Rust Dyeing

In July I decided to do some rust dyeing as the weather was nice and hot and I had a ton of rusty metal sources. I live in a country residential area and I think there was a local garbage dump near here at one point. Lots of lovely old rusty bits to steal borrow and use.



I ended up with a lot of lovely rust pieces. Here are a few:



Rust dyeing is easy. You wet the fabric with vinegar, drape and wrap it around rusty pieces and leave for a couple of weeks.



I would wet it with water one day, then a week later when I remembered, I added more vinegar. Then I left it for a couple of weeks until I got to it.



For a simple technique, it sure looks good. Just have to have patience..






Washed in syntrapol and hot water and its good to go. I absolutely love these pieces!