Image from: northernlightsconcepts.com/
Rust dyeing:
by Kimberly Baxter Packwood © 2001 (prairiefabrics.com)
Rust dyeing is a surface design method that adds dimension to your fabrics and fibers. I use the technique predominately on cotton or silk fabrics. Natural fibers take the rust colors better than synthetic fibers.
You can place rusty objects next to wet fabric and acquire rust patterning over time. However, vinegar will speed up the rusting process, it aids in breaking the rust particles free from the object that is rusting. Rusting occurs normally due to oxidation, i.e. contact with the air. Be patient. Rust dyeing with water takes about a week. Using vinegar produces color in less time usually twenty-four hours.
3 comments:
I never knew this could be done so artfully. (Though I've had plenty of unintentional rust stains)
Hi found your post via googling my name! Thank you so much for giving me credit! Your piece is lovely will you be creating more pieces?
My correct addy is http://www.prairiefibers.com
Not only did I lift your description of rust dyeing, I also lifted that picture...it's from northernlightsconcepts.com/. I hope to soon have some of my own rust dyed fabric to display.
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