VIEW CART
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Dyes & Mordants
    • Back
    • Natural Dyes
      • Back
      • Brazilwood
      • Cutch
      • Chestnut
      • Cochineal
      • Himalayan Rhubarb
      • Kamala
      • Lac
      • Logwood
      • Madder
      • Myrobalan
      • Onion Peel
      • Osage
      • Pomegranate
      • Quebracho
      • Spirulina
      • Turmeric
      • Walnut Hull
      • Weld
    • Mordants & Assist's
      • Back
      • Aluminum Acetate
      • Aluminum Sulfate
      • Calcium Carbonate
      • Citric Acid
      • Copper Sulfate
      • Glaubers Salt
      • Iron Sulfate
      • Myrobalan
      • Oak Gall
      • Oxalic Acid
      • Potassium Alum
      • Soda Ash
      • Sumac Gallnut Extract
      • Tannic Acid
      • Tara
      • Tartaric Acid
      • Titanium Oxalate
      • Urea
    • Thickeners
      • Back
      • Gum Arabic
      • Gum Tragacanth
      • Guar Gum
    • Tools
  • Dyed Fiber
    • Back
    • Wool Fiber
      • Back
      • Merino
      • Corriedale
      • Core
      • New Zealand
      • Dyed Collections
      • Galaxy Melange Series
      • Hefty Hues Series
      • Shades of Grey Series
      • Tuti Fruti Series
    • Cellulose Fiber
    • Effect Fiber
      • Back
      • Angelina Fiber
      • Firestar
      • Wool Nepps
      • Wool Slubs
    • PreFelt
  • Undyed Fiber
    • Back
    • Wool Fiber
      • Back
      • Merino
      • Cheviot
      • Core
      • Corriedale
      • Devon
      • Gotland
      • Jacob
      • New Zealand
      • Perendale
      • Shetland
      • Welsh
      • Shades of Grey Series
      • Woodland Creatures Series
    • Silk
    • Cellulose
      • Back
      • Bamboo
      • Banana
      • Egyptian Cotton
      • Flax/Linen
      • Hemp
      • Ingeo Corn
      • Mint Top
      • Ramie
      • Seacell
      • Soybean
      • Rose Pearl
    • Effect Fiber
      • Back
      • Firestar
      • Wool Nepps
      • Wool Slubs
    • Carded Batts
    • PreFelt
    • Synthetic Fiber
  • Needle Felting
    • Back
    • Felting Needles
      • Back
      • Crown Needles
      • Triangle Needles
      • Star Needles
      • Reverse Needles
      • Spiral Needles
      • Forked Rooting Needles
      • Mixed Needles
    • Felting Pads
    • Felting Tools
    • Felting Kits
      • Back
      • Starter Kits
      • Jerboa Felting Kit
      • Opossum Felting Kit
      • Raccoon Felting Kit
      • Pumpkin Kits
      • Refill Kits
    • Armature wires & tools
      • Back
      • Armature Wire
      • Chenille Stems
  • Wholesale
    • Back
    • Wholesale Felting Supplies
      • Back
      • Wholesale Felting Needles
      • Wholesale Felting Pads
      • Wholesale Felting Tools
    • Wholesale Natural Dyes & Mordants
      • Back
      • Wholesale Dyes
      • Wholesale Mordants & Assist's
      • Wholesale Thickeners
    • Wholesale Fiber
      • Back
      • Corriedale - Galaxy Series
      • Corriedale - Hefty Hue Series
      • Corriedale - Shades of Grey Series
      • Corriedale - Tuti Fruti Series
      • Corriedale - Woodland Series
      • Core Wool
  • Blog
  • About
    • Back
    • About Us
    • My Account
      • Back
      • Login
      • Register
    • Policy
      • Back
      • Privacy Policy
      • Refund policy
      • Terms of Service
      • Shipping Policy
  • Artisan's
  • 30 day return
  • Free shipping for domestic orders over $75
  • Fast worldwide delivery
  • Login
4630 Thomas Town Rd Young Harris, GA
  • Register
  • USD
    • USD
    • EUR
    • GBP
    • CAD
    • AUD
    • TRY
    • VND
Cupid Falls Farm
    Contact (+1) 770 318 7209
    • 0
    • Home
    • Dyes & Mordants
      • Natural Dyes
        • Brazilwood
        • Cutch
        • Chestnut
        • Cochineal
        • Himalayan Rhubarb
        • Kamala
        • Lac
        • Logwood
        • Madder
        • Myrobalan
        • Onion Peel
        • Osage
        • Pomegranate
        • Quebracho
        • Spirulina
        • Turmeric
        • Walnut Hull
        • Weld
      • Mordants & Assist's
        • Aluminum Acetate
        • Aluminum Sulfate
        • Calcium Carbonate
        • Citric Acid
        • Copper Sulfate
        • Glaubers Salt
        • Iron Sulfate
        • Myrobalan
        • Oak Gall
        • Oxalic Acid
        • Potassium Alum
        • Soda Ash
        • Sumac Gallnut Extract
        • Tannic Acid
        • Tara
        • Tartaric Acid
        • Titanium Oxalate
        • Urea
      • Thickeners
        • Gum Arabic
        • Gum Tragacanth
        • Guar Gum
      • Tools
    • Dyed Fiber
      • Wool Fiber
        • Merino
        • Corriedale
        • Core
        • New Zealand
        • Dyed Collections
        • Galaxy Melange Series
        • Hefty Hues Series
        • Shades of Grey Series
        • Tuti Fruti Series
      • Cellulose Fiber
      • Effect Fiber
        • Angelina Fiber
        • Firestar
        • Wool Nepps
        • Wool Slubs
      • PreFelt
    • Undyed Fiber
      • Wool Fiber
        • Merino
        • Cheviot
        • Core
        • Corriedale
        • Devon
        • Gotland
        • Jacob
        • New Zealand
        • Perendale
        • Shetland
        • Welsh
        • Shades of Grey Series
        • Woodland Creatures Series
      • Silk
      • Cellulose
        • Bamboo
        • Banana
        • Egyptian Cotton
        • Flax/Linen
        • Hemp
        • Ingeo Corn
        • Mint Top
        • Ramie
        • Seacell
        • Soybean
        • Rose Pearl
      • Effect Fiber
        • Firestar
        • Wool Nepps
        • Wool Slubs
      • Carded Batts
      • PreFelt
      • Synthetic Fiber
    • Needle Felting
      • Felting Needles
        • Crown Needles
        • Triangle Needles
        • Star Needles
        • Reverse Needles
        • Spiral Needles
        • Forked Rooting Needles
        • Mixed Needles
      • Felting Pads
      • Felting Tools
      • Felting Kits
        • Starter Kits
        • Jerboa Felting Kit
        • Opossum Felting Kit
        • Raccoon Felting Kit
        • Pumpkin Kits
        • Refill Kits
      • Armature wires & tools
        • Armature Wire
        • Chenille Stems
    • Wholesale
      • Wholesale Felting Supplies
        • Wholesale Felting Needles
        • Wholesale Felting Pads
        • Wholesale Felting Tools
      • Wholesale Natural Dyes & Mordants
        • Wholesale Dyes
        • Wholesale Mordants & Assist's
        • Wholesale Thickeners
      • Wholesale Fiber
        • Corriedale - Galaxy Series
        • Corriedale - Hefty Hue Series
        • Corriedale - Shades of Grey Series
        • Corriedale - Tuti Fruti Series
        • Corriedale - Woodland Series
        • Core Wool
    • Blog
    • About
      • About Us
      • My Account
        • Login
        • Register
      • Policy
        • Privacy Policy
        • Refund policy
        • Terms of Service
        • Shipping Policy
    • Artisan's
    • Menu
    • USD
      • USD
      • EUR
      • GBP
      • CAD
      • AUD
      • TRY
      • VND
    • 0
    Natural Dyeing with Osage Orange Shavings
    • Cupid Falls FarmHome
    • News
    • Natural Dyeing with Osage Orange Shavings

