Dying with bleeding tissue paper

[elizabeth]

Since I had some of the tissue paper that 'bleeds' when wet, I thought I'd try experiment with it.
I first put some silk and paper in a small amount of water with and without vinegar to see what happened. The color was black. When I washed it it faded to a medium blue - no surprise, and no photo.

I then put a small about of merino with the paper into bowls with and without vinegar. The difference was pretty dramatic:
Vinegar on left; plain on right


Next I put some thrift store silk into a large soup pot with the paper, vinegar, and water. These were the results, including the pack of paper:
The result is not very intense, but that is what I wanted.

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I have not used the fibers or fabric. When I do I'll post the results.

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[halay]

Interesting experiment Elisabeth. I just remember seeing something similar on a Russian site www.livemaster.ru/topic/246061-bezopasnoe-i-prostoe-krashenie-shelka-doma Switch on translation option and scroll down and see the part where she describes using "corrugated paper" Even if the translation is very poor the pictures will tell you everything. I haven't tried this yet but it is on my to do list.

[MTRuth]

I have dyed silk scarves with that before. You just lay out your wet scarf soaked with vinegar and lay small squares of the tissue paper all over it. It helps if you have something to cover it with and then weigh it down a bit. I don't have any photos as this is one of the very first techniques I ever learned and I hadn't started taking photos of everything at that time.

[elizabeth]

Nada,
I click on your link but I don't see anything in English that says 'Translate'
In any case, the photos are pretty explanatory.
I wonder if 'corrugated' is how 'crepe' was translated.

[Shepherdess]

very interesting. I would never have thought to do this I would have thought the paper would have been dyed with fiber reactive dye because it cellulose matter. Maybe it is, I know you can use fiber reactive dye as acid dye but the colours aren't as good. I wonder what would have happened if you used plain water and then added some water and PHup after an hour of soaking.

[Frances]

Thanks would not have thought of this - but remember how tissue paper and crepe paper will fade on your clothes if it gets wet.

[jwugg]

This IS interesting. Are we led to believe the colour will be fast? Would the 1st person to try some nuno felting with their test silk please let us know if the colour stayed in? I love Ruth's version of dying patches with pieces of paper. Thanks Elizabeth, cool experiment

[MTRuth]

I am trying to remember what happened to my scarf. It seemed to last OK. I am not sure about long term though with multiple washings. I think it would get duller.

[elizabeth]

Dharma has a tutorial on this www.dharmatrading.com/home/dyeing-silk-scarves-with-spectra-art-tissue.html
They recommend the vinegar to set the color.
I knew I had seen this somewhere!