Sulphur cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus
Dried sulphur cosmos flowers, the dye plant that gives rich yellow and deep orange tones. Organically grown and hand-picked. Dyes wool, silk and cotton.
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Find our creations at the studio and at MAN TERRA, the new shop for local makers and producers, 1 boulevard Latourette, 04300 Forcalquier. Our dye plants and seeds are grown or gathered by hand in our garden in Haute-Provence, so you can dye at home the natural way.
Grown and dried by hand in Pierrerue
Cosmos sulphureus
Dried sulphur cosmos flowers, the dye plant that gives rich yellow and deep orange tones. Organically grown and hand-picked. Dyes wool, silk and cotton.
Coreopsis tinctoria
Dyer's coreopsis flower heads, a traditional dye plant yielding beautiful orange and red tones. Dried and packed by hand.
Everything you need to dye at home
Everything you need to set up your first indigo vat at home: natural indigo powder, slaked lime and an illustrated step-by-step guide.
1 bag of a dye plant chosen from cosmos, weld, madder or logwood, 2 mordants to fix the colour (alum, iron sulphate), a 50 × 50 cm piece of silk and a recipe guide.
1 bag of a dye plant chosen from cosmos, weld, madder or logwood, 2 mordants to fix the colour (alum, iron sulphate, soda crystals), a 150 × 50 cm piece of cotton and a recipe guide.
5 × 10ml vials, 5 bags of selected dye plants (cosmos, oak galls, weld, madder, logwood), alum, iron sulphate for an intense black, guar gum and a recipe guide.
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