    Natural Dyeing with Osage Orange Shavings

    • By: Steve Clark
    • Tags: Natural Dye, Osage Orange
    • 25 Jun, 2019

    Natural Dyeing with Osage Orange Shavings

    Natural Dyeing with Osage Orange Shavings starts with the shredded wood of the tree Maclura pomifera. which contains a yellow dye similar to fustic and black oak and yields clear, true yellows to soft yellow greens that have a high light and washfastness. It yields good depth of shade at 20-30% WOF. Osage grows throughout the south and central United States. The tree was originally planted to help with wind erosion, the wood was used to build fences and was hard enough for wagon wheels. 

    • Function: Dye
    • Form: Wood shavings
    • Application: Cellulose, Silk, Wool
    • Color: Yellows, Greens
    • Typical Use Rate: 20-30% Weight of Fiber
    • Source: Macllura pomifera (Osage Orange heartwood)
    • Package Size: 1 oz. (28 grams)

    Mordanting:

    • Protein Fibers - Use alum mordant at 15% WOF
    • Cellulose Fibers - Mordant with tannin at 8% WOF and then alum at 15%, or as an alternate use aluminum acetate at 8%.

    Dyeing:

    • soak the shavings in water for a few hours or overnight. When soaking is complete, bring this bath up to simmer and cook for an hour. Strain off the dye liquid and use for the dye pot. Add the fiber and simmer for about 45-60 minutes.

    Variations:

    • Adding copper pennies, copper sulfate or dyeing in a copper pot will brighten the yellow.
    • Adding 2-4% iron to the dye bath will produce olive greens.
    • Over or Under dyeing with indigo yields bright emerald and leaf greens.

    Products:

    • Osage Orange Shavings 1 oz
    Share this:
    • Share
    • Tweet
    • Google+
    1 Comment
    • Susan Kranyik - May 10, 2020

      Your osage dye is very high quality and I love the intensity.

    Leave a comment

    Comments have to be approved before showing up

    Site Search

    Categories

    Recent posts

    Blog
    USPS says my package was delivered but I dont have it.
    18 Mar, 2023
    (0)
    Blog
    What is "Eco Printing"
    27 Sep, 2020
    (0)
    Natural Dyeing with Osage Orange Shavings
    26 Jun, 2019
    (1)

    Tags

    • All
    • eco print
    • Felting Needles
    • iron sulfate
    • Logwood
    • Logwood Extract
    • lost package
    • mordant
    • Natural Dye
    • Osage Orange
    • PH

    Let’s Connect:

    Who We Are
    • (+1) 770 318 7209
    • cupidfallsfarm@gmail.com
    • 4630 Thomas Town Rd Young Harris, GA 30582
    My Account
    • Login
    • Register
    Information
    • Contact Us
    Policies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Refund Policy
    • Terms of Service
    • Shipping Policy

    © 2023 Cupid Falls Farm by Arenatheme. All Rights Reserved

    Product successfully added to your Shopping Cart

    Continue Shopping
    Proceed to Checkout

    Sample Product

    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Google+