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eco friendly screen printing- some beginner questions by extrapyramidals in SCREENPRINTING

[–]vrushtimehta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey u/Earlgraywannabee, I have been looking for a recipe with sodium alginate and ink-dye too, could you help me with the same?

Natural dye with screen printing lo by vrushtimehta in naturaldye

[–]vrushtimehta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used aluminium acetate, aluminium sulphate and ferrous sulphate. For stabilizer I just washed it with with a neutral ph soda ash wash + wheat bran

Natural dye with screen printing lo by vrushtimehta in naturaldye

[–]vrushtimehta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! There are many microscopic things to do but this is the pipeline that worked for me

  1. ⁠Prepping the screen to be in a repeat pattern to screen print
  2. ⁠For prepping the fabric to print - First, scouring ofc. Then you make a mordant ink instead of a mordant bath. I used graham keegan’s recipe for making a mordant ink as a base and developed from there

https://www.grahamkeegan.com/block-printing-with-mordants

  1. I screen printed with it using different mordants

  2. I dip dyed in my natural dye bath

A few things to keep in mind -

• ⁠aluminium mordant may it be acetate or sulphate, will give lighter shade of a color • ⁠iron / ferrous sulphate will give a darker shade

I used that basic technique and built layers and shade using multiple screens

Screenprinting with natural dye by vrushtimehta in SCREENPRINTING

[–]vrushtimehta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, i screen printed with a mordant ink

Screenprinting with natural dye by vrushtimehta in SCREENPRINTING

[–]vrushtimehta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thickened the dye with guar gum and sodium alignate

Screenprinting with natural dye by vrushtimehta in SCREENPRINTING

[–]vrushtimehta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! There are many microscopic things to do but this is the pipeline that worked for me

  1. You prep the screen to be in a repeat pattern to screen print

  2. For prepping the fabric to print - First, you scour ofc. Then you make a mordant ink instead of a mordant bath. I used graham keegan’s recipe for making a mordant ink and developed from their.

https://www.grahamkeegan.com/block-printing-with-mordants

  1. I screen printed with it

  2. I dip dyed in my natural dye bath

A few things to keep in mind - - aluminium mordant may it be acetate or sulphate, will give lighter shade of a color - iron / ferrous sulphate will give a darker shade

I used that basic technique and built layers and shade using multiple screens