In the Han Dynasty, madder was cultivated on a large scale. The color dyed by madder is also called "绛".
The color dyed by the safflower brought from the Western Regions is also called "true red". Li Zhong's poem "Red Flower" describes it like this: "The color of safflower covers thousands of flowers, and the blood of the orangutan is not added."
Watermelon red is dyed with madder, a natural dye obtained from nature, which is not only beautiful in color, but also antibacterial and insect proof.
Mostly gardenias. The fruit of the gardenia contains broodic acid, and the color of the dyed is slightly reddish. "Han Guanyi" mentions: "Dyeing the garden out of the Qian, for dyeing the royal clothes". It can be seen that the high-end clothing such as the imperial costume is also dyed with gardenias.
The raw silk will be degummed with strong alkali, and the material of hemp needs to be soaked in plant ash repeatedly.
China's textile and printing and dyeing technology has a long and long history of thousands of years, in recent years, the word plant dyeing began to appear frequently in our field of vision, people began to trace our tradition and origin, advocating the beauty of nature, the concept and connotation of the culture of plant dyeing culture has also been applied to our "Ai baby buds" clothing and daily necessities.
"Mugwort Sprouts" has devoted 10 years of research to the pure Chinese medicine dyeing process, without any harmful additives, restoring the natural herbal color, and returning to the original ecological style of nature.
In the past, the ancients used to obtain the desired color from nature, and Chinese medicine dyeing is one of them.
These spiritual and beautiful colors are all derived from medicinal materials, taken from nature, and finally returned to nature after the baptism of time, an unchanging cycle, just like the cycle of life, originating from heaven and earth, returning to heaven and earth. If all things also have love, Chinese medicine dyeing is a love letter written by medicinal materials to cloth.
Take from nature, restore nature. Its raw materials are taken from Chinese herbs, trees, flowers, fruits, etc. It will not use harmful chemical dyes to dye, and the use of traditional Chinese medicine can also have a certain repair effect on human skin.
The extraction of dye color follows the ancient method of dilution, using pure natural additives. The water in the dyeing process can be recycled, and the water used to wash the dyed fabric does not have any pollution to the environment, achieving zero pollution and zero discharge.
The clothing made of Chinese herbal medicine plant dyeing does not contain any human chemicals, is non-allergenic, carcinogenic, antibacterial and antiviral, and has high safety to the human body.
Waste clothes can be disposed of and degradable, returning to nature will not pollute and damage the environment, and live in harmony with nature.
Because the bedding towel dyes of "Ai Baby Buds" are natural plant dyes, which are active and volatile, there will be a slight fading, but this will not cause any harm to the human body, and the wastewater will not pollute the environment. Good products, naturally made, these aspects also reflect the pure naturalness of "Ai Baby Sprout" products.
Japan has been developing for 7 years without success, but our "Ai Baby Buds" has gone through countless experiments and countless failures, just so that people can live a healthy life. Our traditional Chinese medicine dyeing is a series of products developed on the basis of plant dyeing and targeting the body's immunity.
We can't change the world, we just want the world to be a little bit different because of us.
The method of coloring textiles using natural plant dyes is called "plant dyeing". Neolithic people began to use natural plant dyes in addition to the application of mineral pigments. It has been found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains can be soaked in warm water to extract the dye.
People's understanding of the colors of the world originated from the colorfulness of flowers and plants. As early as the Neolithic Age, it was found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains could be soaked in warm water to extract the dyeing solution. This is called "plant dyeing".
Drawing abundant colors from natureWhat is plant dyeing? The use of natural plant dyes to color textiles is called "plant dyeing".
Xunzi's "Persuasion" "blue out of blue and better than blue", "Qingqing Zijin" and "green clothes and yellow clothes" in "Book of Songs" describe the extraction and application of plant colors.
Red: madder, safflower, fang
Yellow: Herbaceae, Gardenia, Ginger and Acacia Rice
Green: Frozen Green (also known as Chinese Green)
Blue: Bluegrass (indigo, indigo)
Black: soap pipes and black trees, etc
The benefits of plant dyeing can create a changing natural color, no repetition, and it will never "hit the shirt"! The calm and serene temperament of the plants and trees is free, and it has medicinal functions, such as the root of the banyan, which can also play a role in sterilization and detoxification of the skin.
Compared with chemical dyes, plant dyeing gives the earth a virtuous cycle between man and nature, and the pure material of plants gives the skin free breathing and allows the body to return to nature.
Cara Marie Piazza from New York, USA, is a fashion designer who is fascinated by the world of flowers and plants.
She pursues and advocates a life close to nature, and in her hands, all fabrics are selected with the concept of environmental protection and health, using only organic cotton, bamboo fiber and non-killing silk.
Slow down, feel the nature, enjoy the scenery, zza faded the color of the flowers and plants, wear it on the body.
Xiao Man, a fashion designer from Anren, Chengdu, Sichuan, has traveled to Yunnan and lived in Guizhou, and was deeply moved by the grass and wood dyeing skills of ethnic minorities, so that she finally became obsessed with it and decided to do her best to pass it on.
After coming into contact with plant dyeing, Xiao Man was deeply moved by the charm of plant dyeing. "The same plant can change dozens of colors because of different water temperatures, concentrations, mordants, and fabrics."
She believes in animism and reveres nature. She loves the fragrance of plants left over from the fabric. She communicates with plants, talks to colors, and savours their language. Grass dyeing allows her to enjoy the life she loves.
The grass and trees are affectionate. Some people say that when you really go to the mountains, go to the streams, and investigate these plant spirits from nature, you will be moved; When you personally use flower petals, plants and trees to dye and weave a piece of fabric, your experience is gratitude.
How to dye beautiful fabric with fruit peel or vegetable?
Step1.Before dyeing, the cloth that needs to be dyed, preferably undyed cotton and linen and other pure natural fabrics, and pre-washed and soaked, can be dyed directly, or can be tied with thread or other materials, there will be beautiful patterns!
Step2.Chop the skin of vegetables or fruits, such as onions, plums... 3. Prepare a steel pot with a ratio of water to food or fruit peel crumbs of 2:1. Let's take turmeric powder as an example: about 34 pots of water, about 5 tablespoons of turmeric powder.
Step4.Mix together and cook, about an hour. Filter the residue, 5. Add salt or vinegar, according to different food sources, add different proportions to mix with the dye. For fruits and vegetables, add 12 cups of salt for every eight cups of water, and for other plant material, 4 parts water plus 1 part vinegar. Both salt and vinegar are used as dye fixatives.
Step6.Soak the previously pre-washed fabric (still soaked) in the dye solution completely, stir thoroughly, 7.Turn off the heat, and let the cloth dye in the dye solution for about an hour and a half.
Step8.Finally, take it out and wash the dyed fabric at least twice by hand with cold water and organic detergent, and then dry it. If you need to get a lighter color, reduce the proportion of vinegar or salt or reduce the time it takes to stain.
The method of coloring textiles using natural plant dyes is called "plant dyeing". Neolithic people began to use natural plant dyes in addition to the application of mineral pigments. It has been found that the roots, stems, leaves, and skins of wild flowers and fruits all over the mountains can be soaked in warm water to extract the dye. After repeated practice, the ancient people of our country finally mastered a set of dyeing techniques using this kind of dye. Take a look at the latest chapters of "Dream Claw Book House in the Great Era" and read it for free for the first time.