HOW TO USE OAK GALL AS A TANNIN MORDANT | NATURAL DYE | ORGANIC COLOR | BEIGE TAN GRAY | IRON WATER

If you are lucky enough to find oak galls while foraging, grab a handful for your dye pot! The oak gall is full of tannin and is a great way to pretreat your textiles, especially plant (cellulose) fibers like cotton, linen, bamboo and hemp, to create stronger color bonds with natural dyes. The 'mordant' process is an extra, but important, step to help organic color last longer and protect it from fading with exposure to light and wash. Oak galls are a great option because they leave very little color on the fiber, but pack a tannin punch. You can also create beautiful grays using an iron water modifier with oak gall tannin. This video tutorial will show you how to treat fiber with oak gall tannin as a mordant, test it with hibiscus dye and shift colors to a full spectrum of light and bluish grays with iron. We will also test oak gall and hibiscus dye on wooden beads to add color to earthy handmade jewelry. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction - Oak gall 2:11 Oak gall tannin mordant 3:55 Tannin + iron 5:08 What exactly is an oak gall? 6:10 Tutorial highlights 7:25 How to make an oak gall tannin mordant - cold & hot soak 9:21 How to make hibiscus dye 9:49 How to dye wooden beads - oak gall tannin, hibiscus & iron 12:34 How shift color with iron water 14:04 Fiber swatch & wooden bead results 15:58 Recap 20:41 Sneak peek of next tutorial 21:34 Blooper SUPPLY LIST Oak gall - whole or ground Hibiscus flowers - dried Iron powder and/or homemade iron rust water Gloves Mortar & pestle Pot with lid Measuring cup Measuring spoon Strainer Spoon Bowl Scale Glass jars Fiber Wooden beads COOKIN' COLOR DIGITAL COURSE - Self-paced video workshop on the basics of natural dyeing and a step-by-step demonstration of an ombre dip-dye technique on textile: https://www.margaretbyrd.com/cookin-c... DOWNLOAD FREE NATURAL DYER'S QUICK START GUIDE - 11 tips to a successful natural dye practice: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/natural-... DOWNLOAD FREE COOKIN' COLOR BREW BOOKLET - 4 natural dyes to make from food in your kitchen: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/cookin-c... OAK GALL & IRON POWDER - Where to buy https://botanicalcolors.com/ ABOUT MY CHANNEL Color Quest is a creative channel where we explore the wide world of natural color! If you love using organic materials in all of your arts & crafts projects, join me as I share tutorials and vlogs on how to find and create a rainbow of color from plants and the earth they live in. I'm passionate about natural dyes and pigments which I use extensively in my art practice, so I'm thrilled to share my curiosity, excitement and knowledge of nature's palette with you. xoxo - Margaret, aka Byrdie FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8DZ... Instagram:   / moonbyrdie   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/moonbyrdie Pinterest:   / margaretbyr.  . Facebook:   / margaretbyrd.  . Website: https://www.margaretbyrd.com Blog: https://www.margaretbyrd.com/trailtales MUSIC: Playground Fun by Ahjay Stelino https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/ Ukelele Song https://canva.com Bright Eyed Blues by Unicorn Heads    / @margaretbyrdcolorquest   #naturalcolor #organic #artsandcrafts #naturaldye #tutorial #diy