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Weld

Weld

Yellow with all mordants. Weld yields the fastest, brightest yellows known.

European-grown chopped weld on plate; American-grown cut weld at left. Silk dyed with weld, tin mordant. Shibori silk moth and dyework by Cheryl Kolander, Master Natural Dyer.

 

European Chopped Weld

4 oz

$15

Temporarily Out of Stock

1 lb

$40

Temporarily Out of Stock

1 kilo

$80

Temporarily Out of Stock

 

Additional Product Information

Extract only once, with a 20-minute simmer. Add chalk at the end of the dye process to "bloom" the colour (this makes it brighter and deeper).