Earthues

A Natural Dye Company

2345 NW 97th St
Seattle, WA 98117

ph: (206) 781-3184, (206) 661-3937

info@earthues.com

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Raw Materials

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 Bug, whole                        4oz for $32.50  

    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                              16oz for $20                                  

    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                       16oz for $22                                

    For easier extraction and use:  ground madder root allows more surface area to be exposed during extraction.
  • Osage Sawdust                                    4oz for $12.50                                                   

  • Weld Flowers                                          4oz for $17.50                                                      

  • Marigold Flower                                           4oz for $12

  • Chamomile Flower                                       4oz for $9                                                                                                                

  • Safflower                                                          4oz for $14                                              


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2345 NW 97th St
Seattle, WA 98117

ph: (206) 781-3184, (206) 661-3937

info@earthues.com

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