Gram Flour Resist

Example 1

Earlier this week I got round to mixing up some Procion dye powder with Salt and Soda solution to make a colouring medium to add to the gram flour paste resist pieces I have been trialing ready for our workshop on 30 September.

I used two colours - 'Antique Gold' and 'Brown Rose' - and applied it with a 1" foam brush.

You can see the 'Before' and 'After' results above and below.  The darker colouring is the acrylic paint I had applied earlier which I was not happy with.  The dye does seem to work much better, but I am also going to make a couple more pieces using dye thickened with Manutex to see if it gives a better outcome.

Example 2