For thousands of years, barks, leaves, fruits, lichens or roots have formed the raw material for a wide variety of dyes.
These original raw materials result in a natural variety of colors.
Textile Dyeing
Plant Dyeing
Simple plant dye recipes give the ideal start to be able to make your own dyed textiles.
Many natural color shades can be achieved with the type, duration and intensity of the mordanting and dyeing process.
Dyeing with Indigo
Indigo is a plant-derived pigment. It is a vat dye and requires a special process when dyeing textiles.
Air-drying helps develop the typical indigo blue hue (oxidation). Indigo dyeing does not require additional scouring of textiles.
Materials for Dyeing
Material list of Kremer products for textile dyeing.
Natural Organic Dyes & Vegetable Color Paints
For thousands of years, barks, leaves, fruits, lichens or roots have formed the raw material for a wide variety of dyes.
These original raw materials result in a natural variety of colors.
These original raw materials result in a natural variety of colors.
Synthetic Dyes, watersoluble
Textile dyes have a reactive group that forms a chemical bond with the cellulose fiber. This results in good lightfastness.
Synthetic Dyes, solvent-soluble, Solvent Dyes
These dyes are readily soluble in most solvents. They are very brilliant and have good stability.
Mordanting & Chemicals
The purpose of mordanting textile materials is to ensure that the dye remains fixed and the dyeing does not fade. Appropriate pickling can improve the washfastness and lightfastness of the dyeing material.
Washing & Cleaning agents
The textile material to be dyed should be washed as hot as possible. Cleaning the pots works best with citric acid.
Books
A selection of specialist books provide basic knowledge on dyeing with plants and dyes. Recipes and application instructions provide practical tips.
An early 19th century dyer´s handbook
Eva Eis (Kremer Pigmente, Aichstetten) and Almut König (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, München; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg)
In Dr. Georg Kremer´s collection of literature, sample books and other historical sources there is a recipe book of unknown origin. The pages are old and worn, covered with ink and traces of colour. This source has never been studied before. The collection of recipes, notes and samples from a dyer can be dated back to the early 19th century.
