Abigail Shuster
Materials: Naturally dyed fabric
Ingredients: Food waste, baking soda, alum, cotton fabric
Processes: Mordanting, Dying
Tools: Timeline: 2 days
Materials: Naturally dyed fabric
Ingredients: Food waste, baking soda, alum, cotton fabric
Processes: Mordanting, Dying
Tools: Timeline: 2 days
Fabric is dyed using a combination of food scraps and waste including leftover turmeric powder, scraps from red beets and purple cabbage. Once dyed, the fabric is also cut into strips, to create the reinforced, ready to weave bands of color.