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natural inkjet dyes..

2008-11-11 by djon43

In an exhibition that closed on Sunday in the University of New Mexico
Art Museum there was a roughly 3'X8' inkjet print made with natural dyes. 

It looked roughly as photographic as photo silkscreen, which may have
had mostly to do with the coarse paper. I don't know what kind of
inkjet printer was used, or the name of the photographer.

The oldest of England's guilds (pre-Chaucer) is the Dyer's Guild. It's
held, that many natural dyes, fixed with urine (a "mordant") are more
stable than are industrial (aniline) dyes.

I know from direct experience that dyes made from such things as oak
gall (yellows and browns) and from walnut hulls (potential for
near-black), fixed in acetic acid, are more fade resistant on wool
than comparable aniline dyes, and that aniline  dyes used by Navajo on
rugs for the past 100+ years tend to fade, whereas their older
naturally dyed wool has remained intense (though not as colorful).

Unfortunately I don't have contact info for the inkjet/dye
photographer...maybe somebody here knows her.

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