Creative Collaboration - 3 The second and third group of test

1. Beet root

Dye: 2 beet roots cooked for 1h.

Fixing: Vinegar and water following the instruction.

1st use: fabric from CAM and calico from Ebay, dyed for 1h, almost invisible pink.

2nd use (stored in fridge): calico, dyed for 4h,  pink got darker.

3rd use: both fabrics, dyed over night, pink is able to seen.

Still, the colour was lighter than I thought. Perhaps beet root doesn't have enough juice that I should use far more than this amount.

2. Plum

Dye: skin from 500g plums, cooked for 1h.

Fixing: salt water, fabric fixed for 1h.

1st use

left1: fabric from CAM, for squeezing, so has uneven and lighter colour.

bottom: fabric from CAM, dyed for 15 mins, slightly lighter than the following two.

right: same fabric, dyed for 1h, pinky purple.

left2: calico, dyed for 1h, showing more colour than the other fabric.

2nd use

right one, dyed for 1h, much lighter pink. Because the dye was not enough.

3. Blueberry

Dye:  add 70-100g blueberries to the original dye, cooked for 1h

Fixing: salt water

1st use

left: fabric from CAM, used for squeezing, light purple.

right: same fabric, dyed for 1h, darker purple

2nd use

right: dyed first,1h,  calico, pinkish purple

left: calico, dyed for 1h, blue (because the dye was not enough)

4. Spinach

 Dye: 2 bags and a half Tesco baby spinach, cooked for 1h

Fixing: vinegar water, fabric cooked for 1h

left: fabric from CAM, dyed over night, light yellow green.

right: calico, dyed over night, light yellow green.

Overall, plum and blueberry produced better colour in my case. Even I used quite a lot of spinach this time, the colour has not come out well. There must be some other things affect the colour, which I have not figure out yet.