Earthues carries a full line of raw materials for certain dyes, especially flowers for robust yellows and bronzes to be overdyed to make good greens, and a full line of red dyes. Althoght we use natural dye extracts for immersion and painting, we find that you can get amazing results from flowers and roots and bugs- new colors, since the raw materials give very different colors than extracts. Complete instructions are provided for all extraction methods.
Cochineal Bugs
Raw cochineal comes to us in the form of silvery-purple dried insects about the size of a large grain of rice. They look like tiny little scarabs. The best cochineal is dark and full of carminic acid. They must be ground and boiled to extract the dyestuff, and yield a beautiful rose violet to scarlet color quite distinctive from cochineal extract. We only obtain the finest grade cochineal on the market.
Madder Root - Whole
First quality whole roots make dyeing with this traditional dye easy. We like to steep the roots, add fiber and simmer at low temperatures to develop a dark red. We use 100% on the weight of the goods for deepest cranberry to garnet shades.
Madder Root - Ground
For easier extraction and use: ground madder root allows more surface area to be exposed during extraction.
Stick Lac
Logwood Chips
Osage Sawdust
Weld Flowers
Marigold Flower
Chamomile Flower
Japanese Safflower
