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Cochineal Dye

  • medowne
  • Jul 20, 2019
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 13



These scarves have both been dyed with Cochineal natural dye, which comes from tiny insects found on cactus plants. I've only used a bit of dye to give this soft pink colour. One scarf is Merino wool, the other is silk. Printed using Japanese Shibori resist technique.

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