Lichen is a natural way to create various colors for your textile and craft projects depending on the type you forage and how you process it. I became curious about lichen as an organic dye and fell in love with the colors I was able to achieve for my own fiber artwork. Oakmoss is a great lichen to start with since it is often blown away from its host and more easily collected from the forest floor. This tutorial will show you an ammonia vat method of making dye from oakmoss, as well as the resulting color swatch samples (wool, cotton, bamboo & silk) with a soy milk & alum-tannin mordant.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction - Lichen dye
1:39 My history with lichen dye and how I use it
6:07 Foraging for oakmoss lichen
7:54 Lichen Dyes tutorial resource
8:47 Processing methods for lichen dye
10:05 How to make an ammonia vat for lichen dye
11:30 The secret of urine
12:03 How to aerate the vat
13:01 Why lichen is a unique dye resource
14:45 How to dye with lichen
16:17 Color samples on wool, cotton, bamboo & silk
16:40 Wrap up
17:13 Sneak peek of next tutorial
18:48 Blooper

SUPPLY LIST
Lichen - oakmoss
Ammonia
Salt
Measuring cup
Pot with lid
Spoon
Strainer
Mason jar
Textile

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