기산이색체험마을, 천연염색체험 Natural dyeing

Natural Dyeing with onion

1. Boil onion shells and and cool

2. Tie a cotton cloth using rubber band ( enclosed part is corrupted)

3. Soak a 2 in 1 and hand-rub

The colors of nature are imbued in the cloth. For example red dye is obtainde from the petals of fed flowers. The color pigment is extracted by grounding the petals in a mortar, putting them in a jar and rinsing them with hot caustic soda. It is a very slow, complicated, precise process.  The colors obtainde in this way differ greatly artifitial dyes in their color and depth. Environmentally friendly and beneficial to the human body.