A long table hosts classes in natural dyeing, knitting, sewing, spinning, and weaving, surrounded by natural dye shade cards, lavender, and whole
dyestuffs
The Alkena dyeing mill utilizes Clariant reactive
dyestuff free from heavy metals, toxin and AOX.
The duo built on the discovery to invent a commercial method of synthesizing alizarin, which became one of the early products of the German
dyestuffs industry.
He knew from his pioneering work on organic
dyestuffs that chemical synthesis in the -LSB-...]
It was the first synthetic
dyestuff to really take off.
It's actually debatable which has less impact on the environment, as the natural dyes require growing of
the dyestuff, which requires a lot of water, land, and energy.
The collection of naturally dyed pillows we produced were in partnership with a local dyer who sources fair trade or local
dyestuff, recycles the water back into a garden and never disposes of the mordants.
Also sells natural
dyestuffs and has books and articles on silk, hemp, and natural dyeing.
Environmental campaigners Evergreen agree: «If everyone in the UK bought one reclaimed woollen garment each year, it would save an average of 371 million gallons of water (the average UK reservoir holds about 300 million gallons) and 480 tonnes of chemical
dyestuffs.»
In fact, he grows his own
dyestuffs in a community garden in Tennessee.
They did use synthetic dyes however, because their research indicated that they resulted in 75 % less unused
dyestuff in the effluent and created siginificantly less water and energy consumption.