GUIDE : Sakthivel V
One week of Natural dye experiments in the Dyeing Lab at NID where the process of scouring, mordanting, treatment with cow dung and extraction of dyes from natural raw materials were tested on wool, cotton and other natural fibres.
Extraction from bark
Extraction from hanging roots
'Harda'
Collection of materials found around the campus, extracted and each further treated with alum, copper solution and iron solution
Indigo dye scale
Indigo + iron solution further bleached
Clamp dye with indigo + bark dye
Monochrome dye scale with Turmeric on alum-mordanted cotton swatches
